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Recipe of the week: Halloumi, pomegranate and orange salad

Recipe of the week: Halloumi, pomegranate and orange salad

Recipe of the week: Halloumi, pomegranate and orange salad

15 May 2021

Looking for a new salad recipe? The flavours of orange and pomegranate make a fresh and tasty halloumi salad and one that is perfect served as starter


Let's hope innovative new post office banking hubs prove successful

Let's hope innovative new post office banking hubs prove successful

Let's hope innovative new post office banking hubs prove successful

15 May 2021

BUSINESS FOCUS: By David Richardson, Highlands and Islands development manager for the Federation of Small Businesses


Highland Council area committees to be shown on YouTube

Highland Council area committees to be shown on YouTube

Highland Council area committees to be shown on YouTube

14 May 2021

Meetings of Highland Council area committees, including those for Caithness and Sutherland, are to be made available again on YouTube.


Whitechapel Road in Wick to be closed while pedestrian crossing work takes place

Whitechapel Road in Wick to be closed while pedestrian crossing work takes place

Whitechapel Road in Wick to be closed while pedestrian crossing work takes place

14 May 2021

Wick's Whitechapel Road is to be closed for four weeks while work takes place on a pedestrian crossing installation scheme.


Lyth-based PETA activist 'so happy' over Animal Welfare Bill

Lyth-based PETA activist 'so happy' over Animal Welfare Bill

Lyth-based PETA activist 'so happy' over Animal Welfare Bill

14 May 2021

Highland Peta representative Natalie Oag talked about her joy after learning about yesterday's Animal Welfare Bill.


Rapid community testing for Covid-19 available in Thurso and Wick next week

Rapid community testing for Covid-19 available in Thurso and Wick next week

Rapid community testing for Covid-19 available in Thurso and Wick next week

14 May 2021

Rapid community testing will be available at Thurso and Wick next week in a move aimed at helping to prevent any further spread of Covid-19.


Gr-8 result for Thurso musician

Gr-8 result for Thurso musician

Gr-8 result for Thurso musician

14 May 2021

Katrina Gordon has passed her Grade 8 piano with merit raising over £5000 in the process for the Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust (SScOT.


No fresh Covid infections detected in latest 24 hour window

No fresh Covid infections detected in latest 24 hour window

No fresh Covid infections detected in latest 24 hour window

14 May 2021

NHS Highland has recorded no fresh Covid infections in the past day.


Loganair's biggest ever winter schedule will include new Inverness – Birmingham service

Loganair's biggest ever winter schedule will include new Inverness – Birmingham service

Loganair's biggest ever winter schedule will include new Inverness – Birmingham service

14 May 2021

Birmingham is to be added to the destinations with a direct year round airlink to Inverness as part of Loganair's biggest ever winter schedule


MSP acknowledges Mental Health Awareness Week

MSP acknowledges Mental Health Awareness Week

MSP acknowledges Mental Health Awareness Week

14 May 2021

Labour's Highland and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant lodged a motion on the same day she took the oath in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament.


Council's £240K 'top priority' plan for Highland toilets fails to mention closed Wick facility

Council's £240K 'top priority' plan for Highland toilets fails to mention closed Wick facility

Council's £240K 'top priority' plan for Highland toilets fails to mention closed Wick facility

14 May 2021

A council £240,000 plan to upgrade public toilets failed to mention Wick's vandalised and closed Whitechapel public convenience.


A taste of Caithness at Brora distillery as new visitor experience opens

A taste of Caithness at Brora distillery as new visitor experience opens

A taste of Caithness at Brora distillery as new visitor experience opens

14 May 2021

It may be situated on the outskirts of Brora but aspects of the newly transformed Clynelish Distillery distinctly remind you of Caithness.


Wick charity's £140,000 to go to local organisations, says judicial factor

Wick charity's £140,000 to go to local organisations, says judicial factor

Wick charity's £140,000 to go to local organisations, says judicial factor

14 May 2021

The money in a Caithness charity's bank account – estimated to be around £140,000 – is to go to local organisations in the Wick area.


New tourist guides aim to encourage visitors to stay longer in Caithness

New tourist guides aim to encourage visitors to stay longer in Caithness

New tourist guides aim to encourage visitors to stay longer in Caithness

14 May 2021

Green Badge tourist guides Maureen Miller and Alex Barrett are keen to showcase Caithness and ensure it is not seen as just a "stopover point".


Caithness councillor Nicola Sinclair sees 'a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel' with return of hugging

Caithness councillor Nicola Sinclair sees 'a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel' with return of hugging

Caithness councillor Nicola Sinclair sees 'a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel' with return of hugging

14 May 2021

Councillor Nicola Sinclair has welcomed the opportunity for people across Scotland to hug their family and friends from the start of next week.


Vehicle damaged after hitting pothole – while being driven by roads inspector

Vehicle damaged after hitting pothole – while being driven by roads inspector

Vehicle damaged after hitting pothole – while being driven by roads inspector

14 May 2021

A vehicle had to be recovered after hitting a pothole on a Caithness road – while being driven by a Highland roads inspector.


Caithness campaign group distances itself from council's Highland Roads Recovery message

Caithness campaign group distances itself from council's Highland Roads Recovery message

Caithness campaign group distances itself from council's Highland Roads Recovery message

14 May 2021

Iain Gregory says it is "quite a coincidence" that Highland Council has adopted a slogan bearing a distinct similarity to the name of his own group.


Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award marks Donald's outstanding contribution

Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award marks Donald's outstanding contribution

Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award marks Donald's outstanding contribution

13 May 2021

Donald Sinclair has been presented with a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award for his outstanding contribution to Thurso Rotary Club over many years.


Mental Health Awareness Week: 10 places to immerse yourself in nature in the North of Scotland

Mental Health Awareness Week: 10 places to immerse yourself in nature in the North of Scotland

Mental Health Awareness Week: 10 places to immerse yourself in nature in the North of Scotland

13 May 2021

If you get a chance this weekend, journey to one of these special places, and take some time out for your mental health.


Highland Council agrees to align thinking on climate change and poverty

Highland Council agrees to align thinking on climate change and poverty

Highland Council agrees to align thinking on climate change and poverty

13 May 2021

Highland Council bosses called on the local authority to align its thinking around climate change and poverty at a meeting earlier today.


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