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Weever fish warning after Reiss catch

Weever fish warning after Reiss catch

Weever fish warning after Reiss catch

17 July 2019

Poisonous weever fish caught on Reiss beach.


Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

16 July 2019

A music festival at Dunnet is one of six community projects being supported in the latest round of Caithness and North Sutherland Fund grants.


Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

16 July 2019

Two Ukranian musicians will be performing in Thurso this weekend in aid of children and young adults affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.


Girls on a Mission

Girls on a Mission

Girls on a Mission

16 July 2019

Three friends took a cool dip at Reiss beach in preparation for their work in Wick Harbour Mission


Dunnet distillery seeks art 'inspired by gin'

Dunnet distillery seeks art 'inspired by gin'

Dunnet distillery seeks art 'inspired by gin'

15 July 2019

Dunnet Bay Distillers will be hosting an Inspired by Gin exhibition and is issuing a call out for artists to send in their work.


Police crackdown in Wick

Police crackdown in Wick

Police crackdown in Wick

14 July 2019

Police in Wick have issued a stark warning to those involved with vandalism and antisocial behaviour.


Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

12 July 2019

Conservative have welcomed news that plans to introduce a sleeper service between Caithness and the central belt are gathering momentum.


Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

12 July 2019

SSEN Transmission is hosting a consultation event in Wick to outline its proposals for a Shetland high voltage direct current link.


Thurso to host world's most northerly drystone festival

Thurso to host world's most northerly drystone festival

Thurso to host world's most northerly drystone festival

12 July 2019

The world's most northerly drystone walling festival is taking place in Thurso this weekend.


Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

12 July 2019

Farr High School’s final assembly of the 2018/19 year was an entertaining, uplifting and lively affair for the pupils and staff.


MeyGen producing record amount of energy from Pentland Firth

MeyGen producing record amount of energy from Pentland Firth

MeyGen producing record amount of energy from Pentland Firth

12 July 2019

The MeyGen tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth has produced enough electricity to meet the annual consumption needs of 2200 homes.


Erin brightens the lives of Thurso care home residents

Erin brightens the lives of Thurso care home residents

Erin brightens the lives of Thurso care home residents

12 July 2019

A selfless Halkirk teenager teen sold off some of her possessions to purchase gifts for care home residents.


Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

12 July 2019

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'.


Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

12 July 2019

The far north will benefit if the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland gains World Heritage status, an audience in Thurso heard.


Legal advice available at Caithness Show

Legal advice available at Caithness Show

Legal advice available at Caithness Show

12 July 2019

A Caithness-born solicitor is set to return home to offer legal advice and guidance to visitors at the this year's County Show in Wick.


Anti-social behaviour 'serious and escalating' in Wick street

Anti-social behaviour 'serious and escalating' in Wick street

Anti-social behaviour 'serious and escalating' in Wick street

12 July 2019

Anti-social behaviour Wick's Dunnett Avenue has "gone beyond the pale", according to a resident.


Fascination with Stroma at the heart of Lyth exhibition

Fascination with Stroma at the heart of Lyth exhibition

Fascination with Stroma at the heart of Lyth exhibition

12 July 2019

Lyth’s Charlotte Mountford hopes the new exhibition Mountains Underwater will encourage discussion on themes from climate change to depopulation.


Caithness company quarries charity cash

Caithness company quarries charity cash

Caithness company quarries charity cash

12 July 2019

Charity cheques were handed out by the proceeds raised from an online raffle by Norse Stone.


Cyclist set for John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge

Cyclist set for John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge

Cyclist set for John O’Groats to Land’s End challenge

11 July 2019

North-east cyclist Fraser Beattie is preparing to pedal from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise money for Epilepsy Scotland.


School pupils discover the world of the Flow Country

School pupils discover the world of the Flow Country

School pupils discover the world of the Flow Country

11 July 2019

Schoolchildren from across Caithness have been taking part in educational trips to RSPB Scotland’s Forsinard reserve.


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