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Weever fish warning after Reiss catch

Weever fish warning after Reiss catch

Poisonous weever fish caught on Reiss beach.


Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

A music festival at Dunnet is one of six community projects being supported in the latest round of Caithness and North Sutherland Fund grants.


Tennis for Kids sessions set to resume in Thurso

Tennis for Kids sessions set to resume in Thurso

A new series of LTA Tennis for Kids sessions will get under way next week at Thurso Squash, Tennis and Racketball Club in the town’s Millbank Road.


Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

Two Ukranian musicians will be performing in Thurso this weekend in aid of children and young adults affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.


Girls on a Mission

Girls on a Mission

Three friends took a cool dip at Reiss beach in preparation for their work in Wick Harbour Mission


Dunnet distillery seeks art 'inspired by gin'

Dunnet distillery seeks art 'inspired by gin'

Dunnet Bay Distillers will be hosting an Inspired by Gin exhibition and is issuing a call out for artists to send in their work.


Police crackdown in Wick

Police crackdown in Wick

Police in Wick have issued a stark warning to those involved with vandalism and antisocial behaviour.


Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

Conservative have welcomed news that plans to introduce a sleeper service between Caithness and the central belt are gathering momentum.


Cummings Cup showdown was well worth the wait

Cummings Cup showdown was well worth the wait

Thurso Bowling Club had a busy weekend which saw the open mixed pairs and both gents' and ladies' Top Ten being contested.


Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

SSEN Transmission is hosting a consultation event in Wick to outline its proposals for a Shetland high voltage direct current link.


Thurso to host world's most northerly drystone festival

Thurso to host world's most northerly drystone festival

The world's most northerly drystone walling festival is taking place in Thurso this weekend.


Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

Farr High School’s final assembly of the 2018/19 year was an entertaining, uplifting and lively affair for the pupils and staff.


MeyGen producing record amount of energy from Pentland Firth

MeyGen producing record amount of energy from Pentland Firth

The MeyGen tidal energy project in the Pentland Firth has produced enough electricity to meet the annual consumption needs of 2200 homes.


Wick Wheelers are points winners in interclub challenge

Wick Wheelers are points winners in interclub challenge

The annual interclub event between the county’s two cycling clubs, Wick Wheelers and Caithness Cycling Club, was this year from Thurso to Wick.


Erin brightens the lives of Thurso care home residents

Erin brightens the lives of Thurso care home residents

A selfless Halkirk teenager teen sold off some of her possessions to purchase gifts for care home residents.


Sangster returns to old stomping ground with Thurso Open win

Sangster returns to old stomping ground with Thurso Open win

Conditions were tricky for the 36-hole Thurso Open competition sponsored by John Gunn and Sons Ltd. However, the course was in magnificent condition.


Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

Sixteen-year-old slams A9 road studs as 'unfit for purpose'

A Caithness schoolboy has criticised the reflective road studs that have been put into a stretch of the A9 near Latheron as 'unfit for purpose'.


Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

Flow Country World Heritage status 'would benefit far north'

The far north will benefit if the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland gains World Heritage status, an audience in Thurso heard.


Legal advice available at Caithness Show

Legal advice available at Caithness Show

A Caithness-born solicitor is set to return home to offer legal advice and guidance to visitors at the this year's County Show in Wick.


Anti-social behaviour 'serious and escalating' in Wick street

Anti-social behaviour 'serious and escalating' in Wick street

Anti-social behaviour Wick's Dunnett Avenue has "gone beyond the pale", according to a resident.


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