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Cup win for Green in Mackay challenge

Cup win for Green in Mackay challenge

A TOTAL of 20 golfers gathered for the annual Mackay’s Golf Challenge which was staged at Wick Golf Club on Sunday (May 6). This is an annual social…


Defence holds as top two county sides remain unbeaten

Defence holds as top two county sides remain unbeaten

WICK Groats and Pentland United are primed to stage a rerun of last year’s joust to be Caithness county league kingpins.


Exam candidates can only try their best

Exam candidates can only try their best

WELL it’s that time of year again, exam time! Study leave has begun and now it’s time to get the books out and revise all the work we have done over the…


Martin Gunn bows out for Academy

Martin Gunn bows out for Academy

AN eager 18-year-old watched from the sidelines as Wick Academy made their Highland League debut in 1994 with a 3-0 defeat against Cove Rangers in front…


Players battle the May gobs for medal

Players battle the May gobs for medal

NOW the nights have lengthened the Newsbeat Summer League is played on Thursdays and Fridays at Thurso Golf Club. With the weather remaining decidedly…


Scorries aim for a dream finish

Scorries aim for a dream finish

IT started with a shock home defeat against Halkirk United in the North of Scotland Cup last July. It could end with qualification to the Scottish…


Sutherland shows supreme consistency

Sutherland shows supreme consistency

GOLFERS competing in the May Medal at Reay on Saturday experienced the four seasons in the space of four hours as periods of bright sunshine were interrupted…


Waste not, want not on the croft

Waste not, want not on the croft

NOTHING was ever wasted on a croft, so what to do with a wooden pirn when the thread was finished.


Better wages and local decison-making are key priorities for new-look Highland Council

Better wages and local decison-making are key priorities for new-look Highland Council

INCREASED wages for low-paid staff and a return to a localised decision-making set-up across the Highlands are expected to be key priorities of the new-look…


Windows broken at old Ashley Ann building in Thurso

Windows broken at old Ashley Ann building in Thurso

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after windows at the former Ashley Ann premises in Thurso were damaged.


SNP’s independence roadshow rolls into Wick

SNP’s independence roadshow rolls into Wick

People in Caithness are being encouraged to find out more about Scottish independence by attending an road show on Friday. The event comes just ahead…


Independents out in the cold as SNP, Labour and Lib Dems form Highland Council coalition

Independents out in the cold as SNP, Labour and Lib Dems form Highland Council coalition

THE new Highland Council administration is to be led by the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and Labour, it has emerged.


A quiet home with access to the great outdoors

A quiet home with access to the great outdoors

LOZ and Totty are mother and daughter. Totty is a white and tortoiseshell neutered female aged six and Loz is a tortoiseshell neutered female, around…


Army tribute to ‘inspiring’ John

Army tribute to ‘inspiring’ John

Cycling team prepare for gruelling JoGLE...


Author remembers happy summers in Wick

Author remembers happy summers in Wick

AN expatriate living in the land of the free has written a book looking at where best to raise a child – Wick, Edinburgh, or over the pond in Arlington,…


Biker ace takes to world-famous track

Biker ace takes to world-famous track

A SPORTSMAN with strong North connections, who has made a name for himself on the Dutch motorbike racing circuit, has now gained points in the world championship…


Can-Cans seal title triumph after bizarre own goal

Can-Cans seal title triumph after bizarre own goal

FORRES Mechanics are celebrating after being crowned Highland League champions for the first time in over a quarter of a century.


Castletown siblings in night-race fundraiser

Castletown siblings in night-race fundraiser

THREE members of the same Castletown family have taken part in this year’s Mighty Deerstalker event at Innerleithen.


Councillors urged to suport rail link

Councillors urged to suport rail link

A RAIL campaigner has claimed the crossing over the Dornoch Firth could be achieved if the will was there to make it happen.


Delight at Wick road repairs U-turn

Delight at Wick road repairs U-turn

SOUTH Road in Wick is to be resurfaced this summer after all – at the cost of a quarter of a million pounds. But one local resident believes it will…


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