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31/7/2013

Some Funding Deadlines Coming Up

Forthcoming funding deadlines: 30 August- deadline for The Weir Charitable Trust. 31 August- deadline for November round of HRUK Healthy Hearts grants.

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31/7/2013

What�s on in August at Caithness Horizons

Exhibitions Sue Jane Taylor �Beatrice Works� Exhibition Temporary Exhibition Gallery Until 22nd August The �Beatrice Works� exhibition is open until 22nd August so if you haven�t already been to see it make sure you don�t miss your chance! Thurso Gala: Children�s Art Competition Exhibition Cafe Throughout August Throughout August the Thurso Gala children�s art competition entries will be brightening up our Cafe walls. Do come and have a look at the fantastic work that is on display.

30/7/2013

Children's Fancy Dress At Wick Gala 2013

The Children's Fancy Dress for Wick Gala 2013 was not lucky with the weather on Tuesday evening and had to move to Assembly Rooms. See the photos at the photo gallery link..

30/7/2013

Caithness County Show 2013

Another great Caithness County Show for 2013 with superb weather all day. All the photos are now in and can be seen in the Photo Gallery.

30/7/2013

Wick Gala 2013 Photos

The Wick Gala for 2013 photos are now on. See the link to the photo gallery..

30/7/2013

Countryside Rangers offer rare opportunity to explore Island of Stroma

The Highland Council Countryside Rangers are offering people the rare opportunity to disembark onto the Island of Stroma on 8 August this year to learn about its wildlife and history. Whilst just two miles off the north coast of Caithness, the Island of Stroma is usually inaccessible to the public.

30/7/2013

Walking Treasure Hunt At Wick Gala 2013

The gala's walking treasure hunt round the Riverside proved popular with adults as well as children and was rain-free until the final lap. Clues posted along the way provided some headscratching as well as a load of fun..

30/7/2013

Police in Wick investigate housebreakings

Police in Wick are investigating two incidents of housebreaking. One of the incidents occurred at a premises on the High Street and one in the Whitehouse Park area.

29/7/2013

Significant milestone for Gaelic Medium Education in Caithness

The first Gaelic Medium Primary School Department in Caithness is to open at the start of the new school session on Tuesday 20 August, providing the language with a significant boost in the county. It will be based at Mount Pleasant Primary School, Thurso, which is home to an active Gaelic Medium nursery, with 19 children.

27/7/2013

Fog fails to affect gala curtainraiser

Harbour chairman's upbeat message on town's prospects on renewables. It's not all doom and gloom! That, in essence, was the upbeat message from Wick business man, Willie Watt, against a background of town centre decline.

25/7/2013

Appeal for information following incident in Wick in early hours Sunday 21 July

POLICE are appealing for information in relation to a report of an assault in Wick in the early hours of the morning of Sunday 21 July. Police are keen to trace the occupants of a dark coloured Corsa who picked up a male and drove him to Bankhead Road in Wick.

23/7/2013

Police investigate thefts of outboard motors from coastal locations in the Highlands

The Highland and Islands Division of Police Scotland is investigating a number of thefts of outboard motors from various coastal locations across the area. These have occurred during the early part of this month and have been removed from moored boats when the tide has been low or from unsecured sheds.

22/7/2013

Stunt Cyclists A Great Hit At Caithness County Show 2013

The annual Caithness county Show was held in Wick in 2013. A great summers day and one event was particularly spectacular.

22/7/2013

Postal campaign urges lower income households to find out if they qualify for free energy saving measures

Over 200 households in Thurso and Wick are being contacted by Home Energy Scotland in a bid to find out if they qualify for free help to improve the warmth of their home and save money on their energy bills. Home Energy Scotland�s leaflet campaign is endorsed by The Highland Council and is targeting selected addresses in each town.

21/7/2013

Ranger Events in August 2013

Butterflies of Caithness Friday, August 2nd, 1pm -3pm Come for a walk in the Dunnet Forest and Dunes with our local Butterfly transect recorder Philip Wright to discover all about the fascinating Butterflies of this area, one of the best sites in Caithness. A short presentation will be followed by Butterfly identification and recording as part of the UK Big Butterfly Count.

21/7/2013

Dunnet Beach Clean and Around Britain Charity Kayak Challenge, 24 July

The Countryside Rangers and the team from the �Around Britain 4 Britain� charity challenge are looking for some help with their beach clean at Dunnet Beach this Wednesday evening (24 July 2013), between 5 and 7pm. The event is part of the �Around Britain 4 Britain� (AB4B) charity challenge which sees Lee Pooley and Nick Arding circumnavigate the UK mainland by Kayak.

20/7/2013

Highwayman steals the show and its supreme prize

Report by Noel Donaldson ALL the Highwayman from Olrig Mains had to do was to "stand and deliver". ...and the quality young bull did just that, as the cattle leader and supreme overall, at the Caithness County Show yesterday.