Environment

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

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

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

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.

North MP demands that parliamentary group report be acted upon

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

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

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

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.