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Met Office issues fresh weather alert for snow and ice in Highlands

Met Office issues fresh weather alert for snow and ice in Highlands

Met Office issues fresh weather alert for snow and ice in Highlands

14 January 2023

The Met Office has issue a series of weather warnings for ice and snow over the next few days in the Highlands.


Job worry for Castletown driver caught over cannabis limit

Job worry for Castletown driver caught over cannabis limit

Job worry for Castletown driver caught over cannabis limit

14 January 2023

A driver caught at four times the drug-driving limit hasn't taken cannabis since, Wick Sheriff Court was told on Wednesday.


Bikes on buses scheme to expand across Highlands

Bikes on buses scheme to expand across Highlands

Bikes on buses scheme to expand across Highlands

14 January 2023

A pilot service operating into Caithness which let people carry bikes on buses is to be extended to other routes across the Highlands and Islands.


Lyth Arts Centre will showcase work of celebrated harpist Esther Swift who has been likened to Kate Bush and Björk

Lyth Arts Centre will showcase work of celebrated harpist Esther Swift who has been likened to Kate Bush and Björk

Lyth Arts Centre will showcase work of celebrated harpist Esther Swift who has been likened to Kate Bush and Björk

14 January 2023

Scottish harpist Esther Swift will host an "intimate solo show" at Lyth Arts Centre on March 17 following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe.


Thoughts wanted on reusable cups scheme for North Coast 500

Thoughts wanted on reusable cups scheme for North Coast 500

Thoughts wanted on reusable cups scheme for North Coast 500

14 January 2023

A new scheme due to be launched this spring to reduce the number of disposable cups used in the Highlands wants to hear from coffee drinkers.


Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says freeport is as much about 'pride' as jobs and the economy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says freeport is as much about 'pride' as jobs and the economy

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says freeport is as much about 'pride' as jobs and the economy

13 January 2023

He says 'we don’t want our young people to have to leave home to fulfil all their dreams and ambitions'


Nuclear Decommissioning Authority graduate programme includes roles at Dounreay

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority graduate programme includes roles at Dounreay

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority graduate programme includes roles at Dounreay

13 January 2023

Graduates are being offered the opportunity to start a career in the nuclear industry at Dounreay and elsewhere in the UK.


BUSINESS: Green freeport status welcomed by business chiefs and academics

BUSINESS: Green freeport status welcomed by business chiefs and academics

BUSINESS: Green freeport status welcomed by business chiefs and academics

13 January 2023

The awarding of a green freeport status for the Highlands has been warmly welcomed by economic leaders across Scotland.


POLITICS: Freeport status - Tory gimmick or game-changer?

POLITICS: Freeport status - Tory gimmick or game-changer?

POLITICS: Freeport status - Tory gimmick or game-changer?

13 January 2023

Politicians have expressed different views on the green freeport award for the Highlands.


No plea over assault charge in Wick

No plea over assault charge in Wick

No plea over assault charge in Wick

13 January 2023

A Wick woman is facing a charge of assault. Shauna Cassidy made no plea during a brief appearance in private at Wick Sheriff Court on Tuesday.


Freeports: Bright future for Highlands says council leader

Freeports: Bright future for Highlands says council leader

Freeports: Bright future for Highlands says council leader

13 January 2023

Council leader Raymond Bremner has welcomed the decision to announce green freeport status to the Highlands.


REACTION: Inverness and Cromarty Firth awarded green freeport status

REACTION: Inverness and Cromarty Firth awarded green freeport status

REACTION: Inverness and Cromarty Firth awarded green freeport status

13 January 2023

Labour's Rhoda Grant gives her reaction.


Caithness wind farm firm project welcomes freeport status

Caithness wind farm firm project welcomes freeport status

Caithness wind farm firm project welcomes freeport status

13 January 2023

The group have welcome the Scottish and UK Governments' decision.


Woman threw eggs at ex's house and knocked over motorbike

Woman threw eggs at ex's house and knocked over motorbike

Woman threw eggs at ex's house and knocked over motorbike

13 January 2023

A Thurso woman who caused a disturbance outside the home of her ex and his new partner was fined £120 at Wick Sheriff Court on Wednesday.


Cromarty Firth officially confirmed as one of Scotland's first green freeports

Cromarty Firth officially confirmed as one of Scotland's first green freeports

Cromarty Firth officially confirmed as one of Scotland's first green freeports

13 January 2023

Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport have been jointly selected to become Scotland’s first Green Freeports.


Woman fined after dropping man's phone in Thurso nightclub

Woman fined after dropping man's phone in Thurso nightclub

Woman fined after dropping man's phone in Thurso nightclub

13 January 2023

A night out at a Thurso nightclub proved expensive for Eilidh McIntosh.


MSP joins calls for Scottish Government to consider nuclear power as part of energy mix

MSP joins calls for Scottish Government to consider nuclear power as part of energy mix

MSP joins calls for Scottish Government to consider nuclear power as part of energy mix

13 January 2023

Highlands MSP Edward Mountain has challenged the Scottish Government to embrace new nuclear technologies to enhance Scotland’s energy security.


Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Highlands

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Highlands

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Highlands

13 January 2023

He is widely expected to announce that the Opportunity Cromarty Firth consortium has won a bid for green freeport status.


New police reports into Kevin Mcleod death will be considered by independent Crown counsel

New police reports into Kevin Mcleod death will be considered by independent Crown counsel

New police reports into Kevin Mcleod death will be considered by independent Crown counsel

13 January 2023

Move follows latest meeting between the Mcleod family and the Lord Advocate


New building could be cheaper than refurbishing Wick public toilets

New building could be cheaper than refurbishing Wick public toilets

New building could be cheaper than refurbishing Wick public toilets

13 January 2023

Plans to refurbish the disused public toilets in Wick could be dropped in favour of clearing the site and putting a new modular building in place.


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