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Outdoor option proving popular as Caithness hotels welcome customers back

Outdoor option proving popular as Caithness hotels welcome customers back

Caithness hotels are seeing visitor bookings start to pick up while they also welcome back local customers after the tourism and hospitality restart.


Six-year-old Amy smashes fundraising cycle target

Six-year-old Amy smashes fundraising cycle target

Six-year-old Amy Andrews has cycled 110 miles and raised more than £400 so that she can treat her friends at 1st Thurso Rainbows.


Caithness art show is an online hit by royal approval

Caithness art show is an online hit by royal approval

An online art show of local talent carries the royal seal of approval by including two works by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay.


Highland Council’s bulky uplift service under way again

Highland Council’s bulky uplift service under way again

Highland Council's bulky uplift service is reinstated from today, having been suspended since March 23 due to the Covid-19 crisis.


Drunken behaviour on Wick streets leads to police action

Drunken behaviour on Wick streets leads to police action

Police in Wick attended separate incidents in the town on Saturday evening after reports of drunken behaviour.


Hole in one for Macdonald as McLeod lifts Ulbster Cup at Thurso

Hole in one for Macdonald as McLeod lifts Ulbster Cup at Thurso

The latest fixtures at Thurso Golf Club were again played in testing conditions with a strong south-westerly breeze blowing across the course.


Proposed boundary changes 'show complete disregard for far north communities'

Proposed boundary changes 'show complete disregard for far north communities'

Plans to shake up the number of councillors have been slammed as out of touch amid concern about the “death knell” of proper representation.


Caithness United squads ready for return to partial training after lockdown

Caithness United squads ready for return to partial training after lockdown

The young footballers of Caithness United are gearing up for a return to training this weekend after their lockdown lay-off.


NHS Highland area goes 24 hours without any further positive coronavirus tests

NHS Highland area goes 24 hours without any further positive coronavirus tests

No fresh positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.


Royal Navy patrol boats visit Wick on summer deployment

Royal Navy patrol boats visit Wick on summer deployment

Four Royal Navy patrol boats have left Wick after spending time in Caithness and Orkney waters as part of their summer deployment.


Survey finds lockdown turned us into lovers of nature and the outdoors

Survey finds lockdown turned us into lovers of nature and the outdoors

The Covid-19 lockdown has turned many Scots into lovers of the great outdoors, a new survey has found.


Capital investment works for council housing set to restart

Capital investment works for council housing set to restart

Capital investment works for Highland Council’s current housing stock will be restarting shortly.


North road investment plea as figures show rate of serious or fatal accidents

North road investment plea as figures show rate of serious or fatal accidents

North MP Jamie Stone has warned that too many people are still falling victim to death or serious injury on Scotland’s roads.


Violent-scented orris root and its link to Queen Jezebel

Violent-scented orris root and its link to Queen Jezebel

BEAUTIFUL BOTANICALS: Our regular column from Joanne Howdle, tour and events co-ordinator at the multi-award-winning Dunnet Bay Distillers Ltd


Scotland's young people praised for speaking up about crime

Scotland's young people praised for speaking up about crime

The youth programme of Crimestoppers has thanked young people for speaking up about crime anonymously during the coronavirus crisis.


Companies secure £1.4m to develop quick connection systems for wave energy

Companies secure £1.4m to develop quick connection systems for wave energy

Four companies are to share just under £1.4 million for projects that aim to bring down the cost of wave power.


Fire safety alert over staycation properties

Fire safety alert over staycation properties

Holiday letting businesses are being advised to ensure premises being used as rental accommodation meet the correct level of fire safety provisions.


New online film explores ritual marks in Sutherland cave

New online film explores ritual marks in Sutherland cave

A new short film that uncovers the ritual marks found inside a cave in Sutherland is to have its premiere online this month.


Doctor John made a great contribution to the county's health

Doctor John made a great contribution to the county's health

HERITAGE MATTERS: Our regular column from the Wick Society – this time looking at the work of Dr John Alexander, medical officer of health


Dunbeath publisher's new book on landscape restoration

Dunbeath publisher's new book on landscape restoration

A Caithness-based publishing company has released its latest book that will appeal to anyone with an interest in restoration ecology and conservation.


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