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LOOKING BACK: Golspie High School footballers 50 years ago

15 February 2025
LOOKING BACK: Golspie High School footballers 50 years ago

LOOKING BACK: Golspie High School footballers 50 years ago

15 February 2025

From the picture archive of the Northern Times.


From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

15 February 2025
From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

15 February 2025

Golspie photographer David Sim has carved a very special trophy and a small bronze pin found in a local garden dates back to Pictish times.


‘I hear your concerns’: MSP Maree Todd under fire at Bonar Bridge meeting over proliferation of Kyle of Sutherland wind farms

14 February 2025
‘I hear your concerns’: MSP Maree Todd under fire at Bonar Bridge meeting over proliferation of Kyle of Sutherland wind farms

‘I hear your concerns’: MSP Maree Todd under fire at Bonar Bridge meeting over proliferation of Kyle of Sutherland wind farms

14 February 2025

At one point Ms Todd was asked: “What is it that you actually care about because it is not us?”


‘It will destroy the tourist industry’: Kyle of Sutherland businessman’s fears over impact of wind farms on holiday rental business

14 February 2025
‘It will destroy the tourist industry’: Kyle of Sutherland businessman’s fears over impact of wind farms on holiday rental business

‘It will destroy the tourist industry’: Kyle of Sutherland businessman’s fears over impact of wind farms on holiday rental business

14 February 2025

Rupert Haig-Thomas fears for his business amid the onslaught of planning applications for wind farms, pylons and battery energy storage systems.


Forestry and Land Scotland challenged again over Inveroykel Wind Farm land option agreement

14 February 2025
Forestry and Land Scotland challenged again over Inveroykel Wind Farm land option agreement

Forestry and Land Scotland challenged again over Inveroykel Wind Farm land option agreement

14 February 2025

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has signed an “option agreement” with RWE, which wants to build Inveroykel Wind Farm on public land.


Film festival will have screenings at Helmsdale, Lairg and Bettyhill

13 February 2025
Film festival will have screenings at Helmsdale, Lairg and Bettyhill

Film festival will have screenings at Helmsdale, Lairg and Bettyhill

13 February 2025

The three short films were made as part of a film-making project in Sutherland last year.


What’s on in Sutherland this weekend and into next week

13 February 2025
What’s on in Sutherland this weekend and into next week

What’s on in Sutherland this weekend and into next week

13 February 2025

Don’t miss Sutherland Accordion and Fiddle Club’s musical evening at Rogart Hall on Saturday evening.


Scottish Government gives go-ahead to Garvary Wind Farm

13 February 2025
Scottish Government gives go-ahead to Garvary Wind Farm

Scottish Government gives go-ahead to Garvary Wind Farm

13 February 2025

The 24-turbine, 144MW Garvary Wind Farm will go on a site around 4600m north-east of Invershin Community Hall.


Get your sponsorship forms! - Marty Mackay Memorial Fund Walk and Cycle Ride 2025 on April 19

13 February 2025
Get your sponsorship forms! - Marty Mackay Memorial Fund Walk and Cycle Ride 2025 on April 19

Get your sponsorship forms! - Marty Mackay Memorial Fund Walk and Cycle Ride 2025 on April 19

13 February 2025

The fundraiser is in memory of Marty Mackay of Durness, and benefits cancer charities and other good causes in the north.


Sutherland councillors call for ban on overnight parking of motorhomes and caravans in local authority car parks in the county

13 February 2025
Sutherland councillors call for ban on overnight parking of motorhomes and caravans in local authority car parks in the county

Sutherland councillors call for ban on overnight parking of motorhomes and caravans in local authority car parks in the county

13 February 2025

Cllr Richard Gale has tabled a motion, backed by Cllr Jim McGillivray to be considered at a meeting of Sutherland County Committee on Monday.


All 250 places snapped up for inaugural Race to the Base challenge from Lochinver to Suilven

11 February 2025
All 250 places snapped up for inaugural Race to the Base challenge from Lochinver to Suilven

All 250 places snapped up for inaugural Race to the Base challenge from Lochinver to Suilven

11 February 2025

Two friends, Oliver Appleby and Paul Redgewell, who live and work in Lochinver, have initiated the Race to the Base challenge.


Pupils practising hard for East Sutherland schools’ ceilidh dancing competition

11 February 2025
Pupils practising hard for East Sutherland schools’ ceilidh dancing competition

Pupils practising hard for East Sutherland schools’ ceilidh dancing competition

11 February 2025

The schools dancing competition will be held at Brora Primary School on Friday, Februray 21.


Two Dornoch campus cookery students among only 30 nationwide to be selected as Young Scottish Chef Ambassadors

11 February 2025
Two Dornoch campus cookery students among only 30 nationwide to be selected as Young Scottish Chef Ambassadors

Two Dornoch campus cookery students among only 30 nationwide to be selected as Young Scottish Chef Ambassadors

11 February 2025

The prestigious new Young Scottish Chef Ambassadors programme has been launched by Scottish Chefs to mark its 30th anniversary.


Can you suggest how to mark the 25th anniversary of the spiral walk at Borgie Breco?

11 February 2025
Can you suggest how to mark the 25th anniversary of the spiral walk at Borgie Breco?

Can you suggest how to mark the 25th anniversary of the spiral walk at Borgie Breco?

11 February 2025

The North Sutherland Community Forest Trust is inviting suggestions as to ways to mark the 25th year of the spiral walk.


Sutherland museum’s tapestry ‘taster session’

11 February 2025
Sutherland museum’s tapestry ‘taster session’

Sutherland museum’s tapestry ‘taster session’

11 February 2025

A community project is under way to create tapestry panels for Dornoch Historylinks Museum.


Experienced mediator to lead free sessions across Sutherland on how to work well together to benefit the community

10 February 2025
Experienced mediator to lead free sessions across Sutherland on how to work well together to benefit the community

Experienced mediator to lead free sessions across Sutherland on how to work well together to benefit the community

10 February 2025

John Sturrock KC will lead sessions at Lairg, Goslpie, Armadale and Kinlochbervie.


Sutherland training centre’s survey request

10 February 2025
Sutherland training centre’s survey request

Sutherland training centre’s survey request

10 February 2025

Lochview Rural Training Centre is inviting people to complete a short survey to help plan its programme.


LOOKING BACK: Aladdin pantomime at Helmsdale

08 February 2025
LOOKING BACK: Aladdin pantomime at Helmsdale

LOOKING BACK: Aladdin pantomime at Helmsdale

08 February 2025

From the picture archive of the Northern Times.


From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

08 February 2025
From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

From the Northern Times 25, 50 and 100 years ago

08 February 2025

Hunters of Brora warns it needs a substantial amount of new orders to survive; and the headmaster of Clyne School has asked for a gramophone.


Local angler catches first fish of the season on River Brora

07 February 2025
Local angler catches first fish of the season on River Brora

Local angler catches first fish of the season on River Brora

07 February 2025

The River Brora opened on February 1.


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