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‘It’s like being on top of the world’

‘It’s like being on top of the world’

HAVING fallen in love with dropping 15000 feet through the air, Jonathan Burt said he is sky high after realising his dream.


Jack takes trophy win

Jack takes trophy win

LAST Thursday was a good day for Donald Jack as he won the final round of the EGGS Summer Eclectic...


Legion's call to bid up for holidays to hard core

Legion's call to bid up for holidays to hard core

The Rotary Club of Thurso has organised an auction this coming Friday...


Royal album is picture perfect

Royal album is picture perfect

AN album of previously unpublished photos of royal visits to Dounreay is to go on show at two popular tourist haunts in Caithness.


Shock garden find sparks grenade alert

Shock garden find sparks grenade alert

A WICK man has spoken of his shock at uncovering dozens of grenades that were buried in his garden.


The wild uncertainties of the Caithness weather

The wild uncertainties of the Caithness weather

OUR weather has certainly been schizophrenic recently, with days that could have come from January and others that might be expected in July...


Ugly proves it’s okay to be different

Ugly proves it’s okay to be different

THE audience attending the latest offering from the Thurso High School Drama Group were treated to an fine evening of dance, comic acting and singing...


Witness plea as metal thefts rise

Witness plea as metal thefts rise

Recession blamed for opportunist raids


Cycling enthusiasts complete 1000-mile ride for the NSPCC

Cycling enthusiasts complete 1000-mile ride for the NSPCC

A GROUP of 18 cycling enthusiasts have completed a Land’s End to John O’Groats challenge – raising nearly £50,000 for a children’s charity. The dedicated…


Bill Fernie says emergency tug cover is vital

Bill Fernie says emergency tug cover is vital

THE Government needs only to look at the number of incidents in the northern seas to realise the importance of retaining emergency tug services. That…


Whaligoe work was well rewarded

Whaligoe work was well rewarded

THOMAS Telford dismissed Whaligoe as a "dreadful place". Certainly the words wild, forbidding and inhospitable spring to mind...


Blythswood’s shoe box appeal gets under way this month

Blythswood’s shoe box appeal gets under way this month

A BLYTHSWOOD Care lorry will be in Caithness next month to collect donations to the annual shoe box appeal.


Assembly Rooms in Wick closed after wartime grenades uncovered

Assembly Rooms in Wick closed after wartime grenades uncovered

A CACHE of at least two dozen Second World War hand grenades have been discovered in the centre of Wick. Police have confirmed that the Assembly Rooms…


North Lands Creative Glass residency set to inspire Katya Izabel Filmus

North Lands Creative Glass residency set to inspire Katya Izabel Filmus

A RENOWNED international artist hopes to develop a new body of work after gaining a prestigious residency in Caithness. Katya Izabel Filmus has been…


Thurso businessman Mark Taylor braved the treacherous Pentland Firth for six-mile swim

Thurso businessman Mark Taylor braved the treacherous Pentland Firth for six-mile swim

A THURSO businessman risked life and limb on Sunday by swimming six miles of the treacherous Pentland Firth for a very special cause. Picture Box and…


Copper cable stolen from Thurso East Mains Farm

Copper cable stolen from Thurso East Mains Farm

Police in Thurso are appealing for witnesses to a theft of armoured copper cable from Thurso East Mains Farm. Around 150m of the cable was taken overnight…


Duchess of Sutherland war painting is sold in Edinburgh

Duchess of Sutherland war painting is sold in Edinburgh

A moving series of canvases of soldiers convalescing during the First World War and featuring a previously unseen portrait of the Duchess of Sutherland…


Academy undone by late strike

Academy undone by late strike

A 91st-minute goal was Academy’s undoing on Saturday. David Booth’s injury-time strike meant the Scorries came home with nothing despite looking like…


Canadian artist Corin Sworn bowls them over at Timespan

Canadian artist Corin Sworn bowls them over at Timespan

CANADIAN visual artist Corin Sworn will showcase a new HD video work amid a collection of sculptures, drawings and photographs at Timespan in Helmsdale…


Centenarian figures reach a record high

Centenarian figures reach a record high

THE number of people in Scotland living for more than a century has reached a new high. Figures from the Registrar General estimate last year there…


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