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The convener of the Caithness Music Festival is hoping young people will “spread the word” about local dialect to ensure it ...
Caithness Scots and English influenced by soldiers sent to Inverness from England in the 17th Century are among language and dialects spoken. The commitment has been made in the council's new ...
Billy Kay will be telling stories from a small-town childhood and sharing his passion for the Scots language at a John O’Groats Book Festival event.
In the first census which measured Gaelic, in 1881, 8.8% of Caithness inhabitants spoke the language. In Latheron, that amounted to 1,914 people - 28.7% of the population.
Caithness Energy, operator of Long Island's most heavily used and efficient power plant, is proposing to build two battery energy storage plants on the Yaphank property, the company confirmed.
Caithness, in its suit, says the new plant would have allowed LIPA to retire “old and inefficient plants” while saving upward of $1 billion in costs.
Caithness Energy cut the ribbon on the newly completed 1,875-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas electric generating facility on Tuesday, June 6. Know Caithness Energy Opens 1,875MW Guernsey Power ...
It has long been held that the heritage derived from the rule of the Norse earls of Orkney and Caithness meant there was ... in 1801 just over half the county's 22,609 population spoke the language.
A group in Caithness have been given the green flag to hold a celebration parade of LGBTQ+ culture in Thurso for the first time. The John O’Groats Journal and Caithness Courier reports that ...
Scottish teacher captures stunning Jupiter photo from backyard using £80 Aldi telescope. Police helicopter and dogs used in hunt for man missing after major Scottish car crash ...
The Norse were among people to influence language in the Highlands Highland Council has made a commitment to give equal respect to Gaelic and English and also recognise the region's "indigenous ...