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Incredible 5.3 tons of rubbish picked up by Caithness beach cleaners

Incredible 5.3 tons of rubbish picked up by Caithness beach cleaners

Incredible 5.3 tons of rubbish picked up by Caithness beach cleaners

07 October 2019

The Caithness Beach Cleans group has removed tons of plastic pollution from the coastline.


Bringing colour to Wick's grey town centre

Bringing colour to Wick's grey town centre

Bringing colour to Wick's grey town centre

03 October 2019

Wickers are being given the chance to help transform their High Street as part of the town centre regeneration initiative.


Ava's winning marker design shows everyone is welcome in Thurso

Ava's winning marker design shows everyone is welcome in Thurso

Ava's winning marker design shows everyone is welcome in Thurso

30 September 2019

A design based around the theme that everyone is welcome in Thurso has proved a winner for seven-year-old Ava Kelly.


Eco-friendly garden festival a real treat at Ormlie

Eco-friendly garden festival a real treat at Ormlie

Eco-friendly garden festival a real treat at Ormlie

25 September 2019

The sun shone brightly on Saturday for a special day of fun and laughter at Thurso's community garden project.


ERI in gannet plastic pollution study

ERI in gannet plastic pollution study

ERI in gannet plastic pollution study

25 September 2019

Research carried out by the Environmental Research Institute has highlighted the threat marine plastic poses to the North Atlantic’s largest seabird.


Dunnet group on the right path

Dunnet group on the right path

Dunnet group on the right path

24 September 2019

A Caithness trust has won a major accolade in an award ceremony at the Scottish Parliament.


Fact-finding trip for Flow Country World Heritage bid

Fact-finding trip for Flow Country World Heritage bid

Fact-finding trip for Flow Country World Heritage bid

16 September 2019

Local delegates will be taking part in a fact-finding mission to Finland next week as part of the Flow Country World Heritage Site project.


Young Europeans find out about Flow Country's importance

Young Europeans find out about Flow Country's importance

Young Europeans find out about Flow Country's importance

08 September 2019

Young people from different parts of Europe learned first-hand about the importance of the Flow Country when they spend two weeks visiting the area.


Timescale outlined for Dounreay shaft work

Timescale outlined for Dounreay shaft work

Timescale outlined for Dounreay shaft work

07 September 2019

Work to retrieve the radioactive waste from the Dounreay shaft is expected to get under way in three to four years' time, DSG members have been told.


Stone: Government must take climate change seriously

Stone: Government must take climate change seriously

Stone: Government must take climate change seriously

22 August 2019

North MP demands that parliamentary group report be acted upon


Wick airport hosts polar explorer

Wick airport hosts polar explorer

Wick airport hosts polar explorer

09 August 2019

Wick John O'Groats Airport had an aircraft drop in to refuel after researching how Arctic ice is affected by climate change.


Young people set for Flow Country volunteering role

Young people set for Flow Country volunteering role

Young people set for Flow Country volunteering role

07 August 2019

Thirteen young people from the UK and overseas will arrive in the Flow Country next week to take part in a special volunteering experience.


Prince Charles hails offshore wind farm as 'remarkable engineering feat'

Prince Charles hails offshore wind farm as 'remarkable engineering feat'

Prince Charles hails offshore wind farm as 'remarkable engineering feat'

31 July 2019

A royal occasion for the official opening of the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Wick.


Kiko beach event at Groats clears 67kg of rubbish

Kiko beach event at Groats clears 67kg of rubbish

Kiko beach event at Groats clears 67kg of rubbish

30 July 2019

A total of 67kg of rubbish was gathered during a beach clean at John O'Groats as part of a campaign organised by record-breaking rower Kiko Matthews.


Hottest day in years for Wick

Hottest day in years for Wick

Hottest day in years for Wick

23 July 2019

Wick had its hottest day in years today as the temperature soared to more than 23 degrees Celsius, according to local weather-watcher Keith Banks.


A rare yarn about sheep and flowers in Houstry

A rare yarn about sheep and flowers in Houstry

A rare yarn about sheep and flowers in Houstry

19 July 2019

Graeme Bethune of Caithness Yarns is committed to ethical standards for farming that also benefits the land.


Call to join nine-day whale and dolphin citizen science project

Call to join nine-day whale and dolphin citizen science project

Call to join nine-day whale and dolphin citizen science project

19 July 2019

Dolphin and whale lovers in the far north are being urged to help a scientific body with its research.


Thurso Grows project cooks up series of food workshops

Thurso Grows project cooks up series of food workshops

Thurso Grows project cooks up series of food workshops

17 July 2019

A series of cooking workshops will be held this summer as part of Thurso Grows, the new project from Thurso Community Development Trust.


Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

12 July 2019

A Caithness schoolboy has criticised the reflective road studs that have been put into a stretch of the A9 near Latheron as 'unfit for purpose'.


Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

12 July 2019

The far north will benefit if the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland gains World Heritage status, an audience in Thurso heard.


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