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Row over efficiency of new committee

07 March 2013
Row over efficiency of new committee

Row over efficiency of new committee

07 March 2013

HOSTILITIES have broken out between two Highland councillors over claims the recently-established Caithness and Sutherland area committee is costly and…


NHS bosses face public over Lawson job cut fears

21 February 2013
NHS bosses face public over Lawson job cut fears

NHS bosses face public over Lawson job cut fears

21 February 2013

NHS Highland managers have responded to concerns over staffing levels at Sutherland’s remodelled Lawson Memorial Hospital and adjacent Cambusavie…


Gardener banned after row over plots

14 February 2013
Gardener banned after row over plots

Gardener banned after row over plots

14 February 2013

Charlie Melville says he is devastated at the decision by Fiona MacDonald, manager of GREAN (Golspie Recycling Environmental Action Network).


Trust deer cull request thrown out

07 February 2013
Trust deer cull request thrown out

Trust deer cull request thrown out

07 February 2013

WILD land conservation charity the John Muir Trust (JMT) has failed in its bid for a permit to cull deer out-of-season on its west Sutherland estate in…


Anger at hospital’s name change plan

10 January 2013
Anger at hospital’s name change plan

Anger at hospital’s name change plan

10 January 2013

THE group behind the controversial decision to rename Sutherland’s 112-year-old Lawson Memorial Hospital is resisting mounting pressure to do a…


Modern materials refused for Carbisdale Castle repairs

29 November 2012
Modern materials refused for Carbisdale Castle repairs

Modern materials refused for Carbisdale Castle repairs

29 November 2012

The Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA) has run the Category B listed castle, located near Ardgay, as a youth hostel since 1945 but was forced to…


Historic school set for new life

08 November 2012
Historic school set for new life

Historic school set for new life

08 November 2012

A HISTORIC roadside building in Brora that has lain vacant and boarded-up for years, is finally in line for a new lease of life.


Deer managers to discuss Trust's stag cull plan

02 November 2012
Deer managers to discuss Trust's stag cull plan

Deer managers to discuss Trust's stag cull plan

02 November 2012

DEER managers in north west Sutherland are meeting later this month to discuss controversial plans by the John Muir Trust (JMT) to increase its stag cull…


Crofters blast out of season deer cull plan

11 October 2012
Crofters blast out of season deer cull plan

Crofters blast out of season deer cull plan

11 October 2012

WILDLAND charity the John Muir Trust (JMT) has come under fresh fire in the ongoing furore over its plan to increase the number of stags culled on its…


Trust's stag cull plan causes fury

04 October 2012
Trust's stag cull plan causes fury

Trust's stag cull plan causes fury

04 October 2012

Around 45 beasts have traditionally been culled annually on the 9140 acres Quinag (Cuineag) Estate, bought by the trust in 2005.


Battle now on to fight court closure threat

27 September 2012
Battle now on to fight court closure threat

Battle now on to fight court closure threat

27 September 2012

DORNOCH Sheriff Court is on a hit list of 11 courts across Scotland earmarked for closure, it has finally been confirmed.


Head’s exit rocks the community

13 September 2012
Head’s exit rocks the community

Head’s exit rocks the community

13 September 2012

THE TROUBLESHOOTING head teacher appointed to improve educational standards at Golspie High School and halt the haemorrhaging of pupils to Dornoch Academy,…


School bus drivers locked in pay dispute

06 September 2012
School bus drivers locked in pay dispute

School bus drivers locked in pay dispute

06 September 2012

SCHOOL bus drivers in Sutherland are locked in a pay dispute with Highland Council.


Olympic swim star makes surprise visit

30 August 2012
Olympic swim star makes surprise visit

Olympic swim star makes surprise visit

30 August 2012

AN elderly Australian former Olympic swimming star has paid her first visit to the Sutherland village from where her father emigrated last century.


Flash flooding in strath is the worst in memory

02 August 2012
Flash flooding in strath is the worst in memory

Flash flooding in strath is the worst in memory

02 August 2012

Households along a three-mile area of Strath Halladale were flooded out, debris was washed across the road and a gravel driveway was riven to the core.


People power brings Tesco to Kinbrace

02 August 2012
People power brings Tesco to Kinbrace

People power brings Tesco to Kinbrace

02 August 2012

A REMOTE Sutherland community has succeeded in its campaign to persuade a supermarket giant to make home deliveries to their area.


Injury scuppers Olympic dream

26 July 2012
Injury scuppers Olympic dream

Injury scuppers Olympic dream

26 July 2012

A SUTHERLAND woman has had to give up her Olympic dream as a result of a painful knee injury.


Play equipment 'too near Golspie homes'

13 July 2012
Play equipment 'too near Golspie homes'

Play equipment 'too near Golspie homes'

13 July 2012

A MAJOR row has erupted over newly installed play equipment in a Golspie play park.


Shopkeeper denies buying Dornoch Firth fishing rights

01 June 2012
Shopkeeper denies buying Dornoch Firth fishing rights

Shopkeeper denies buying Dornoch Firth fishing rights

01 June 2012

Row rumbles on over salmon catch territory...


Supermarket move for Dornoch abattoir site

10 May 2012
Supermarket move for Dornoch abattoir site

Supermarket move for Dornoch abattoir site

10 May 2012

THE redundant slaughterhouse site at Dornoch is in line to be redeveloped as a supermarket, it has emerged.


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