Environment

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.

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.

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

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

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

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'.

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

Schoolchildren from across Caithness have been taking part in educational trips to RSPB Scotland’s Forsinard reserve.

The puffins who make their home at Dunnet Head during the summer made light of the very windy conditions at the weekend.

An area of the Dounreay nuclear site was evacuated after radioactive contamination was detected.

A Thurso based company is at the forefront of helping create a greener, cleaner and more efficient rail network.

The planned £17.3 million spaceport in the far north could bring investment and jobs to the area, according to a leading trade union.

THE owners of a stately home in Caithness have been helping restore the Flow Country while getting some added warmth at the same time.

Two university academics 'got a rocket' after claiming a far north spaceport would adversely affect the local economy and environment.

Plans for new Premier Inn hotel on the former mart site in Thurso are expected to be announced "in the very near future".

A Caithness businessman has been given planning permission for a scrapyard on the outskirts of Castletown – but only for five years.

UK shadow energy secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been invited to Caithness to get an insight into the potential for tidal stream energy

A young engineer working on the MeyGen tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth has won a top award.

A new seabed survey started this week in the Pentland Firth as part of the next stage of the MeyGen tidal energy project.

The John O'Groats Trail team have put up signs throughout Wick to highlight their walking route.