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Following Storm Floris, the Highland Council is encouraging landowners to check trees and vegetation near public roads, which may have been damaged.

Visitors enjoyed brilliant sunshine at the Mey Highland Games at John O’Groats on Saturday and witnessed King Charles III’s arrival.

In a strongly worded statement, Mr Ewing said: ‘With Kate’s decision, the SNP has lost the best leader it never had - but should have chosen.’

With noisy fireworks coming at the end of Wick’s Gala Week, an entrepreneur has provided a way for pets to relax with anxiety-busting music.

The Mey Highland Games, renowned as one of the most inclusive Highland games in the world, is set to return to John O’Groats on Saturday, August 2.

As the school year draws to a close, Thurso’s Mount Pleasant pupils have been recognised for their achievements at a sports day event.

Staff and residents from Barchester’s Pentland View care home, in Thurso, all said they had a ‘fantastic time’ on an outing to John O’Groats Mill.

A Land’s End to John O’Groats runner dropped by Watten to be interviewed on the last leg of his mammoth run for the Homeless World Cup Foundation.

A rare 47-year-old single malt called Polaris from the makers of Old Pulteney whisky is expected to hit the dizzying heights of £40,000 at auction.

Club will move to a newly created division next season.

A Caithness midwife, still working at the age of 75, was honoured by an invitation to meet King Charles III at a royal event in Edinburgh.

A Caithness midwife, still working at the age of 75, was honoured by an invitation to meet King Charles III at a royal event in Edinburgh.

Far north MP Jamie Stone raised his concern in parliament regarding the five-week wait for Universal Credit.

A new zero-emission, low-cost electric bus service is now linking Inverness and Thurso for the first time.

The Caithness Show, a long-standing highlight of the north’s agricultural and social calendar, returns to Wick riverside this Friday and Saturday.

As holidaymakers flock to beaches across Caithness, a summer safety campaign from HM Coastguard urges visitors to stay safe with some rules to follow.

A local weather pundit says that inland areas of Caithness could see temperatures rise into the 80s over the weekend.

Caithness arts organisation Lyth Arts Centre has announced its successful Summer Sessions will return to Wick this August.

Local speculation is rife over whether Matt Damon will make an appearance in Caithness this weekend with film crews seen in the Thrumster area.

Dramatic video footage has emerged of a fireball meteor which streaked across Highland skies in the early hours of this morning.