News Archive

A boost for golden eagles in South Scotland

uilding on a report published by Scottish Natural Heritage last year, a new project will help boost the number of golden eagles in the South of Scotland.  The project will look in detail at further work needed to revive the population, and build on the excellent partnership forged to realise the ambition of having more of these birds in the south.  

Dounreay staff support cancer relay event

The third Caithness Relay for Life fundraising event for Cancer Research UK takes place at the Thurso County Showground on Saturday August 29, and Dounreay folk have been working hard to help with the organisation.   Starting at 3pm with a children's relay, the event will last until 6am on Sunday.  

Caithness Horizons Museum welcomes half a million visitors.

Tuesday 11th August saw local group No Limits Caithness visit the Museum for a morning packed with Viking activities with Curator Joanne Howdle, or Thordis Eiríksdóttir as she is fondly known to local groups and schools.   The group helped the Museum to hit the half million visitors mark and to celebrate they were presented with a special cake made in the Museum's cafe.  

The Hidden Bronze Age

Saturday 15th August Join Melissa and Romain of the School of Ancient Crafts as we explore how plants and herbs were used in the past.  This workshop will include a spot of foraging as well as making soap with native herbs, using pot-boilers (hot stones) to heat milk and make a soft cheese, baking bread next to an open fire, and much more! Join us again on Sunday 16th August to learn how to build a prehistoric oven in which we will bake fish and bread.  

More Young People Choosing To Stay In Highland and Islands

Opportunity, quality of life and strong community links have been cited as some of the positive reason young people are choosing to stay in the Highlands and Islands.   This is according to a new report on the recent Young people and the Highlands and Islands: Attitudes and aspirations study commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).  

Whale Watch and Kids Kite Making

Another two events from the Rangers..  

Golspie Gala 2015

The enthusiasm at Golspie Gala 2015 was not dampened by some rain..  

Wick Gala 2015 - Children's Fancy Dress

The rain came down but the crowd voted to go ahead with the event.   See all the photos in the gallery above..  

Halkirk Highland Games 2015

The weather was kinder than anticipated given the rain this year and the ground stood up very well with no muddy condition like the county show.   Heavy athletes came from several countries to compete A good show of dancing kept the afternoon flowing between the pipe bands and, cycle and flat races..  

North MSP highlight need for more to be done to tackle bullying

Highlands and Islands (including Moray) MSP, Rhoda Grant, who set up the anti-bullying site Tobie (Tackling Oppressive Behaviour In Employment) is delighted at the number of people accessing her site, but she is equally concerned by the level of bullying in the workplace that is on-going.  Eight months ago, during December 2014, Rhoda Grant launched the site in Inverness and Elgin.