Inspire me

High Life Highland Countryside Rangers have two free nature events at Wick riverside this weekend.

The Summer Sessions at the Rosebank Playing Fields in Wick have been hailed as "a big success" by the director of Lyth Arts Centre

Thurso hosted its first junior parkrun at the weekend, with 53 young runners and walkers taking part in the event.

A visit to the Pulteney Centre in Wick showed how a free shopping initiative has gone from strength to strength over the past year.

Members of Caithness Amateur Radio Society set up their shack this past weekend at Noss Head lighthouse for the annual event Lighthouses on the Air.

The community dig at Swartigill has started up again – volunteers are welcome to come along and work at this 'hidden gem of archaeology' in Caithness.

Families are being invited to take part in some pond dipping at the John O'Groats Mill on Saturday, August 27.

John Davidson finds so much of interest on a road ride through a land that was once thriving with people

Aspiring writers who are inspired by the mountains are being invited to enter an annual competition to find new outdoor authors.

A forest challenge and a day at the beach were among the fun activities during a summer holiday club run by Pulteneytown and Thrumster Church.

Impress your friends with this easier-than-it-looks class act dessert from top chef Tom Kitchin.

The annual Highland Business Women Awards take place next week.

Children aged four to 11 will get a chance to take part in their own mini parkrun event in Thurso from this weekend.

'People are being empowered to take forward local priorities and projects and making a difference in their local areas,' says committee chair.

The Highland Council has been shortlisted for four APSE Service Awards which celebrate excellence in local public services.

Two young brothers from Dunbeath have again shown their support for those in need by setting up a lemonade stall in aid of Caithness Foodbank.

A group that campaigns for fairer fuel prices says that drivers are being 'fleeced by the profiteering fuel supply chain and even their own Treasury'.

As children go back to school, HM Revenue and Customs is reminding families in Scotland to not miss out on up to £2,000 a year towards childcare

Musicians met in Caithness recently to play Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony – an event that had been postponed for two years due to the pandemic.

Weather forecasts are more accurate than ever – and usually they can be relied upon to fit in some dry activity. But not always...