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Fears have emerged that a bridge could collapse, cutting off the only road access to a Wick riding school and potentially affecting the distillery.

The Come Ashore Cup continues to go from strength to strength as the fourth staging of the event in Kirkwall at the weekend proved a big attraction.

Members of the Caithness RDA branch achieved some great results when they competed in a regional qualifier at Cranloch Riding Centre in Moray.

Turbine components are being transported through Wick this week on the first stage of their journey to a wind farm site near the Causewaymire.

The annual Highland Youth Parliament (HYP) conference will take place at Inverness Leisure Centre on Friday, June 13.

A healthcare support worker told a court on Tuesday of the shocking moment when a man pointed a gun at him and his partner in a Caithness street.

He left Dingwall at 17, but has now returned as a Scotland international.

Around 50 separate competitions were held at Farr High School last Saturday as part of the Caithness and Sutherland Provincial Mod.

Speech and drama adjudicator Judey Struth praised the “really high” standard and “fantastic entertainment” on show at the Caithness Music Festival.

Eleven riders started in wet conditions in Wick Wheelers’ latest 10-mile time trial last Thursday, but two suffered punctures and did not finish.

A Wick man who failed to heed a sheriff’s prison warning about his lack of commitment to his unpaid work was jailed for five months on Monday.

Parents across Scotland will be able to ask for a Gaelic school to be established in their area as part of legislation plans highlighted in Inverness.

Caithness Small Bore Rifle Association’s annual open shoot in Wick at the weekend attracted entrants from as far afield as Orkney and Dumfries.

Wick Academy stalwart James More was guest speaker at Caithness United’s annual presentation evening and handed over the trophies to the boys.

Organisers reckon the turnout at the Caithness and Sutherland Vintage and Classic Vehicle Club event was at least 2500 and possibly closer to 3000.

Robert McHenry has been recognised as the institution’s Higher Education Student of the Year.

Castletown manager Tom McKenna was “fuming” in the aftermath of Saturday’s Stannergill Cup final defeat – with his anger directed at Wick Academy.

Vandals are being hunted by police after a door window was smashed in Thurso.

The initiative is being rolled out across the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire.

The mural is the result of months of hard work by the school’s Art and Wellbeing Nurture Group.