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Students blown away by Caithness hospitality

Students blown away by Caithness hospitality

STUDENTS walking the length of the country said they have been blown away by the kindness and generosity of people in Caithness. Twenty-one-year-olds…


Call to re-evalutate Gaelic language plan

Call to re-evalutate Gaelic language plan

CAITHNESS is not against the promotion of Gaelic in the Highlands.


Thurso businesses missing out on cruise ship trade

Thurso businesses missing out on cruise ship trade

A THURSO businessman has questioned how much trade the town centre gets from the arrival of cruise ships.


Boys prepare for walk in memory of uncle

Boys prepare for walk in memory of uncle

A YOUNG local boy who never had the opportunity to meet his uncle is raising money in his memory for charity.


Round-the-clock coastguard service to be retained

Round-the-clock coastguard service to be retained

COUNCIL leader Michael Foxley has welcomed an announcement by the UK Government to retain a 24/7 coastguard service in the Highlands and Islands.


Academy signs new sponsor

Academy signs new sponsor

ONE of the North’s leading engineering and fabrication service companies has signed a three-year deal to become the main sponsor of Wick Academy.


Book revives memories of Caithness crofting life

Book revives memories of Caithness crofting life

A CANCER survivor has committed to print her childhood memories of life on a croft in Caithness.


Caithness mum in line for charity award

Caithness mum in line for charity award

A CAITHNESS woman hit the headlines in the last-ever issue of the News of the World – for all the right ?reasons.


Council blasted as Thurso service point forced to close

Council blasted as Thurso service point forced to close

A THURSO councillor has blasted the Highland Council after the town’s service point was forced to close on Tuesday. Donald Mackay is furious the office…


Fears Dounreay hot spots have spread

Fears Dounreay hot spots have spread

DOUBT is being cast on the adequacy of the operation to recover rogue radioactive hot spots on the seabed off Dounreay.


Lost in translation

Lost in translation

I WAS in the middle of trying to unravel a mixed-up sentence I had just written when the phone rang. “Am I speak to Bruce Sandison?” I could hardly understand…


Murdoch’s press led the charge to new lows

Murdoch’s press led the charge to new lows

AS many parents whose children attend small primary schools may know, the SNP Government has recently established a commission on rural education on Scotland.…


Rusting relics are poignant reminders of the past

Rusting relics are poignant reminders of the past

ON a recent visit to Stroma, the birthplace of my maternal grandmother, Isabella Robertson, Sharon and I saw the remains of a very simple threshing machine.…


Scorries face Thurso in local derby

Scorries face Thurso in local derby

CONCENTRATION is what Wick Academy need to develop if they are to be a success in the Highland League this season.


Shaky birth for High Life board

Shaky birth for High Life board

TWO people with Caithness connections are now among the 12 board members of High Life Highland, the new arm’s-length organisation set up by the Highland…


Sutherland leads the charge in Castletown revival

Sutherland leads the charge in Castletown revival

A GOAL spree by Chris Sutherland is fuelling Castletown’s revival from a miserable start to their county campaign. The 22-year-old frontman bagged four…


Wick band's fancy dress parade is in tune

Wick band's fancy dress parade is in tune

LOCAL musicians dressed as cowboys, ghosts and superheroes took centre stage at the end of Wick’s Pipe Band Week on Saturday.


Mackay-Steven ‘fair thrilled’ to joined SPL side Dundee United

Mackay-Steven ‘fair thrilled’ to joined SPL side Dundee United

A YOUNG Caithness footballer has joined Scottish Premier League club Dundee United on a two-year deal.


Man missing from Thurso area

Man missing from Thurso area

POLICE are asking for information to help track down a man who has been missing from the Thurso area since Saturday, June 25.


Wick man lands £30k People’s Postcode Lottery windfall

Wick man lands £30k People’s Postcode Lottery windfall

A DOUNREAY worker is celebrating a £30,000 win with the People’s Postcode Lottery – just weeks after signing up to play.


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