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13/6/2022

Castlehill Heritage Centre Event 24 June

We have some different events coming up. June 24th 1 PM to 4 PM we have a visit from the BBC.

13/6/2022

Nine Vegetables That Are Healthier For You When Cooked

Raw food diets are a fairly recent trend, including raw veganism. The belief being that the less processed food is, the better.

10/6/2022

First ‘Here for Caithness' event proves to be a success

The first ‘Here for Caithness' event held in Wick last month has proved to be a success with a number of local services in attendance highlighting how they can support the local community. A number of these events are planned for the area with the next one taking place on the 29 June, 10:00 - 14:00, at the North Coast Visitors Centre in Thurso.

6/6/2022

High Life Highland's School’s Out summer holiday programme is back

High Life Highland's popular Schools Out summer programme, with nearly 1,000 adventures for children, is back for the school holidays.  Children of all ages across the Highlands can enjoy activities from football to swimming, trampolining to mountain biking, outdoor activities and gadgets, books and crafts.  High Life Highland's Director of Sport and Leisure Douglas Wilby said, "We can't wait to welcome children to holiday activities keeping children active, engaged and inspired over the summer months. "We've created some fantastic opportunities for people to book onto this year and the website is now open for you to have a look at all the activities aimed to help children make new friends, get active and encourage their creativity." The fun starts on 4 July and runs until mid-August.

25/5/2022

Modernising Breast Screening Services

Review of breast screening programme published. A major review of Scotland's breast screening programme which makes 17 recommendations to strengthen and improve it has been published The report recommends ways to make the breast screening programme more accessible, resilient and sustainable, to drive improvements and build upon successful delivery of services.

19/5/2022

Sale at BB Hall Thurso

See poster for details. .

19/5/2022

Help Plant Wild Flowers At The John O'groats Mill Path

The coastal path from the Mill to John O'Groats Harbour has been much used since it was made in August last year. Unfortunately time & weather prevented the sowing of wildflower seed in the Autumn, so now is the time! We've got the seed and need lots of volunteers to help sow it.

16/5/2022

Budapest Cafe Orchestra At Pulteney Centre Wick - A few tickets left for Tuesday 17th May

The performance for tonight at Lyth is sold out but there are still a few tickets left for the Wick performance at Pulteney Centre on Tuesday 17 May 2022 at 7.30pm BCO play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer laments, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats. The Budapest Cafe Orchestra was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian Garrick, and led by him have won legions of fans with their magical and infectious performances.

15/5/2022

Unexpected Garden From Lyth Arts

The garden will start touring later this month, see a list of dates below. With exciting plans for families, schools, gigs and more, keep your eyes peeled for further information! John O'Groats | Sat 28 May - Sat 18 June.

15/5/2022

Wick Community Council Looks For a New Treasurer

See poster..

14/5/2022

Do These Three Popular Anti-ageing Skincare Ingredients Work? Here's What The Evidence Says

For people looking to press pause on ageing, it hasn't always been as easy as it is today. Throughout history people have used all sorts of outlandish anti-ageing skincare techniques - such as bathing in donkey's milk as Cleopatra supposedly did, or applying mercury directly to the skin, as the Elizabethans did.

12/5/2022

Caithness Castles And Other Fortified Buildings - Now Available

A Genealogical History and Guide to the Strongholds and Lairds Houses of the County of Caithness in the Northern Highlands of Scotland by Michael J Gunn. This book recounts the histories and family connections of more than one hundred Caithness strongholds.