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Wick’s a vibrant town with huge community spirit

Wick’s a vibrant town with huge community spirit

As a Committee, we are especially delighted with this as we were so unsure about entering this year but, now, we are so glad we did.


Young riders excel at camp

Young riders excel at camp

Instructors for the weekend were Liz Alexander and Camilla Ramsoy.


John in front line against ivory poachers

John in front line against ivory poachers

The Courier’s Elizabeth-Anne Mackay speaks to Caithness exile John Pemberton about his inspirational conservation work to help develop a sustainable…


Celebrating 100 years of cinema in Caithness

Celebrating 100 years of cinema in Caithness

This year marks the centenary of the establishment of full-time cinemas in Thurso and Wick. In the first of two parts, local film buff Darren Manson pays…


Christian bus visit to school sparks unholy row

Christian bus visit to school sparks unholy row

OUTRAGED parents have claimed representatives of an evangelical Christian bus spoke to children without receiving their permission.


Inaugural Turbine 10 helps three charities

Inaugural Turbine 10 helps three charities

ATHLETES from across the far north and further afield ran up a first for the sport when they competed in a 10km course at a Highland wind farm on Sunday.


Mixed fortunes for wind farm plans

Mixed fortunes for wind farm plans

FEARS about a "supercluster" of turbines in Caithness – amid warnings of a renewables industrialisation – led to mixed results for expectant…


Starting the hard slog back to fitness

Starting the hard slog back to fitness

FOR the first time since Christmas, I cycled the 15 mile round route from home through Thurso and Halkirk. It certainly showed me what a long way I have…


Take a pew for a look at church-going in the 1930s

Take a pew for a look at church-going in the 1930s

MARY-Ann and James Calder worshipped at Dunnet Church, half-hidden in the centre of the village, behind the Northern Sands Hotel.


We’ve come a long way... but we’re still waiting for the mango chutney!

We’ve come a long way... but we’re still waiting for the mango chutney!

THE Orkney writer George Mackay Brown inhabited a different world from the one we live in today.


wick Riverside

wick Riverside

An unusual view of Wick Riverside taken by Wick reader Kevin Shearer at the end of July.


Academy travel to Turriff in Scottish Cup

Academy travel to Turriff in Scottish Cup

WICK Academy will face Highland League opposition in the Scottish Cup second round with a trip to Turriff United.


Body found believed to be Stefan Sutherland

Body found believed to be Stefan Sutherland

A BODY which has been found on the Occumster shoreline is believed to be that of a missing man.


Teens lauded for charity efforts

Teens lauded for charity efforts

SINGING the praises of a group of teenagers who have raised almost £10,000 for good causes, the minister of Wick’s St Fergus Church believes…


Dounreay to stage mock emergency

Dounreay to stage mock emergency

DOUNREAY Site Restoration Ltd are reassuring members of the public not to be alarmed when it holds its emergency exercise on Wednesday.


Car park beside polluted former dump is closed

Car park beside polluted former dump is closed

THE car park beside the former rubbish tip at Newtonhill on the outskirts of Wick is to be closed in the interest of public safety.


Scorries row gently down the stream into second round

Scorries row gently down the stream into second round

Coldstream 0 Wick Academy 6


Inspector wants more people wearing seatbelts

Inspector wants more people wearing seatbelts

POLICE Scotland found 33 people in vehicles in the Highlands and Islands not wearing a seatbelt during a national day of action on the problem.


Groats revamp paying dividends

Groats revamp paying dividends

JOHN O’Groats is a destination which no longer disappoints, according to the architects behind the £6 million redevelopment of the area.


Green light for supermarkets to charge for bags

Green light for supermarkets to charge for bags

RETAILERS in Caithness are set to charge a minimum of 5p per carrier bag in a bid by the Scottish Parliament to reduce usage across Scotland.


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