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Tests on Caithness health workers suspected of having coronavirus would be carried out in Wick, NHS Highland has said.

New figures show that 2793 businesses in the Highlands have received Scottish Government grants to support firms through the coronavirus crisis.

Six new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the NHS Highland area, taking the region's tally to 242.

A 37-year-old man who broke into a Wick café and stole a safe containing £5000 was jailed for 16 months at Inverness Sheriff Court today.

A £100 million package of additional grant support for small and medium-sized businesses and newly self-employed people is opening for applications.

Caithness may be the first port of call for a mobile coronavirus testing centre, according to NHS Highland's interim director of public health.

Highland Council is preparing for a budget gap of over £80 million within the current financial year due to the impact of coronavirus.

The Co-op has given a funding boost to good causes in Caithness through its Local Community Fund.

Caithness author Susan Crow has had a positive response to her latest book, Child of the Earth, following its online launch.

NHS staff and frontline workers who have lost their lives in the fight against coronavirus were remembered by Thurso and Wick Trade Union Council.

Nicola Sturgeon has said it is "deeply distressing" to see new national figures showing the wave of care home deaths continuing to rise.

A total of 72 people have now died in the NHS Highland area from either confirmed or suspected Covid-19, up from 50 seven days ago.

More than 600 calls for assistance have been answered by staff and volunteers at Thurso Community Development Trust during the lockdown.

Highland Council's garden waste collection service is to start up again from May 11, having been halted in March because of the coronavirus crisis.

Highland politicians have urged cautioned over the idea that the north could become one of the first places to be eased out of lockdown measures.

Local employer Nuvia has again been recognised by RoSPA for its approach to occupational safety and health.

The directors of a Caithness fund have released £30,000 from its reserves towards the purchase of personal protection equipment for local use.

The number of people receiving hospital treatment for Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area rose by more than a quarter overnight.

Local people are being urged not to forget about animals and help the Scottish SPCA centre in Caithness.

Rising to the challenge of lockdown restrictions, Caithness artist Lisa Weller is now running online painting classes from her Papigoe studio.