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Craft roadshow to visit Thurso

Craft roadshow to visit Thurso

A ROADSHOW in Caithness Horizons on Monday (September 12) will launch the new-look craftscotland website which provides a revamped platform for Scottish…


Partnership has been getting into ganseys

Partnership has been getting into ganseys

I AM into ganseys in a big way. Nearly every day I wear one, and a more comfortable, practical garment is hard to think of. Getting into ganseys – to…


I had to laugh at ‘pub talk’ claim

I had to laugh at ‘pub talk’ claim

EACH week I am meeting local business people and community activists who share with me and my party a positive vision for Caithness and north Sutherland…


Wick woman launches new online chocolate business

Wick woman launches new online chocolate business

A WICK woman has given up her career in the science industry to start her own chocolate business. After working for STEM North of Scotland promoting science,…


RNLI video shows Thurso lifeboat crew responding to ‘Golden Promise’ grounding at Stroma

RNLI video shows Thurso lifeboat crew responding to ‘Golden Promise’ grounding at Stroma

A VIDEO from the RNLI shows Thurso and Longhope RNLI lifeboats responding to a distress call from the fishing vessel Golden Promise on September 7.


At last...work starts to revamp John O’Groats

At last...work starts to revamp John O’Groats

BULLDOZERS yesterday moved in to start the long-awaited transformation of John O’Groats.


Brims kicks Greens to glory in league opener

Brims kicks Greens to glory in league opener

CAITHNESS 21- 15 GLENROTHES IT would be folly to base prospects for a season on an opening league match. This one was infused with a liberal quota of…


Caithness coach delighted at away win

Caithness coach delighted at away win

CAITHNESS coach Donald MacIntosh was happy enough to chalk up a first competitive victory under his watch in Saturday’s opening RBS Caley one league match.…


County's dental gap to be filled

County's dental gap to be filled

NHS dental waiting lists will be a thing of the past by the end of this year, according to the head of a new dental practice.


Dounreay apprentices on the ladder to new careers

Dounreay apprentices on the ladder to new careers

THE next generation of Dounreay apprentices have started their four-year training to become the site’s new decommissioners.


Ex-army staff could be answer to ill discipline

Ex-army staff could be answer to ill discipline

CONCERN over recent riots in English cities is fading fast from front pages. That is the way it is with newspaper stories, here today and gone tomorrow.…


Greetings cards cash will help brain injured

Greetings cards cash will help brain injured

A HASTER woman whose grandson, Kyle McKay, suffered a brain injury two years ago, has raised £1000 for a recently formed Caithness support group.


Icelanders have shown democracy in action

Icelanders have shown democracy in action

AFTER the deluge of August the brief drying winds of early September have at last allowed the combines into the barley and corn parks of Caithness.


North minister will be ‘sorely missed’

North minister will be ‘sorely missed’

A KIRK representative in Wick has joined in tributes to a popular Highland minister who died after a short illness.


Queen Hannah gives a regal air to Dunnet fair

Queen Hannah gives a regal air to Dunnet fair

FOR the first time in many years the presence of a queen lent a regal air to proceedings at the Marymas Fair in Dunnet on Saturday. As the sun came…


Separating the wheat from the chaff was hard work

Separating the wheat from the chaff was hard work

AT Whitehall we had a fanners in the loft – hand-powered – every farm had one. Some farms had two and were used to clean up grain for selling or for seed.…


Wartime tragedy remembered in Wick

Wartime tragedy remembered in Wick

PEOPLE gathered in Wick at the weekend to mark the unveiling of a memorial to the men lost during a wartime tragedy.


Wick man's family speak of his loss on 9/11

Wick man's family speak of his loss on 9/11

THE family of a Wick man who was a victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America spoke of their loss yesterday as the 10th anniversary of the atrocity…


Wick not in grip of crime wave says police chief

Wick not in grip of crime wave says police chief

A CAITHNESS police chief said that statistics showing the number of incidents reported to officers do not indicate that Wick is “in the grip of a crime…


Assurance sought over council’s readiness to deal with winter weather

Assurance sought over council’s readiness to deal with winter weather

THE SNP group on the Highland Council has sought assurances over the authority’s preparations for winter maintenance.


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