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PICTURES and VIDEO: Fag break nightmare as Highland man has dog stolen from Black Isle truck stop

20 November 2024
PICTURES and VIDEO: Fag break nightmare as Highland man has dog stolen from Black Isle truck stop

PICTURES and VIDEO: Fag break nightmare as Highland man has dog stolen from Black Isle truck stop

20 November 2024

A dog owner talked about his anguish and delight after his dog was stolen at a Black Isle truck spot and found a few days later in Elgin.


Caithness residents warned of ‘Little Mermaid’ AI Scam – phone calls mimic loved ones voices

12 October 2024
Caithness residents warned of ‘Little Mermaid’ AI Scam – phone calls mimic loved ones voices

Caithness residents warned of ‘Little Mermaid’ AI Scam – phone calls mimic loved ones voices

12 October 2024

A global IT company warns Caithness residents to be wary of an insidious scam that mimics the voices of friends and relatives to extort money.


WATCH: ‘Hanging with Frank was my first serious film’ – Grim tales from Barlinnie Prison’s execution chamber highlighted in new BBC series

09 October 2024
WATCH: ‘Hanging with Frank was my first serious film’ – Grim tales from Barlinnie Prison’s execution chamber highlighted in new BBC series

WATCH: ‘Hanging with Frank was my first serious film’ – Grim tales from Barlinnie Prison’s execution chamber highlighted in new BBC series

09 October 2024

A new BBC series, Inside Barlinnie, features archive footage of the prison’s execution chamber from a film one of our journalists made in the 1990s.


Wildlife enthusiasts invited to take part in National Whale and Dolphin Watch

13 July 2024
Wildlife enthusiasts invited to take part in National Whale and Dolphin Watch

Wildlife enthusiasts invited to take part in National Whale and Dolphin Watch

13 July 2024

Sea Watch Foundation announces the return of its National Whale and Dolphin Watch, a 10-day-long event taking place from July 26 to August 4.


MP Jamie Stone swears oath at House of Commons

10 July 2024
MP Jamie Stone swears oath at House of Commons

MP Jamie Stone swears oath at House of Commons

10 July 2024

Jamie Stone, newly re-elected MP for Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross, has sworn into the House of Commons this morning.


Council leader Raymond Bremner talks candidly about health scare – 'I've been told I'm a very lucky person'

15 January 2024
Council leader Raymond Bremner talks candidly about health scare – 'I've been told I'm a very lucky person'

Council leader Raymond Bremner talks candidly about health scare – 'I've been told I'm a very lucky person'

15 January 2024

Highland Council leader Raymond Bremner said he felt like lucky to be alive after landing up in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.


Fancy a job on the trains? Full steam ahead for ScotRail recruitment drive

07 January 2024
Fancy a job on the trains? Full steam ahead for ScotRail recruitment drive

Fancy a job on the trains? Full steam ahead for ScotRail recruitment drive

07 January 2024

ScotRail is steaming into 2024 with scores of vacancies set to be filled as part of its biggest recruitment drive in years.


Rescue robins – tips on saving our favourite festive bird this Christmas

06 December 2023
Rescue robins – tips on saving our favourite festive bird this Christmas

Rescue robins – tips on saving our favourite festive bird this Christmas

06 December 2023

A favourite little character that visits Highland gardens may be in danger without our help – an expert shares tips on how you can help the robin.


County lines operation by police targets cuckooing by drug dealers in Highlands

24 October 2023
County lines operation by police targets cuckooing by drug dealers in Highlands

County lines operation by police targets cuckooing by drug dealers in Highlands

24 October 2023

Police Scotland reported on the success of a recent UK-wide initiative to target drug dealers who exploit vulnerable young people by cuckooing


90-year-old retired vicar likely to enter record books as oldest Land's End to John O'Groats cyclist

03 October 2023
90-year-old retired vicar likely to enter record books as oldest Land's End to John O'Groats cyclist

90-year-old retired vicar likely to enter record books as oldest Land's End to John O'Groats cyclist

03 October 2023

A 90-year-old retired vicar seems likely to beat Martin Harvey's record breaking Land's End to John O'Groats cycle run last year.


Highland man's fight to save life of passenger – 'Why don't they have defibrillators on the train?'

14 July 2023
Highland man's fight to save life of passenger – 'Why don't they have defibrillators on the train?'

Highland man's fight to save life of passenger – 'Why don't they have defibrillators on the train?'

14 July 2023

A Highland man, praised for his efforts to try and resuscitate a rail passenger, thinks lifesaving defibrillators should be carried on trains.


North Highland 'murder suicide' woman named locally – Dingwall connection and witness reports strange behaviour

06 July 2023
North Highland 'murder suicide' woman named locally – Dingwall connection and witness reports strange behaviour

North Highland 'murder suicide' woman named locally – Dingwall connection and witness reports strange behaviour

06 July 2023

The woman whose body was recovered after the murder-suicide at Keiss has been named locally as Caroline Copland.


Woman's body found on Keiss Castle grounds after murder in nearby Highland village

03 July 2023
Woman's body found on Keiss Castle grounds after murder in nearby Highland village

Woman's body found on Keiss Castle grounds after murder in nearby Highland village

03 July 2023

A 74-year-old man was murdered at Keiss in Caithness on Sunday afternoon (July 3) and a woman linked to the incident was later found dead nearby.


PICTURES: Police cordon off centre of Highland town after huge collapse of roof masonry

01 May 2023
PICTURES: Police cordon off centre of Highland town after huge collapse of roof masonry

PICTURES: Police cordon off centre of Highland town after huge collapse of roof masonry

01 May 2023

A police cordon has been set up around Traill Street in Thurso after tons of sandstone blocks fell from the parapet of a building.


National advice service welcomes Fuel Insecurity Fund announcement

06 April 2023
National advice service welcomes Fuel Insecurity Fund announcement

National advice service welcomes Fuel Insecurity Fund announcement

06 April 2023

First Minister Humza Yousaf announced that up to £30 million will be made available through the Fuel Insecurity Fund.


VIDEO AND PICTURES: Charity walker Speedo Mick hits Wick and gatecrashes ladies' party – see what happened

31 December 2022
VIDEO AND PICTURES: Charity walker Speedo Mick hits Wick and gatecrashes ladies' party – see what happened

VIDEO AND PICTURES: Charity walker Speedo Mick hits Wick and gatecrashes ladies' party – see what happened

31 December 2022

John O'Groats to Land's End charity walker Speedo Mick made it to Wick and brought some Scouse charm to a ladies' party at the Norseman Hotel.


WATCH: Speedo Mick's final stomp hits leaves John O'Groats – and he's heading for Ross-shire

30 December 2022
WATCH: Speedo Mick's final stomp hits leaves John O'Groats – and he's heading for Ross-shire

WATCH: Speedo Mick's final stomp hits leaves John O'Groats – and he's heading for Ross-shire

30 December 2022

Exactly three years ago, a near naked charity walker dropped by our Wick office on a Jogle journey – now Speedo Mick is doing it all again.


'It could have killed us' – Highland tenant says fumes from cracked chimney were potentially deadly

02 December 2022
'It could have killed us' – Highland tenant says fumes from cracked chimney were potentially deadly

'It could have killed us' – Highland tenant says fumes from cracked chimney were potentially deadly

02 December 2022

A Highland man said his broken chimney stack could have killed him and his wife with carbon monoxide fumes and is battling the council to it repaired.


Residents urged to be alert to scams as £324 DWP payment arrives in bank accounts

12 November 2022
Residents urged to be alert to scams as £324 DWP payment arrives in bank accounts

Residents urged to be alert to scams as £324 DWP payment arrives in bank accounts

12 November 2022

Ross-shire residents are urged to look out for scams as cost-of-living support payments of £324 start arriving in bank accounts.


Guinness World Record on the cards as 86-year-old finishes gruelling Lejog cycle run – 'there were a few nightmare moments but we're super proud of dad'

21 September 2022
Guinness World Record on the cards as 86-year-old finishes gruelling Lejog cycle run – 'there were a few nightmare moments but we're super proud of dad'

Guinness World Record on the cards as 86-year-old finishes gruelling Lejog cycle run – 'there were a few nightmare moments but we're super proud of dad'

21 September 2022

The Caithness Courier caught up with a sprightly octogenarian at the end of a mammoth cycle ride that is expected to be verified as a world record.


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