Community

A lack of sleep and work-life balance were among the areas impacting the mental health of farmers and crofters, according to a new survey.

Helmsdale and District Development Trust is working on a business plan for the village’s Couper’s Yard.

Helmsdale Community Council first discussed floodlighting the village’s historic Telford Bridge in July last year.

Highland Council has yet to be granted a marince licence to dredge Helmsdale Harbour.

A store in the Eastgate Centre is set to shut its doors on May 21.

Sutherland Resilience Initiative is recruiting members ahead of its EGM when a new board will be elected.

A key trunk road in Ross-shire has reopened after being closed yesterday due to a wildfire near an iconic peak visited by thousands every year.

Viscount Thurso officially opened the £641,000 extension to Historylinks yesterday.

Nathan Rhind sailed for the Antarctic on the RRS Sir David Attenborough AKA Boaty McBoatface.

A solicitor in Ukraine has outlined how aid from the Highlands will make a huge difference as Russia ramps up its attacks on her homeland.

Next up in our Life After Cancer series, we speak to the badass that is Pennie Latin-Stuart.

Dunrobin Fire Brigade are called out to a fire that broke out in a barn at Drummuie Farm 100 years ago.

From the picture archive of the Northern Times.

Judges were impressed at the massive transformation at Helmsdale Station in the last 10 years.

Have you ever wondered about what actually happens to the blood you give?

A teenager who saved his dad’s life when he sliced his arm open doing DIY has been rewarded for his heroic actions.

Candles from the Croft, run by Sandie Gordon in Altass, has been nominated for two awards.

A Scottish Parliament candidate in the far north has warned that bank branch closures have “a disproportionate impact on rural communities”.

He is ready to ‘ruff it’ whenever called upon across 4660 square miles of rugged hills, mountain and moorland.

There was sunshine and smiles as parents and children gave a resounding thumbs-up to the colourfully-revamped Whin Park in Inverness.