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Lyth horse stables plant trees for Red Nose Day

20 March 2021
Lyth horse stables plant trees for Red Nose Day

Lyth horse stables plant trees for Red Nose Day

20 March 2021

Horsin' Around stables based at Lyth held a charity plant a tree event in aid of Red Nose Day.


Dunnet company releases new gin flavour inspired by Caithness coastline

20 March 2021
Dunnet company releases new gin flavour inspired by Caithness coastline

Dunnet company releases new gin flavour inspired by Caithness coastline

20 March 2021

Dunnet Bay Distillers, has released a Citrus Coastal Edition of its award-winning Rock Rose gin, inspired by the local coastline.


Pupils access dodgy website in security breach

19 March 2021
Pupils access dodgy website in security breach

Pupils access dodgy website in security breach

19 March 2021

The council has been made aware of an incident involving a small number of pupils who used a search engine and app to access a blocked website.


Thurso's Ali G wannabe condemned for wall graffiti

19 March 2021
Thurso's Ali G wannabe condemned for wall graffiti

Thurso's Ali G wannabe condemned for wall graffiti

19 March 2021

A Thurso vandal with aspirations to be the town's version of comedy character Ali G has brought more anger than laughs from locals.


Consultant adds her voice to rural protest today

19 March 2021
Consultant adds her voice to rural protest today

Consultant adds her voice to rural protest today

19 March 2021

An agricultural consultant who works across Caithness and the far north has lent her support to today's online Rural Workers’ Protest 2021.


Plan for strike action could affect Caithness rail services

19 March 2021
Plan for strike action could affect Caithness rail services

Plan for strike action could affect Caithness rail services

19 March 2021

Plans for strikes to force increases in overtime payments may affect local services and make the railway’s 'significant financial challenge worse'


Outdoor fitness classes to start again in Caithness

19 March 2021
Outdoor fitness classes to start again in Caithness

Outdoor fitness classes to start again in Caithness

19 March 2021

High Life Highland is starting bounceback 2.0 in earnest by providing a range of outdoor fitness classes for members in Wick and Thurso.


Family shocked at Wick gravestone vandalism

18 March 2021
Family shocked at Wick gravestone vandalism

Family shocked at Wick gravestone vandalism

18 March 2021

The family of a teenager whose gravestone was vandalised within 24 hours of erection at Wick cemetery condemned those responsible.


Forss distillery marks Global Recycling Day with plastic free packaging

18 March 2021
Forss distillery marks Global Recycling Day with plastic free packaging

Forss distillery marks Global Recycling Day with plastic free packaging

18 March 2021

A Caithness distillery celebrates today's Global Recycling Day by launching 100 per cent recyclable packaging free from damaging single-use plastic.


Taxi Fund still open for applications

18 March 2021
Taxi Fund still open for applications

Taxi Fund still open for applications

18 March 2021

The Scottish Government has announced it has extended the deadline for the Taxi and Private Hire Driver Fund.


Caithness residents asked to Bee the Change to help bumblebees

18 March 2021
Caithness residents asked to Bee the Change to help bumblebees

Caithness residents asked to Bee the Change to help bumblebees

18 March 2021

The Bumblebee Conversation Trust is on a mission to help everyone be more bumblebee-friendly in Caithness with a new campaign launched today


Gail Ross welcomes Scottish Government's takeover of railways

17 March 2021
Gail Ross welcomes Scottish Government's takeover of railways

Gail Ross welcomes Scottish Government's takeover of railways

17 March 2021

Local MSP Gail Ross has welcomed the 'bold and welcome' announcement that the Scottish Government is taking over the country’s rail franchise.


WATCH: Hillside fire on A9 halts traffic

17 March 2021
WATCH: Hillside fire on A9 halts traffic

WATCH: Hillside fire on A9 halts traffic

17 March 2021

A serious hillside fire at Portgower has been causing traffic delays on the A9 between Caithness and Sutherland.


21-mile challenge for Spittal four-year-old

17 March 2021
21-mile challenge for Spittal four-year-old

21-mile challenge for Spittal four-year-old

17 March 2021

A four-year-old boy at Spittal Mains farm near Halkirk is undertaking a 21-mile pony ride to support a charity that has helped his sister.


Lyth man supports Friday's rural protest

17 March 2021
Lyth man supports Friday's rural protest

Lyth man supports Friday's rural protest

17 March 2021

A forestry worker from Lyth talked of his support for this week's online Rural Workers’ Protest 2021 and how a 'way of life' is under threat.


Closing date for Taxi Fund

17 March 2021
Closing date for Taxi Fund

Closing date for Taxi Fund

17 March 2021

The Scottish Government has announced the Taxi and Private Hire Driver Fund will close to new applicants at 5pm tomorrow (March 18).


WATCH: Piano James dodges potholes and police on charity trek

16 March 2021
WATCH: Piano James dodges potholes and police on charity trek

WATCH: Piano James dodges potholes and police on charity trek

16 March 2021

A charity walker is currently pulling a piano through Caithness on the long road to Land's End and has already come a cropper with potholes and police


Council says act now for applying to EU Settlement Scheme

16 March 2021
Council says act now for applying to EU Settlement Scheme

Council says act now for applying to EU Settlement Scheme

16 March 2021

Highland Council is encouraging anyone who has not yet applied to join the EU Settlement Scheme to do so before June 30 deadline.


Man charged over Wick crash

16 March 2021
Man charged over Wick crash

Man charged over Wick crash

16 March 2021

A man has been charged in connection with an incident outside Wick's Co-op supermarket in February when a vehicle smashed through a wall.


Celebrity hosts quiz to raise money for Scotland’s animals

16 March 2021
Celebrity hosts quiz to raise money for Scotland’s animals

Celebrity hosts quiz to raise money for Scotland’s animals

16 March 2021

The Scottish SPCA is delighted to announce that BBC sports broadcaster Connie McLaughlin will be hosting their pub quiz for pets on April 1.


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