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Energy staff ready to check for air tightness

Energy staff ready to check for air tightness

PENTLAND Energy Advice has recently invested in training its four staff members to become accredited air tightness testers.


Scanlon tackles health secretary over care home reports

Scanlon tackles health secretary over care home reports

THE North’s Conservative spokesperson for health has called for greater detail on care homes to be made available to MSPs.


Thurso riverside upgrade plan revealed

Thurso riverside upgrade plan revealed

?A PLAN to improve the riverside and mall area in Thurso has been unveiled at the latest meeting of the local community council.


Operations at Keiss abattoir suspended

Operations at Keiss abattoir suspended

LACK of trade has led to the mothballing of a Far North slaughterhouse and processing business. The Caithness Beef and Lamb plant at Mid-Keiss, which…


John O’Groats ‘dream boats’ reach land

John O’Groats ‘dream boats’ reach land

‘LAND ahoy!” That was the shout given as sail boats from the John O’Groats arts project cast onto the waters of the Pentland Firth started washing ashore.


Wick to face Orkney in pre-season friendly

Wick to face Orkney in pre-season friendly

WICK Academy manager David Kirkwood is taking nothing for granted when the club heads to the Northern Isles tomorrow for his side’s first pre-season match.


Screen Machine returns to North... after an absence of 10 years

Screen Machine returns to North... after an absence of 10 years

NORTH-coast film fans will come face to face with swashbuckling pirates, talking pandas and the life story of a Formula One racing icon when Scotland’s…


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Mystery Thrumster broch find has experts guessing

Mystery Thrumster broch find has experts guessing

A MYSTERY find at the site of a Caithness broch has experts stumped.


North ports of call for Royal Navy patrol boats

North ports of call for Royal Navy patrol boats

TWO Royal Navy university patrol boats will stop in Wick and Scrabster during their circumnavigation of the UK.


Whaligoe Steps

Whaligoe Steps

A selection of pictures of Whaligoe Steps by Alan Hendry


Marksmen take aim in open rifle meet

Marksmen take aim in open rifle meet

THE Scottish Open golf competition is not the only national event taking place in the Highlands this week.


Landscape inspires graphic designer’s business start-up

Landscape inspires graphic designer’s business start-up

SEEING the wonders of the world made graphic artist Lisa Poulsen realise there was no place like home and she has set up a business, Inspired by Caithness.


351 particles recovered from seabed off Dounreay

351 particles recovered from seabed off Dounreay

A NINE-week operation has recovered more than 350 particles of irradiated nuclear fuel from the seabed near Dounreay.


Village revellers get really ‘wiggy’ with it

Village revellers get really ‘wiggy’ with it

CASTLETOWN Gala is well under way and, according to organisers, it is on course to beat last year’s fundraising total. The sun was shining for the event’s…


It’s high time our rightful heritage was returned

It’s high time our rightful heritage was returned

Caithness is home of the broch, says Dan Mackay who looks here at the work of John Nicolson, a renowned local archaeologist.


Dunnets’ petrol station in Wick rebranded as Gulf

Dunnets’ petrol station in Wick rebranded as Gulf

THE rebranding of Dunnets’ petrol station in Wick is under way. Gulf has taken over as the firm’s new fuel supplier following news Esso had pulled…


NCL champs Halkirk face Academy in NoS cup

NCL champs Halkirk face Academy in NoS cup

NORTH Caledonian League champions Halkirk United will make the trip to Harmsworth Park to face Wick Academy later this month in the North of Scotland…


NCL champs Halkirk face Academy in NoS cup

NCL champs Halkirk face Academy in NoS cup

NORTH Caledonian League champions Halkirk United will make the trip to Harmsworth Park to face Wick Academy later this month in the North of Scotland…


Fans warned over Belladrum ticket scam

Fans warned over Belladrum ticket scam

CAITHNESS music fans have been warned about the dangers of buying nonexistent tickets for Beauly’s Belladum Tartan Heart Festival. Festival organiser…


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