Environment

The John Muir Trust (JMT) has joined forces with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to run two training events in Kinlochbervie.

SNOW and ice may bring travel disruption to the Highlands from tomorrow evening, according to the latest weather warning issued by the Met Office.

A DEER has suffered an “agonising death” after being snared by a discarded fishing net on a Sutherland beach.

The scene was Helmsdale harbour, the dress code was wellies and the camera was rolling.

East Sutherland Rescue Association’s planned new lifeboat shed has been labelled “large and intrusive” by Dornoch Community Council.

A project to establish a squirrel population in an area of Sutherland has been a success.

The winner of an inaugural north coast photography competition has been announced as Skerray resident Pete Binder.

Environmental groups have been quick to welcome the Scottish Government's decision to turn down planning permission to Coul Links.

Two Helmsdale organisations have issued an unusual request – put on your wellies and go down to Helmsdale harbour next Friday!

The local group who organise the summer floral display in Dornoch have decided to step back this year.

Groups in a Sutherland community are coming together to see what can be done locally to combat the effects of climate changes.

An eight-strong group of volunteers put in a hard two hours of work to clear an overgrown trail in Sutherland earlier this month.

THE results of an inaugural north Sutherland photography competition are set to be revealed at an event next week.

RSPB is looking for volunteers to help protect the arctic tern colony at Dalchalm, on the outskirts of Brora.

Organisers of a fundraising women only hiking relay have named the person who will guide walkers on the Sutherland stretch of the 2028km route.

It was an invitation that was simply too good to turn down and it certainly had the desired result

Contractors had to be called back for a second time to repair on a damaged sewage pipe discharging waste onto the shoreline at Brora.

Users of a Sutherland beach are becoming increasingly concerned at a lack of action by Scottish Water over a broken outfall pipe.

The Woodland Trust is inviting local people to have an input into drawing up a 20-year plan for a Sutherland wood.

It is now what one would want to see next to a care unit located in one of Sutherland’s most rural and picturesque communities.