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Ceremony held to mark councillors’ retirement

Ceremony held to mark councillors’ retirement

TRIBUTE has been paid to 13 Highland councillors who are retiring from local government next month. At the end of the final meeting of this five-year…


Wick Academy take three points from ten-man Turriff

Wick Academy take three points from ten-man Turriff

Wick Academy clinched a win over visitors Turriff United today after a hardfought game. The Scorries had the most chances in the first half with Davie…


Tolkien epic inspires Rivendell garden centre name

Tolkien epic inspires Rivendell garden centre name

A NEW garden centre opens in Caithness today (Saturday) at the site of a former eyesore. Father-and-son team Glyn and Benjamin Salisbury have transformed…


Local bookies expect deluge of Grand National punters

Local bookies expect deluge of Grand National punters

PUNTERS in Caithness will be hoping their horse will be first past the post as thousands of bets are placed on today’s Grand National.


MS support group to hold open event in Wick

MS support group to hold open event in Wick

A LOCAL charity support group for people with multiple sclerosis is holding an open event in Wick on Saturday. MS People Caithness was launched last…


Artists to stage first show at Halkirk’s Ross Institute

Artists to stage first show at Halkirk’s Ross Institute

FOUR female artists from Caithness have banded together to hold an exhibition to raise money for local charities. The local art collective – known…


Sheriff warns accused of football match travel ban

Sheriff warns accused of football match travel ban

A THURSO man could be banned from travelling to or from football matches. That possibility emerged after Graham Smith (28), of Strathy House, admitted…


Bluegrass singer in Wick gig

Bluegrass singer in Wick gig

A WELL-known country and bluegrass singer is performing in Wick tonight to help raise funds for a local hospital wing. Orkney-born Michael Harcus will…


Baikie wins top photography award

Baikie wins top photography award

LOCAL photographer John Baikie is celebrating after scooping a major national title at the Scottish Master Photographers Association awards. The event,…


Caithness look forward to sevens action

Caithness look forward to sevens action

THE 15-a-side season may be over but Caithness are looking forward to enjoying a run in the abbreviated format of the game.


Caithness teacher fundraiser on track to raise £8k

Caithness teacher fundraiser on track to raise £8k

A FUNDRAISING event in memory of a young Caithness teacher who died earlier this year is expected to generate in excess of £8000 for Cancer Research UK.…


Caithness turbine objector in wind theft claim

Caithness turbine objector in wind theft claim

A RENEWABLE energy developer is claiming a plan to erect four new turbines near its wind farm in Caithness would affect its productivity.


Cup hungry Halkirk suffer injury blow

Cup hungry Halkirk suffer injury blow

HALKIRK United are hungry for further honours as they prepare for the first of the last two cup finals in the North Caley season.


Firth power plan to turn algae into biodiesel

Firth power plan to turn algae into biodiesel

POWER from the Pentland Firth could be used for a research and development project to look at ways of using algae to produce biodiesel. That was said…


Goal hero Weir celebrates terrific hat-trick

Goal hero Weir celebrates terrific hat-trick

WICK Academy claimed the bragging rights in the North derby this season when they smashed six past a despairing Brora Rangers on Tuesday night in front…


Independent candidates are being disingenuous

Independent candidates are being disingenuous

Sir – At the risk of giving the independent candidates the “oxygen of publicity” I feel I really must respond to what is clearly an attack on my good…


Mackay-Steven scores a double

Mackay-Steven scores a double

?DUNDEE United footballer Gary Mackay-Steven, who comes from Thurso, has won the Scottish Premier League’s young-player-of-the-month award for the second…


Mother foresaw son’s tragic death on 'Titanic'

Mother foresaw son’s tragic death on 'Titanic'

THE death of a Skerray man who lost his life in the Titanic disaster was predicted days before the tragedy, it has emerged.


Plaque tribute bid to forgotten 'Titanic' victim

Plaque tribute bid to forgotten 'Titanic' victim

A YOUNG Thurso man was among the 1500 passengers and crew who lost their lives when the Titanic sank.


Players set for national finals

Players set for national finals

THE Thurso cast of a Shakespeare-inspired play are hoping it can make as much of an impact on the national stage as it has already made in the Highlands.…


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