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3 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
A Dornoch business couple promoted the town at the inaugural Edinburgh Tartan Parade last Saturday, May 10. Designer Yvonne Macrae and her husband, James Fraser, were among around 1600 people from all over the world who took part in the first-ever parade. The couple run Tartan Creations, the popular boutique and Scottish gift shop on Shore Road, Dornoch.
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3 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
A Sutherland community is celebrating a milestone anniversary with a packed programme of events next Saturday, May 17. Ardgay and district is marking 50 years since it became part of Sutherland in a major local government reorganisation. The area was previously in Ross-shire. Deputy Lieutenant Christine Mackay, an Ardgay resident, has organised the Golden Jubilee celebrations with the support of the Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust (KoSDT) and community members.
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4 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
Two pupils from Lairg Primary School’s nursery class are set to play a starring role in the village’s Gala Week. Ally Bain and Ellie Young will act as the Gala Queen’s attendants at the 2025 festivities, organisers have announced. The youngsters’ mothers are both former Gala Queens - Ally’s mother, Catriona Corbett, in 2003, and Ellie’s mother, Louise Young, in 2001. Lairg Primary School pupil Faye Innes won the annual competition to design the cover of the Lairg Gala Week programme.
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4 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
Planning system is broken and in need of urgent reformLetter from Jonathan Hedges, RogartI am writing in response to the Highland Council Planning Committee decision to withdraw its objection to the proposed Acheilidh Wind Farm development and what this means for local democracy. Among my concerns about this decision are:1 The lack of recognition of the impact of this development on the parish of Rogart and specifically those who live closest to it.
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4 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
Culrain Hall held its third annual Plant and Garden Fete on Saturday, May 3, attracting people from all over the Northern Highlands, with over 200 visitors throughout the day. For many it was the attraction of the wide variety of plants on sale, with flowers, vegetables, bushes and fruits all being beautifully presented for browsing and choosing.
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4 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
Food for Thought by Rev James CurrallLast weekend I took some visitors on the train from Golspie to Wick, always a lovely journey no matter what the weather is doing. In Wick we explored the harbour and the area round about it in Old Pultney and then visited the rather wonderful Heritage Museum. In reflecting on the day, the importance of the fishing industry and its changing fortunes in shaping the environment and culture of the east coast of Sutherland looms large.
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5 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
Published: 21:15, 10 May 2025 Councillor Alison Magee, the Rev Alex Murray and constituency MSP Jamie Stone are joined in May, 2000, by Lairg Primary School pupils, including six-year-olds Stacey Sutherland and Andrew Young, who cut the ribbon to open the Lairg stretch of improvements to the A836. Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print. Community Latest News Update me Caroline McMorran
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5 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
25 YEARS AGOFrom the newspaper of May 5, 2000The plight of the stricken Hunters of Brora wool mill, now four weeks into receivership, and the 44 workers recently made redundant by the firm, was yesterday brought to the attention of the Scottish Parliament. MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, Jamie Stone, tabled a Parliamentary question designed to highlight the general downturn in the textile industry and more particularly the crisis currently affecting Hunters.
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6 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
Veterans attending the VE Day 80 commemoration at Clyne Parish War Memorial in Brora yesterday received an extra special gift. Pupils from Brora Primary School’s P5/6 class had made posters to present to the veterans. Dr Nick Lindsay, chairman of the Friends of Clyne War Memorial Association (FoCWMA), the group which organised the event with Brora Community Council said it was a “really nice gesture”.
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6 days ago | 
northern-times.co.uk | Caroline McMorran
A VE Day 80 commemoration service was led at Assynt War Memorial, Lochinver, yesterday, May 8, by husband and wife ministers, Revs Graham and Sheila Blount. A number of wreaths were laid including one by Hamish Matheson, who is serving in the British Army. The piper was Charlie Cowan. Send your VE Day 80 pictures to: [email protected]. Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.
