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STRIKE action is set to hit bin collections and street cleaning across the Highlands, residents have been warned.

Gary Manson is hoping his Wick players have learned a few lessons from last week's cup defeat to Clachnacuddin as the teams prepare to meet again.

UK inflation could soar to 18.6 per cent in early 2023, economists have warned today.

THE winter flu and Covid-19 vaccination programme is under way, and NHS Highland bosses have urged people to get their jags when invited for them.

The community dig at Swartigill has started up again – volunteers are welcome to come along and work at this 'hidden gem of archaeology' in Caithness.

Work to clear trees and other vegetation alongside an eight-mile stretch of the Far North Line will continue next month.

A Wick-based oil firm has seen its profits rise by more than £500,000 over the last financial year.

Rob McLean admitted his legs were shaking before he thumped home the decisive kick for High Ormlie Hotspur in their Highland Amateur Cup shoot-out.

Ewan McElroy said he was "bursting with pride" after High Ormlie Hotspur became first-time winners of the Highland Amateur Cup on Saturday.

A new report finds that many butterfly species are flourishing in Caithness and the rest of Scotland.

A charity representing older people is calling for urgent action ahead of Friday's announcement from Ofgem of the new energy price cap.

A £970,000 fund designed to support projects and ideas to benefit the environment and communities has opened for its third round of applications.

Sailors encountered sunny weather with light winds at Pentland Firth Yacht Club's latest day of racing – before a large thundercloud appeared.

Weaknesses in the running of a Caithness nursery "compromised the safety and wellbeing of children", according to a report by the Care Inspectorate.

A Skye man has made a second private appearance at Inverness Sheriff Court on a total of four charges, including one of murdering his brother-in-law.

Contracts to deliver high-speed broadband to rural homes in the north of Scotland are being extended after a further £36 million investment.

Wick's Riverview is joining forces with medical practices in Thurso and Lybster in a move that NHS Highland says will benefit patients and staff.

Members of Highland Council's Caithness committee will next week be asked to approve the lease of Bignold House to Wick Academy Football Club.

High Life Highland's countryside rangers will be leading a walk in north Sutherland on Thursday.

Concerns over the upkeep of local roads have intensified after a 74-year-old man suffered a gash to the head when he lost his footing in a pothole.