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Donor driver ‘can’t think of anything I don’t like about the job’

Donor driver ‘can’t think of anything I don’t like about the job’

Most of the people you’ll see in a blood donation session are actually donor carers rather than nurses. But what does that mean? And what do they do?


Mental health support charity Mikeysline prepares to mark 10-year anniversary with ‘10-for-10’ challenge

Mental health support charity Mikeysline prepares to mark 10-year anniversary with ‘10-for-10’ challenge

Mikeysline, first established in 2015, has been offering confidential and non-judgmental support for almost a decade.


YOUR VIEWS: Bowertower residents create their own turbine visualisation

YOUR VIEWS: Bowertower residents create their own turbine visualisation

Readers of the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier share their views on the latest topics.


Water supply for church, Inquiry likely at Rosebank and Licensing law shock

Water supply for church, Inquiry likely at Rosebank and Licensing law shock

LOOKING BACK: News from the John O’Groat Journal of yesteryear


Wick experiences a wet December – but not quite the wettest

Wick experiences a wet December – but not quite the wettest

Weather Watch by Keith Banks


Caithness is in the frame for premiere of Flow Country film featuring Thurso composer’s soundtrack

Caithness is in the frame for premiere of Flow Country film featuring Thurso composer’s soundtrack

A multi-award-winning Thurso filmmaker and composer will be showcasing his Flow Country film for premiere events in Glasgow and Inverness.


‘Time is running out’ – Last chance for Caithness folk to submit tax returns

‘Time is running out’ – Last chance for Caithness folk to submit tax returns

Traders and others are being reminded that there is less than two weeks left to submit online tax returns and pay any tax owed to HMRC.


Highlands to be showcased at golf industry trade show in Florida

Highlands to be showcased at golf industry trade show in Florida

A Highland delegation will be showcasing what the region has to offer at the world’s biggest golf industry trade event in the United States.


Warning over A&E amid ‘very trying time’ for healthcare staff

Warning over A&E amid ‘very trying time’ for healthcare staff

Staff at healthcare facilities including Caithness General Hospital are going through a “very trying time” of high demand, NHS Highland has said.


Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.


Break-in at Thurso railway station

Break-in at Thurso railway station

An investigation is being carried out by the British Transport Police after a break-in at Thurso railway station on Monday night (January 13).


WATCH: ‘What if another infant’s life is lost?’- MSP urges Health Secretary to bring vaccination services back to Highland GPs

WATCH: ‘What if another infant’s life is lost?’- MSP urges Health Secretary to bring vaccination services back to Highland GPs

Action must be taken soon to bring back vaccinations into GP practices, a Highland MSP said during a Holyrood debate on rural health last night.


Melvich care provider making ‘very good progress’ with staff team after follow-up inspection

Melvich care provider making ‘very good progress’ with staff team after follow-up inspection

A Far North care home has made “very good progress” in areas related to staff training, a recent inspection has found.


Wick hotel owner condemns ‘tourist tax’ proposal – ‘It will disadvantage our area’

Wick hotel owner condemns ‘tourist tax’ proposal – ‘It will disadvantage our area’

The owner of a Wick hotel has shared a petition by the Highland Hotels Association against a ‘damaging’ Visitor Levy Tax proposal.


Plea for volunteers to help save Wick Scout Group from closure

Plea for volunteers to help save Wick Scout Group from closure

Scouting is in danger of coming to an end in the Wick area after 116 years unless more helpers are willing to get involved.


Wick Academy in ‘good spirits’ for Banks O’ Dee trip after winter break

Wick Academy in ‘good spirits’ for Banks O’ Dee trip after winter break

Wick Academy will be aiming to improve on their past performances at Spain Park when they face Banks O’ Dee on the Aberdeen club’s artificial pitch.


PICTURES: Desperate plea for help from pregnant Thurso mum with disabled daughter over damp house nightmare

PICTURES: Desperate plea for help from pregnant Thurso mum with disabled daughter over damp house nightmare

A young pregnant Thurso mum with asthma and a disabled daughter is pleading with her housing provider to sort out the chronic dampness in her flat.


Halkirk United and St Duthus to try again after cup call-off

Halkirk United and St Duthus to try again after cup call-off

Halkirk United and St Duthus will try again this weekend after their North Caledonian Cup first-round tie at Morrison Park was postponed.


Krakens poised to clinch title after long winter lay-off

Krakens poised to clinch title after long winter lay-off

Caithness Krakens are set to emerge from their winter hibernation to formally clinch the Caledonia North 2 title when they entertain Orkney Dragons.


Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

Fergus Ewing warns ‘never make the same mistake twice when you can make it five or six times and be sure’.


Adjustment to Dunbeath pylon route as 400kV overhead line report is issued

Adjustment to Dunbeath pylon route as 400kV overhead line report is issued

Changes have been made to the controversial 400kV overhead line linking Spittal to Beauly – including adjustments at Dunbeath and Helmsdale.


Funding applications now open for ‘Caithness Educational Trust’

Funding applications now open for ‘Caithness Educational Trust’

Applications are now open for Caithness residents to apply for special educational trust funds to help further their careers.


Urgent repairs spark month-long road closure and 50-mile detour

Urgent repairs spark month-long road closure and 50-mile detour

A road in Sutherland will be closed for more than a month for "urgent repairs", Highland Council has warned.


‘It’s a matter of life and death’ – Stone cautions coastguard corner cutting after Duncansby rope equipment removal

‘It’s a matter of life and death’ – Stone cautions coastguard corner cutting after Duncansby rope equipment removal

Far north MP Jamie Stone has criticised cutbacks which saw the Duncansby coastguard having its rope rescue equipment removed.


A9 Inverness to Scrabster road closed for TWO WEEKS over last three years

A9 Inverness to Scrabster road closed for TWO WEEKS over last three years

Figures from Transport Scotland show the extent of closures on vital route for Caithness folk to access centralised services


Caithness and Sutherland coastal communities could benefit from £30m decarbonisation funding

Caithness and Sutherland coastal communities could benefit from £30m decarbonisation funding

Coastal communities in Ross-shire could benefit from a share of a multimillion-pound fund.


Seafarers Memorial Group ‘forever humbled’ by level of support

Seafarers Memorial Group ‘forever humbled’ by level of support

The volunteers responsible for Wick’s statue to lost seafarers are “forever humbled” by the generosity of local businesses and the wider community.


Wick dancer’s pre-championship success

Wick dancer’s pre-championship success

Highland dancer Heidi Ross, from Wick, won the pre-championship for the under-11 section at the Kingdom of Fife championships.


Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

The march through the city was launched after a meeting between hospitality businesses and the council at Eden Court.


Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

Business leader Colin Marr says ‘I can't think of another tax which has taxes on top of it’.


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