Thrumster

Peter Stewart, of Stewart Crescent, Thrumster had attended a music festival at Aviemore on August 2. Depute fiscal Ross Carvel said the 34-year-old was found sleeping in the back seat of his vehicle at 8.30am with a reading of 50mcgs of alcohol per ...

The turbine blades at a new Caithness windfarm are now turning after an official switch on ceremony yesterday. The Burn of Whilk development, near Thrumster, comprises nine turbines and will generate up to 22.5MW of electricity every year.

A ban on pet dogs in a residential subdivision near core koala habitat on the outskirts of Port Macquarie, is staying in place. On Wednesday April 15, the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (PMHC) reviewed the ban for the new city of Thrumster southwest ...

Mr Bremner, from Thrumster, organised Melvich Gaelic Choir's trip to the annual international Pan Celtic Festival in Northern Ireland. The choir burst into an impromptu song at Inverness Airport shortly before the striking staff left the terminal at ...

Raymond Bremner, of Thrumster, Caithness, is well known locally for his work as conductor of Melvich Gaelic Choir and tutor to a number of competing soloists from Caithness and Sutherland at local and national Mòds. But he is also the conductor of the ...

Rescue fund aims to save rural petrol stations. Written byCatriona Metcalf. Thrumster filling station which closed a few years ago, leaving motorists a 50-mile stretch along the A99 and A9 from Wick to Brora without anywhere to fill up their vehicles ...