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Highland Council warns public over crisis grant text scam

Highland Council warns public over crisis grant text scam

Highland Council is warning members of the public to be on their guard for a Covid-19 scam which is circulating around the country.


Thurso Football Academy nominated for SFA community award

Thurso Football Academy nominated for SFA community award

A grassroots football coaching organisation in Thurso has been nominated for an SFA community award for helping to keep youngsters fit and active.


Local estate agents seeing constant stream of enquiries

Local estate agents seeing constant stream of enquiries

Phones have been ringing off the hook at a local estate agents with buyers keen to make offers on properties in Caithness.


Sangster on song at Thurso with best gross score of season so far

Sangster on song at Thurso with best gross score of season so far

The latest round of fixtures at Thurso again attracted golfers in very large numbers, with round six of the Summer League seeing 86 take part.


Virtual majorette parade for Wick

Virtual majorette parade for Wick

A Wick-based dance school has been very active over the lockdown period with an online competition and a special online gala parade.


NHS Highland reports no fresh positive tests for coronavirus for second day in a row

NHS Highland reports no fresh positive tests for coronavirus for second day in a row

The number of Covid-19 cases confirmed in the NHS Highland area since the pandemic began remained at 377 when the latest daily update was announced.


Social media campaign is launched as tourism faces 'biggest challenge in a generation'

Social media campaign is launched as tourism faces 'biggest challenge in a generation'

Scottish tourism is facing its biggest challenge in a generation and everyone has a role to play in the industry's recovery, VisitScotland has said.


Hospitality industry invited to register for Eat Out to Help Out

Hospitality industry invited to register for Eat Out to Help Out

Restaurants and other establishments can now sign up to a new UK government initiative aimed at protecting jobs in the hospitality industry.


Safety will be uppermost in High Life Highland 'bounce back' campaign

Safety will be uppermost in High Life Highland 'bounce back' campaign

High Life Highland has reiterated that safety will be the top priority as it seeks to "bounce back” from the global pandemic.


Grants to grow forestry and farm businesses

Grants to grow forestry and farm businesses

Over £2m is being made available to tree nurseries, small forestry businesses and farmers to help them play their part in creating more woodland.


Reflections on lockdown highlight Caithness community spirit

Reflections on lockdown highlight Caithness community spirit

WICK VOICES: Doreen Leith gives an update on the work of the Wick Society's online oral history project


Out here you could disappear without trace

Out here you could disappear without trace

OUT AND ABOUT WITH RALPH A walk through seriously boggy country in the Caithness flows, to a little village that has been completely forgotten


Support offered to Highland businesses adopting green processes

Support offered to Highland businesses adopting green processes

Zero Waste Scotland has appointed a dedicated regional engagement manager to help organisations embrace opportunities in the "circular economy".


Walk and cycle plan for Thurso long overdue, says councillor

Walk and cycle plan for Thurso long overdue, says councillor

Councillor Karl Rosie thinks that the active travel master plan for Thurso is long overdue after a similar plan from 10 years ago had been shelved.


Caithness and Sutherland families and their links to the slave trade

Caithness and Sutherland families and their links to the slave trade

Families from the far north were among those who played a part in the transatlantic slave trade of the 18th and early 19th centuries.


Pentland Firth East cable replacement works to get under way

Pentland Firth East cable replacement works to get under way

SSEN is to start its core work programme to replace one of the two submarine electricity distribution cables connecting Orkney to Caithness.


Police chief tells drivers to show consideration to other road users

Police chief tells drivers to show consideration to other road users

Drivers across the north are being urged to show consideration to other road users as lockdown restrictions are eased.


Dennis's dress-up days help alleviate lockdown blues

Dennis's dress-up days help alleviate lockdown blues

Retired head teacher Dennis Lundie has been using constantly reinventing himself during the lockdown period by donning a vast array of costumes.


Rain and Sun settling in well as wildlife park asks for donations

Rain and Sun settling in well as wildlife park asks for donations

Two European forest reindeer calves born recently at the Highland Wildlife Park have been named as Regnar and Solen – rain and sun in Swedish.


John O'Groats Mill plans are 'still progressing'

John O'Groats Mill plans are 'still progressing'

Plans to renovate the historic John O'Groats Mill have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis but are still making progressing.


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