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Volunteers throw party to mark retirement of Dornoch Highland Hospice Shop manager Sheila Kennard

Team gathers at Deans Lane boutique shop to wish popular manager a long and happy retirement.

REV JAMES CURRALL: The courage of forgiveness in an age of conflict

Rev James Currall reflects on the power of forgiveness, but says it is not the same as trust.

Health Secretary agrees to visit Highland Hospice as it aims to provide end-of-life service across the north

The Scottish health secretary has acknowledged the importance of “dignity of care”, and agreed to visit Highland Hospice.

LOOKING BACK: Durness pupils look ahead to new hall opening after 10-year wait

From the picture archive of the Northern Times.

?Coming around the final corner gave us goosebumps’ - Friends canoe 60 mile Caledonian Canal for charity

Murray Kennedy from Tain and Daniel Hill from Forres canoe 60 mile Caledonian Canal to raise funds for chosen charities.

Scandinavian décor and furniture giant to open Inverness store

Søstrene Grene, which has 320 stores worldwide, is advertising jobs for a new store inside the former RBS branch on the Eastgate Centre’s first…

Renowned Danish potter (80) to feature in new Ullapool exhbition

An Talla Solais art gallery will be hosting 80-year-old renowned artist Lotte Glob’s work from May 25 to July 28.

Orbex appoints new chief executive officer and executive chairman as it prepares for completion of Sutherland Spaceport

Orbex began construction of Sutherland Spaceport last year.

Former Labour minister and MEP Baroness Kinnock dies

Lord Neil Kinnock, the former Labour Party leader, was with his wife in her final moments, the family said.

Lyra McKee’s family ‘waiting for justice’ three years after her murder

Vigils were held in Belfast and Derry to mark the third anniversary of Ms McKee’s death on April 18 2019.

Russian Ambassador to Ireland says Ukraine invasion would be ‘insane’

Russian Ambassador Yury Filatov rejected the suggestion that any invasion was or had been imminent.