PROPOSED cuts to the Caledonian Sleeper service have been branded as “barmy” by a local rail campaigner.
MILLER Academy’s swimming team took part in the recent North of Scotland School Swimming Championships in Inverness.
I CANNOT say why I happened to pick up the small hardback book entitled The Gentlest Art. I suspect it was dawdling in the hope that whatever I was avoiding…
WICK is looking festive with the arrival of the Christmas tree in the town’s Market Place. Seasonal lights were put up around the town on Sunday by…
THE youth hostel at Canisbay is to close. SYHA Hostelling Scotland, Scotland’s largest network of youth hostels, says the Far North facility is one of…
A THURSO teenager has appeared in court after driving a bus without consent from the owner. Martin Budge appeared at Wick Sheriff Court on Monday and…
A CHILDREN in Need fundraising video produced by Wick High is turning into an internet sensation. Staff and pupils teamed up for the BBC charity appeal…
PEOPLE in the Bower area are to get a second chance to form a community council.
A 17-year-old has been reported to the procurator fiscal in connection with the removal of a bus from the depot in Thurso.
A concert at Wick High School on Friday raised awareness and funds for the BBC’s Children in Need appeal. Around 10 acts took to the stage in the main…
HIGHLAND Hospice is inviting people across the county to participate in this year’s Light up a Life campaign. Locals will have the opportunity to take…
LOCAL MP John Thurso has backed a report which urges a rethink over the recent abolition of the cheque guarantee card.
THE secretary of state for Scotland has said it is “very important” that crucial work in the renewables industry in the Far North is not undermined by…
FAR North MSP Rob Gibson has been short-listed for politician of the year in the Nature of Scotland awards. Winners of the awards, which are run by…
NORTH Highland College is to get a funding boost after signing a partnership agreement with Whirlwind Renewables. The agreement – formally signed on Friday…
A SECTION of the A99 road north of Keiss is set for improvements costing £550,000. The work is scheduled to get under way next year.
CASTLETOWN community council has no chairman following the resignation of Doug Fraser. He decided to stand down from the post he has held for five years…
Staff at Allans of Gillock are aiming to better last year’s Children in Need fundraiser – and this cake should go a long way to helping them do that.
FOR 10 years Kevin Dalgleish has been the chef at Ackergill Tower. In that time he has cooked for the great and the good, including top industry leaders…
I WANT to share with you, readers, my misgivings about the west Caithness health services review conducted by the North Highland Community Health Partnership. I…