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An injection of life for Wick with Community Market shopping – initiative looks to expand and how to get involved

09 May 2022
An injection of life for Wick with Community Market shopping – initiative looks to expand and how to get involved

An injection of life for Wick with Community Market shopping – initiative looks to expand and how to get involved

09 May 2022

Wick's community council is delighted over the success of the recent open air market in the town and looks forward to developing the initiative.


Keep the Heid and Read this Wednesday

09 May 2022
Keep the Heid and Read this Wednesday

Keep the Heid and Read this Wednesday

09 May 2022

Readers young and old are being challenged to spend six minutes reading on Wednesday (May 11).


PICTURES: Wick fire team raise almost £400 charity cash at car wash event

07 May 2022
PICTURES: Wick fire team raise almost £400 charity cash at car wash event

PICTURES: Wick fire team raise almost £400 charity cash at car wash event

07 May 2022

Volunteer firefighters spent last Saturday raising cash from charity donations from a special car wash day outside their Wick base


VIDEO AND PICTURES: Watten earth's all that racket? It's just 50 Blue Angels bikers hitting the village

06 May 2022
VIDEO AND PICTURES: Watten earth's all that racket? It's just 50 Blue Angels bikers hitting the village

VIDEO AND PICTURES: Watten earth's all that racket? It's just 50 Blue Angels bikers hitting the village

06 May 2022

The quiet Caithness village of Watten played host to a bevy of hardcore bikers as around 50 Blue Angels Motorcycle Club members rumbled in.


Wind damage at Wick campus due to weaker panels being fitted – design team should have known about strong winds, says community council

06 May 2022
Wind damage at Wick campus due to weaker panels being fitted – design team should have known about strong winds, says community council

Wind damage at Wick campus due to weaker panels being fitted – design team should have known about strong winds, says community council

06 May 2022

Structural issues at the campus in Wick, when panels were ripped off the gym, formed part of the agenda for the local community council.


PICTURES: Oscar performance for first jack at Rosebank Bowling Club in Wick

06 May 2022
PICTURES: Oscar performance for first jack at Rosebank Bowling Club in Wick

PICTURES: Oscar performance for first jack at Rosebank Bowling Club in Wick

06 May 2022

Six-year-old Oscar Banks was the star attraction at the Rosebank Bowling Club (RBC) in Wick last Saturday as he threw the first jack of the season.


Upgrade works at Wick riverside car park to resume after Covid disruption – 'I’m really keen to get things moving and completed,' says Councillor Bremner

05 May 2022
Upgrade works at Wick riverside car park to resume after Covid disruption – 'I’m really keen to get things moving and completed,' says Councillor Bremner

Upgrade works at Wick riverside car park to resume after Covid disruption – 'I’m really keen to get things moving and completed,' says Councillor Bremner

05 May 2022

After delays due to Covid it has just been announced that upgrade work will resume at Wick's riverside car park.


Local councillor delighted with progress on lower cost heating options for Wick – Biomass scheme could be expanded by end of the year

05 May 2022
Local councillor delighted with progress on lower cost heating options for Wick – Biomass scheme could be expanded by end of the year

Local councillor delighted with progress on lower cost heating options for Wick – Biomass scheme could be expanded by end of the year

05 May 2022

Councillor Raymond Bremner gave updates on possible expansion of Wick’s district heating system.


PICTURES: Up the junction on Wick's streets – road junctions highlighted as pothole problem areas and local councillor requests 'balance to be struck between rural and town road repairs'

05 May 2022
PICTURES: Up the junction on Wick's streets – road junctions highlighted as pothole problem areas and local councillor requests 'balance to be struck between rural and town road repairs'

PICTURES: Up the junction on Wick's streets – road junctions highlighted as pothole problem areas and local councillor requests 'balance to be struck between rural and town road repairs'

05 May 2022

The poor state of Wick's streets, especially at junction points, was once again raised at Tuesday evening's community council meeting.


Screen-sharing scam warning

05 May 2022
Screen-sharing scam warning

Screen-sharing scam warning

05 May 2022

The fraudsters are embedding themselves in victims’ digital devices and access online banking and investment details.


Bats, birds and much more are on the agenda for Thurso wildlife tours

04 May 2022
Bats, birds and much more are on the agenda for Thurso wildlife tours

Bats, birds and much more are on the agenda for Thurso wildlife tours

04 May 2022

A cancer scare led a Caithness woman to reassess her life and focus on one thing that helped calm her through those turbulent times – local wildlife.


Interested in researching your family tree? Caithness Family History Society hosts talk on DNA testing

01 May 2022
Interested in researching your family tree? Caithness Family History Society hosts talk on DNA testing

Interested in researching your family tree? Caithness Family History Society hosts talk on DNA testing

01 May 2022

Caithness Family History Society will host a talk on what we can learn from DNA tests when researching our family trees.


Happy Birthday Hedgehog Society

30 April 2022
Happy Birthday Hedgehog Society

Happy Birthday Hedgehog Society

30 April 2022

The British Hedgehog Preservation Society was founded in 1982 and was instrumental in giving the hedgehog the high profile that it now enjoys.


Julius Caesar comes to Caithness for three nights

30 April 2022
Julius Caesar comes to Caithness for three nights

Julius Caesar comes to Caithness for three nights

30 April 2022

Latheron, Lyth and Reay will play host to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for three nights in mid-May.


Opportunity to find out about volunteering at Wick event

28 April 2022
Opportunity to find out about volunteering at Wick event

Opportunity to find out about volunteering at Wick event

28 April 2022

Caithness Voluntary Group (CVG) will be hosting a special Volunteer Fayre in Wick on Wednesday, May 4 at the Pulteneytown Peoples Project.


Caithness farmers push for micro-abattoir at Keiss

28 April 2022
Caithness farmers push for micro-abattoir at Keiss

Caithness farmers push for micro-abattoir at Keiss

28 April 2022

A small band of Caithness farmers and crofters say they are determined to create a private kill facility at Keiss.


Artist's work at Thurso Gallery reflects on her mother's perilous journey on WWII Arctic convoy

28 April 2022
Artist's work at Thurso Gallery reflects on her mother's perilous journey on WWII Arctic convoy

Artist's work at Thurso Gallery reflects on her mother's perilous journey on WWII Arctic convoy

28 April 2022

An exhibition in the Thurso Gallery this weekend (April 30) illustrates the story of Lavinia Ponsonby who went on an Arctic convoy during WWII.


Last year's damage to Wick school's gym will be fixed in summer, says council

28 April 2022
Last year's damage to Wick school's gym will be fixed in summer, says council

Last year's damage to Wick school's gym will be fixed in summer, says council

28 April 2022

In a progress update on storm damage at Wick Community Campus last year, the council states that full reinstatement work will take place in the summer


VIDEO and PICTURES: First-time visit to Wick for special weedkiller train – clearing the way on Caithness tracks

27 April 2022
VIDEO and PICTURES: First-time visit to Wick for special weedkiller train – clearing the way on Caithness tracks

VIDEO and PICTURES: First-time visit to Wick for special weedkiller train – clearing the way on Caithness tracks

27 April 2022

A local rail enthusiast snapped some pictures last night of a first-time visitor to Wick railway station in the shape of a special weedkilling train.


Fire in Wick this morning – enquiries ongoing to establish the cause at block of flats

27 April 2022
Fire in Wick this morning – enquiries ongoing to establish the cause at block of flats

Fire in Wick this morning – enquiries ongoing to establish the cause at block of flats

27 April 2022

Emergency services attended an address in Henrietta Street in Wick early this morning after a fire was reported there.


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