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Jack Halliday will be “a big miss” after playing his last game for Wick Academy in Saturday’s 4-0 Highland League victory at Kynoch Park.

Far north MSP Maree Todd ‘saddened’ by events as Kate Forbes is described elsewhere as ‘the best person who can lead Scotland’.

Gary Manson insists Wick Academy will be “looking upwards” next season after rounding off their 2023/24 league campaign with a 4-0 win at Keith.

Halkirk District Bowling Club’s annual presentation of awards took place in the Ross Institute in the village on Saturday.

Wick Groats need to be aware that other teams will raise their game when they come up against the reigning champions, according Stewart Ross.

Castletown manager Tom McKenna expects the top flight of Caithness summer football this season to be effectively two leagues within one division.

The Caithness women’s rugby team have secured the National Plate, coming from behind to beat Uddingston Selkies 47-27 at Murrayfield Hive.

A mountain rescue team that covers Caithness and Sutherland has appointed a new leader.

New local advisory committees have been formed to help shape the direction of the merged UHI North, West and Hebrides college.

The sounds of Irish country music will fill the air in east Sutherland next month with a special appearance from the award-winning Stephen Smyth Band.

Farmers and crofters have called for more timely intervention to help them mitigate against the impacts of white-tailed eagle predation on lambs.

A Wick youngster who has previously been the chair of the Highland Youth Parliament has been elected to represent the far north again.

Village Inn proved unbeatable in the second division of Wick and District Pool League, winning all their matches.

A Wick volunteer is playing his part in ensuring the war graves in the town’s cemetery are maintained to the highest possible standard.

Thurso United has taken delivery of a defibrillator with support from the Scottish Football Partnership Trust and Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust.

Campaigners against Swarclett Wind Farm claim it will create “no sustainable employment opportunities for local people” and will be harmful to birds.

Anzac Day organisers in Wick have been praised for ensuring Australian and New Zealand service personnel are “commemorated in a proper fashion”.

More than £5000 has been raised towards a new bridge on the John O’Groats Trail after a mystery donor pledged to match funds donated by the public.

Scrabster harbour’s cruise season has begun with a visit by the 71,304-tonne AIDAsol, the largest vessel to ever berth at the port.

Manager Gary Manson admitted Wick Academy’s away results have been “absolutely rotten” after their penultimate fixture of the 2023/24 campaign.