THE letting off of flares or smoke bombs in the middle of Thurso’s Hogmanay street party has been denounced by police as dangerous and reckless.
A WOMAN in her fifties died in Castletown on Wednesday afternoon. A Police Scotland spokesman in Inverness confirmed the sudden death. A report was made…
HIGHLAND haulage companies should receive compensation from the Scottish Government due to the continued closure of the Forth Road Bridge to HGVs, according…
THREE people in the KW postcode area are among more than 9000 households in the UK who still have a black-and-white TV licence.
Pentland Ferries will not be operating any sailings between Caithness and Orkney this week when its vessel goes into dry dock for essential maintenance.
STAGECOACH has announced changes in its new bus timetables in Caithness.
OWNERS of diesel vehicles in Wick are now experiencing the same benefits as their petrol counterparts as they are now able to fill up their vehicles for…
Scottish Highland Football League
SUNDAY marks the first anniversary of the discovery of a carrier vessel which overturned in the Pentland Firth killing eight men.
GUSTS of up to 65 mph are set to batter Caithness on Sunday with winds not expected to ease down during next week.
TRAIN fares for peak time tickets and season tickets on rail services across Scotland have gone up one per cent.
A ROSS-Shire man has cycled the length of Britain in only five-and-a-half days and raised nearly £27,000 for five cancer charities in the process.
A FACEBOOK site focusing on the long-time scourge of rogue parking in the centres of Thurso and Wick has gone viral.
WICK Academy central defender Grant Campbell has left Harmsworth Park after agreeing a deal with Cove Rangers.
THE most northerly brewery on the UK mainland is inviting the public to join it in a tasting session of its new tipple which it is hoping to sell across…
EMERGENCY services were involved in a dramatic rescue on the first day of 2016 when a porpoise was stranded in the River Wick.
POLICE officers rushed into crowds of partygoers to extinguish flares that were lit and filled parts of the main area with smoke at Thurso Hogmanay Street…
FAR North air travellers have been given a New Year boost with an increase in the value of the Scottish Government’s air discount scheme.
HOGMANAY revellers in Thurso said hello to 2016 together as around 2000 people danced into the new year at the annual street party.
To all our readers in Caithness and across the world we wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2016!