Caithness in a sentence

A memorandum of agreement between them would see the Caithness port being used as the operations and maintenance base for the 125 towering turbines, 23 kilometres off the north Caithness and Sutherland coast.

Trudy Morris, executive director of the Caithness Business Fund and chief executive of Caithness Chamber of Commerce, managing agent of the fund, said: “We are delighted to be making this exciting announcement ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week.

A “disastrous” Highland Council report revealed the network in Caithness can only get worse due to a lack of funding and 178 roads need work – as one member believes the the "true tally" could be 400.

A pilot service operating into Caithness which let people carry bikes on buses is to be extended to other routes across the Highlands and Islands.

At a meeting of Caithness Planning Committee, permission had been granted for the erection of a primary school at Roxburgh Road.

But it was heartbreak for Caithness under-16 girls after they lost out 39-38 to Oban Lorne in the plate final in Inverness.

Caithness Riding Club held the last dressage league competition for the winter at the indoor riding school in Halkirk.

Caithness seniors may be especially worried about energy price rises.

Councillor Ron Gunn, chair of the Caithness Committee, praised the volunteers who have worked with the council’s access officer Matt Dent.

Edward Mountain is eager to see rural hospitals, including Caithness General, used as much as possible.

Everything is driven to Inverness and there is no understanding of what it is to live in Caithness or Lochalsh or in Lochaber.

Gary Sinclair, who runs Gary’s Driving School, said: “The one question I want answered by Highland Council is why is Caithness so bad?

I am hopeful Caithness may be spared because of its remoteness.

It aims to facilitate the use of the forest for any and all activities to support the general wellbeing of the people of Caithness.

Mark Mackay topped Group A, with Steven McGregor (Nairn) second, as Iain Nicolson (Caithness) and Sam Groundwater (Orkney) headed to the consolation.

Mr Gregory said: "We were very pleased when Highland Council voted earlier this year to make substantial additional capital spend allocations to Caithness and to Skye.

Mr Gregory told Mr Yousaf that "we desperately need help" and said the sums required in Caithness "are very substantially beyond the resources" of Highland Council.

Mr Ross remembers a conversation he had with a man from the Barrock area who had rarely if ever ventured out of Caithness.

Over a five-year period, the total number of transfers between Caithness General Hospital and Raigmore amounted to 1950 – an average of 390 annually.

Pat Ramsay, left, and her husband Grant, right, meeting King Charles when he visited Caithness Foodbank in Wick last summer.