Inspire me

Four decades ago, four Beauly lads decided to start a band for the love of music. Fast forward to 2024 and they are still giving it their best.

Cubs, Scouts and Explorer from 1st Wick Scout Group had a three-day trip filled with excitement and discovery at an adventure centre in Perthshire.

Volunteers are being sought to help maintain and improve mountain footpaths across a wide area of the Highlands.

Village volunteers beavered away over Sunday to make Watten a brighter and tidier place.

Amateur photographers in the far north are preparing to open an exhibition of their work in Thurso later this week.

‘e Peedie Café is marking its four-year anniversary with the presentation of its 206th programme.

The deal will see all the money collected from this promotion going to Highland Hospice and Inverness Ice Centre.

Hundreds of trees, chosen for their benefits to wildlife, have been planted alongside Wick River in a project involving groups of schoolchildren.

Caithness residents are invited to describe their experiences of living, working, visiting and investing in the area.

Teams from Caithness schools created hand-built robots in a Lego competition – and one group of pupils will be going forward to the national final.

Handbell ringers who gathered for a national celebration in Caithness at the weekend were delighted with the "happy, friendly, inclusive atmosphere".

A short story competition has been launched in memory of Bill Mowat, the Caithness journalist, historian and councillor who died in August last year.

Thirty-six selfless volunteers worked together to clean around Wick as part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful Spring Clean 2024 initiative on Sunday.

Duncansby festival guests heard tales about a spy, a rally driver... and how local workers were paid a shilling an hour to help build the lighthouse.

David MacRae was recognised for doing something quietly within his community, without any thought of praise for himself.

The crew went above and beyond the call of duty after a pensioner got stuck on a remote cliff ledge for over 24 hours.

Kelly Macrae and Savannah Kelly took the trophy as joint carers of the year at the Highland Heroes ceremony.

"I got diagnosed with dyslexia and all the rest – I can't remember them all! – when I was very young it felt like it was the end."

A schoolboy who made it his mission 'to be nice' won a Highland Heroes award for primary school pupil of the year.

The Scottish Ambulance Service is recruiting volunteers to join its Helmsdale, Tongue and Achiltibuie Community First Responders (CFRs) group.