Transport

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP David Stewart has urged the Scottish Government to show more urgency over the future of Wick John O'Groats Airport.

Serco NorthLink Ferries has seen an increase in passenger numbers between Scrabster and Orkney since lockdown started to ease.

OPINIONS and ideas over electric transport uptake are being sought by Highland Council at a series of special events to mark Scotland's Climate Week.

Caithness is playing a key role in a £195k project which hopes to show that moving timber by rail is a viable and greener alternative to using roads.

Caithness not included in £980,000 funding package

A Caithness campaigner has written to MSP Gail Ross and Wick's four Highland councillors about the "insane" change of the main bus stop in the town.

Online talks are to look at the future of electric transport in the Highlands, including one that focuses specifically on Caithness and Sutherland.

RAIL passengers on the Far North Line face delays of up to 35 minutes today, ScotRail has warned.

Photographs were shared with the paper of a police vehicle stuck on rough ground on the south head of Wick Bay at the weekend.

Recent changes to Stagecoach timetables are continuing to cause problems for local people who rely on public transport.

The Highlands and Islands will lead the way in trialling a new app aimed at helping residents and tourists access public transport information.

A Thurso school teacher said she was in 'shock' after the problems experienced in trying to get a Covid-19 test.

A two-vehicle smash in the centre of Thurso led to a woman being given an on-the-spot fine yesterday.

An unoccupied car rolled down a hill in Wick last night.

Caithness Foodbank's Wick centre has benefited from the generosity of two local convenience store owners.

An Ulbster woman is disgusted with the Stagecoach decision to axe Saturday buses from Dunbeath to Wick, saying: "It is just so annoying."

A call has gone out for local people to get involved in a community rail partnership to help the far north economy recover from the pandemic.

Road policing officers spoke to seven drivers for passing too close to an unmarked police cyclist during an operation on the A99 near Wick.

One man and his dog walking the UK coastline for charity talked about the "love and kindness" experienced in Caithness.

The full scale of the £9.6 million road realignment project at Berriedale has been highlighted in a video from Transport Scotland.