Fire Brigade Strikes Information

Caithness Civic Awards

NORTH HIGHLAND RURAL COMMUNITIES ASKED TO BID FOR EURO CASH
Communities and organisations in Caithness and Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh, Nairn and rural Inverness areas are invited to apply for funding now available through the European Union, North Leader Plus Programme.

School Exam Results
Links to the statistical tables

RESEARCH CHALLENGE FUND WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Three highlands and islands research projects to share £150,000 innovation prize The three winners in a major business research competition have been confirmed as Biolitec Pharma on the Isle of Lewis, Map Maker Ltd in Argyll, and the Agronomy Research Institute in Orkney. They will now share a £150,000 prize to help turn their projects into reality.

Castletown Junior Football Club Prizes
Castletown Junior Football Club held their annual presentation disco at the weekend.  Here are the main prize-winners pictured with Castletown FC manager Jocky Begg, who presented the prizes.

HIGHLAND COUNCIL TO HOST TANKER SEMINAR
The Highland Council is to seek European funding to host an international seminar next year to formulate a policy that protects the most vulnerable countries from the threat of a major spillage from oil tankers. 

DECOMMISIONING - OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORKNEY
Dounreay nuclear plant is to be highlighted to Orkney companies as a multi billion pound business opportunity............ 

Old Dry Dock Sustains Major Damage
The corner of the Old Dry dock at Wick harbour is collapsing under the constant pounding of the last two weeks.  A large section has collapsed and the corner is ready to give way.

Emergency Landing At Wick
A British Airways plane made an emergency landing at Wick after an engine failure.  Wick lifeboat was launched as a precaution .  The plane landed safely. But the lifeboat could not re-enter Wick harbour and went round the coast to John O'Groats.  Lifeboat Runs Back Into Wick

Second Homes Discount May End Soon
6000 second home owners in Highland may pay an extra £million in council taxes when council tax discount ends.

Lupus Support Group Fundraiser A Big Success
The hall was packed to the door at the Royal British Legion for the first ever fundraising dance for the Caithness Lupus Support Group. Everyone was in high spirits as they danced the night away to the superb Kate Bain Band.

Operation Freshman Ceremony At Skitten 20 November
The bad weather in Caithness did not prevent the remembrance ceremonies today at Skitten.  A large crowd with members of the families of the men who died in Operation Freshman that left from Skitten 60 years ago...........

Dunbar Hospital -  Latest On The Crisis

Green Award For Essential Spirit
The aim of Essential Spirit is to create, from start to finish, a handcrafted natural luxury soap, infused with energy and using fair-trade resources and recycled packaging.

CASE Monthly Report

CAITHNESS ENGINEERING PARTNERS TRAINING AWARD
A partnership of engineering firms from Caithness scooped a top training award last night at the 15th National Training Awards, which took place at the Glasgow Hilton.  Overall winner in the Partnership Category was the Caithness Engineering Training Consortium, comprising Subsea 7 (UK), JGC Engineering and Technical Services Ltd, and D Gow and Sons............................

The Sun Gets Closer To The Highlands
A major new series of holiday flights to the sun from Inverness Airport and the first ever charter flight from Stornoway were announced today. (Friday November 15) This tremendous boost for holidaymakers in the Highlands and Islands comes courtesy of tour operator Transun and follows the huge success of the enterprising company’s recent spring, summer and autumn programmes at Inverness Airport.

Caithness SWRI Celebrates 80 Years

YOUNG BRIGHT STARS SET TO TAKE PART IN YOUTH CHALLENGE
No entries yet from Caithness And Sutherland
The organisers of the challenge have had entries from all over the highlands and islands including Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles but none from Caithness or Sutherland.  The closing date has been extended until 22 November to allow any late entrants to get an idea in.  The initial idea need not be long and several entries in already are just a few sentences.

HIGHLAND BABIES GET DOWN TO PLAY
New parents in Highland are being encouraged to start playing early, through the play @ home programme.  From August, every baby born in the Highlands has received a copy of the play @ home baby book............

COMMITMENT TO FREE PERSONAL AND NURSING CARE
The Highland Council today (Wednesday) gave a total commitment to delivering the Scottish Executive's policy of Free Personal and Nursing Care for older people........

CONTAMINATION IN WASTE HANDLING PLANT
An investigation is underway after the discovery of radioactive contamination in a waste handling plant at Dounreay on 12th November 2002.  Routine self-monitoring carried out by an operative revealed contamination to his protective footwear. Follow-up investigations revealed detectable radioactivity on the protective footwear of an additional twenty persons. Monitoring of all staff in the facility revealed that two had detectable radioactivity on their hands, one of whom also had detectable radioactivity on his face.

North Pier More Problems

WARNING ABOUT "CHRISTMAS SPIRITS"
Environmental Health officers of The Highland Council are warning both the licensed trade and the public to be vigilant when buying alcohol over the Christmas period.  They warn there have been recent instances of counterfeit alcohol being sold, which contains potentially poisonous substances, and strongly advise that purchases should be made only from recognised sources................

SCOTTISH YEAR OF HIGHLAND CULTURE EARMARKED FOR 2006
The Highland Council and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are gearing up to work with the Scottish Executive to organise a Scottish Year of Highland Culture in 2006.

A Foot in the Door - Advice on Buying at Home
Highland householders are being offered help and advice so they can make the right choices when buying goods and services from home or when approached on the doorstep. The offer comes from The Highland Council, whose Trading Standards Officers are focusing on the pitfalls of buying at home during National Consumer Week, which begins Monday 11 November 2002............

Remembrance Sunday, Thurso

Remembrance Sunday, Wick

Health Issues In Caithness
Statement on Dunbar Hospital and Dentist shortages in Caithness

CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS ACUTE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN HIGHLAND
Rather than "footering with bureaucracy", the Scottish Executive should tackle homelessness by making more money available for affordable housing, especially in rural areas, such as the Highlands...........

Scrabster Pier Progress

Captains Galley Seafood Restaurant Open

North Pier Damaged In Big Storm

New Flights Inverness- Manchester

Wick Battered By High Seas, Wind and Tides

Wedding In Thurso
Allison Calder and Ian Stewart both from Thurso, living in Edinburgh now were married at St Peters Church, Thurso, on Saturday 2 November 2002.

Fire At Norseman Hotel, Wick