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Government funding could help repurpose Wick’s eyesore buildings

11 September 2024
Government funding could help repurpose Wick’s eyesore buildings

Government funding could help repurpose Wick’s eyesore buildings

11 September 2024

A government funding allocation of £40m may change the face of Wick as the council could purchase some of the town’s worst eyesores.


‘What are they going to do with it?’ No word on future of former Wick library building

11 September 2024
‘What are they going to do with it?’ No word on future of former Wick library building

‘What are they going to do with it?’ No word on future of former Wick library building

11 September 2024

A community councillor in Wick has questioned the time it is taking for a £750,000 consultation, including on the Carnegie Library, to be finalised.


Stone ready to ‘roll up sleeves’ for new position

10 September 2024
Stone ready to ‘roll up sleeves’ for new position

Stone ready to ‘roll up sleeves’ for new position

10 September 2024

Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has been announced as the new chair of the Petitions Committee.


Possible travel disruption due to windy conditions in Caithness

10 September 2024
Possible travel disruption due to windy conditions in Caithness

Possible travel disruption due to windy conditions in Caithness

10 September 2024

The Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for Caithness today saying that some travel disruption may take place due to high winds.


Halkirk woman’s bid to help kids across the world with online book club

10 September 2024
Halkirk woman’s bid to help kids across the world with online book club

Halkirk woman’s bid to help kids across the world with online book club

10 September 2024

A Caithness model and actress has returned to the county after making it big in the Philippines to pursue her latest educational project.


Help Thrumster man and his team hit funding goal for kids’ hospital charity

09 September 2024
Help Thrumster man and his team hit funding goal for kids’ hospital charity

Help Thrumster man and his team hit funding goal for kids’ hospital charity

09 September 2024

A Thrumster man is taking part in a gruelling Beast Race challenge for a kids’ hospital charity and wants help to hit his funding goal.


Dunbeath gastro pub cites ongoing ‘challenges’ as reason for closure

09 September 2024
Dunbeath gastro pub cites ongoing ‘challenges’ as reason for closure

Dunbeath gastro pub cites ongoing ‘challenges’ as reason for closure

09 September 2024

A gastro pub at Dunbeath has closed but the owners say they will continue to run a business at the site and provide meals at its award-winning cabins.


Police investigate break-in at Crown Bar in Wick

09 September 2024
Police investigate break-in at Crown Bar in Wick

Police investigate break-in at Crown Bar in Wick

09 September 2024

Police in Wick are currently investigating a break-in at a popular bar in the town at the weekend.


Lejog bereavement charity ride by cyclist who lost both parents at a young age

08 September 2024
Lejog bereavement charity ride by cyclist who lost both parents at a young age

Lejog bereavement charity ride by cyclist who lost both parents at a young age

08 September 2024

James Beeson is cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats (Lejog) to raise funds for a children and young people’s national bereavement charity.


No injuries reported after Bilbster crash

08 September 2024
No injuries reported after Bilbster crash

No injuries reported after Bilbster crash

08 September 2024

A car was witnessed lying on its side after a road incident on the A882 at Bilbster yesterday afternoon (September 7).


Funding success for Wick Community Hub and other Caithness organisations

07 September 2024
Funding success for Wick Community Hub and other Caithness organisations

Funding success for Wick Community Hub and other Caithness organisations

07 September 2024

Three Caithness organisations communities are to benefit from over £800K regeneration funding awarded to rural projects.


Coop funds help junior orchestra feel ‘comfortable, warm, valued and included’ with new tops

07 September 2024
Coop funds help junior orchestra feel ‘comfortable, warm, valued and included’ with new tops

Coop funds help junior orchestra feel ‘comfortable, warm, valued and included’ with new tops

07 September 2024

Thanks to funding from the Coop, members of the Caithness Junior Orchestra (CJO) will stay cosy this winter in their new brightly coloured tops.


Thurso mum wins top prize of £250k and donates £10k to charity thanks to Kilted Competitions

06 September 2024
Thurso mum wins top prize of £250k and donates £10k to charity thanks to Kilted Competitions

Thurso mum wins top prize of £250k and donates £10k to charity thanks to Kilted Competitions

06 September 2024

A Thurso woman is quids in after winning a life-changing amount of cash and made charity donations thanks to an online competition.


Caithness artist explores the inner workings of the brain at Edinburgh show

05 September 2024
Caithness artist explores the inner workings of the brain at Edinburgh show

Caithness artist explores the inner workings of the brain at Edinburgh show

05 September 2024

A Caithness artist had three paintings at a scientific exhibition in Edinburgh about the workings of the human brain.


Caithness seabirds face a bleak future without urgent action

05 September 2024
Caithness seabirds face a bleak future without urgent action

Caithness seabirds face a bleak future without urgent action

05 September 2024

Gulls may seem commonplace and condemned by some as a nuisance in Caithness but many, along with other seabirds, are in serious decline.


Team Norscot goes the extra mile in Paws for a Cause walking challenge

04 September 2024
Team Norscot goes the extra mile in Paws for a Cause walking challenge

Team Norscot goes the extra mile in Paws for a Cause walking challenge

04 September 2024

Staff from a Bower-based joinery company undertook a gruelling charity walking challenge that covered over 1000km.


Former Wick High pupils write bestselling book

04 September 2024
Former Wick High pupils write bestselling book

Former Wick High pupils write bestselling book

04 September 2024

Two former Wick High School pupils have launched a book of Scottish fiction that has become an Amazon number one bestseller over multiple categories.


Delay to new bin rollout in Caithness

04 September 2024
Delay to new bin rollout in Caithness

Delay to new bin rollout in Caithness

04 September 2024

Householders in Caithness will have to wait a bit longer before their new recycle bins arrive, announced Highland Council.


Maree Todd MSP emphasises the importance of SNP free prescription policy

04 September 2024
Maree Todd MSP emphasises the importance of SNP free prescription policy

Maree Todd MSP emphasises the importance of SNP free prescription policy

04 September 2024

The SNP MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Maree Todd, highlighted how the importance of free prescriptions during the cost of living crisis.


PICTURE SPECIAL: WWII shipwreck off Wick coastline ‘flies’ ensign flag again after more than 80 years – poignant tribute to HMS Exmouth torpedoed by Nazi sub in 1940

02 September 2024
PICTURE SPECIAL: WWII shipwreck off Wick coastline ‘flies’ ensign flag again after more than 80 years – poignant tribute to HMS Exmouth torpedoed by Nazi sub in 1940

PICTURE SPECIAL: WWII shipwreck off Wick coastline ‘flies’ ensign flag again after more than 80 years – poignant tribute to HMS Exmouth torpedoed by Nazi sub in 1940

02 September 2024

A poignant series of photographs detailed the moment an ensign flag was raised in tribute on a WWII shipwreck off the Wick coastline.


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