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Organisers working hard to ‘keep it fresh’ for Wick Gala Week 2026
Wick gala chairperson Donna Plowman has praised the committee members for all their work and urged anyone willing to lend a hand to get in touch.
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Highland poitician shares health update ahead of heart op
The MP, who will be on light duties while recovering, thanks constituents for their understanding and says: ‘We all have to be careful of our health.’
Highland cancer service in trouble as patients to be moved around Scotland for treatment
Others to face delays amid fears NHS Highland will lose another service.
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NHS Highland oncology crisis leads far north MSP David Green to question if right people are in charge
Anger mounts as locals are again ‘told they have to travel further, wait longer or make do with less’.
11-year extended sentence for Caithness offender who raped 6 year old boy and sexually assaulted teen girl
A sex offender who raped a six-year-old boy and sexually assaulted a teenage girl in Caithness has been given an 11-year extended sentence.
PICTURES: Massive changes afoot with redevelopment of John O’Groats Play Area
See the pictures showing just some of the exciting new play equipment that will be coming to John O’Groats if Highland Council greenlights the plan.
Family’s Scafell Pike climb for Jocko raises more than £2400 for Wick RNLI
A Caithness family have climbed England’s highest mountain in memory of their beloved dog Jocko to raise money for Wick RNLI.
Maternity bookings at Raigmore patient lodges more than double in five years
Maternity-related stays in patient accommodation adjacent to Raigmore Hospital have more than doubled over the past five years, it has emerged.
10mph convoy and traffic lights on A99 south of Wick to allow surface improvements
Temporary traffic lights and a 10mph convoy system will be introduced on the A99 as resurfacing work enters its final phase.
Demonstrator project bringing ‘very little benefit to Caithness’, says Wick provost
Jan McEwan has reiterated her view that a £750,000 Scottish Government programme aimed at rejuvenating underused buildings has been a waste of money.
Highland Council set to hold rapist licence meeting in secret for ‘legal reasons’
As a former licensing boss says ‘secrecy’ facilitates systemic failings.
‘It’s such a shame’: yet another popular Caithness shop set to close its doors
Thurso’s Cancer Research UK shop is closing at some point this October, following the loss of the Wick store in February.
Thurso Players junior workshop presents ‘Whoops! XXVIII: A Glitch In Time’
Thurso Players’ 28th annual junior workshop production is this Friday and Saturday (July 17/18), taking place at the town’s Mill Theatre.
Do not adjust your television set – It’s just a ‘Rex block’ overhead, warns Wick weather watcher
Unusually high-pressure weather is causing television and radio interference for homes across Caithness, local weather watcher Keith Banks has warned.
Planning permission sought for specialist disabled toilet facility at John O'Groats
A planning application has been submitted to the Highland Council for a new modular Changing Places toilet facility at the John O'Groats car park.
‘Caithness communities have a proud tradition of looking out for one another’
The award-winning MCR Pathways charity programme is looking for volunteers to help support students based at Thurso High School.
Could you be the next owner of this NC500 beauty spot? "Labour of love" goes on the market after a decade
Borgie Lodge Hotel, near Tongue in north Sutherland, has been lovingly restored and developed over the past decade by Andi and Nigel Carter.
Caithness man remanded over assault and sexual offence charges
A 64-year-old Caithness man has been remanded in custody on a string of assault and sexual offence charges.
Six men to face trial after £7m Wick High School cannabis farm raid
Six Vietnamese men have had a trial set after a large cannabis factory was discovered in the old Wick High School.
WATCH: Dunbeath dad's fear of being marooned in a sea of jellyfish
Dunbeath fisherman tells of engine failure fears after a mile-wide jellyfish bloom surrounds his creel boat.