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High Life Highland has extended its range of services and classes available online, using technology to create new activities during the lockdown.

People who have been furloughed or made redundant are being encouraged to develop their skills with the help of a new online resource.

Caithness Broch Project is asking the public to contribute local scenic photographs for a leaflet promoting the best the county has to offer.

Lizi Blackwood from Thurso is helping to create thousands of face guards for key workers in the Highlands.

Confidential support continues to be provided locally for victims of domestic abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two community groups have gifted a total of 30 Samsung tablet computers to hospitals in Caithness to help keep patients and staff connected.

NHS staff in Caithness and other parts of the north will receive a vital donation of scrubs thanks to a volunteer group and the help of ScotRail.

Thurso posties have been delivering a bit of mirth along with the mail to try and lift the spirits of the public during the coronavirus pandemic.

The deadline is looming for a contest calling on musicians of all genres to write music inspired by the coasts and waters of Scottish nature reserves.

Scotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman has said approaches to testing are based on the best scientific and clinical evidence.

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Thurso Camera Club’s photographer of the year for 2019/20 is Colin Campbell, who amassed 95 points over a series of monthly competitions.

A local jeweller has donated £650 to Caithness Foodbank after creating some art prints to raise money.

Highland Council's Covid-19 small business and self-catering grant scheme has now paid out £26.89 million to 2341 businesses across the region.

Caithness Pony Club has been showing goodwill towards the community during the coronavirus crisis by donating to the community café in Thurso.

In 1945 her troupe was the first to cross the Rhine and entertain the forces, and later she featured in West End shows with a young Julie Andrews.

Thurso Pipe Band has created a humorous lockdown video to help raise the spirits of its members.

No new cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the Highlands yesterday, with the total number of confirmed cases in the region still sitting at 214.

Wick's former job centre building is to go under the hammer next week in an auction that will be live-streamed over the internet.

James Gunn says he is "really chuffed" at being named runner-up in the Sports Photographer of the Year category at the Scottish Press Awards.