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See video and pictures of last night's Northern Lights Festival event as an enormous puppet walked through Wick to the delight of many spectators.

PICTURES: Highland Council is to carry out a new inspection of a derelict building at Wick harbour following fears over its structural integrity.

PICTURES: Charity teddy Jeffrey DaBear arrived in style at John O'Groats – as a VIP passenger on a chauffeur-driven trike, with a piper alongside.

Dismay over 'mindless' vandalism at Wick riverside footbridges By Alan Hendry Published: 19:00, 16 March 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Vandals who targeted the two Coghill footbridges at Wick's riverside have been branded "mindless idiots". Allan Farquhar, vice-chairperson of the Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council, counted at least a dozen mesh panels that he said had either been kicked or struck with a heavy object. A handrail was also broken, and that too may have been deliberate. Mt Farquhar war...

Wick museum volunteers aiming for June reopening By Alan Hendry Published: 12:43, 15 March 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Wick Heritage Museum could reopen in the early part of the summer, depending on Covid-19 guidance. The voluntary-run centre had to remain closed throughout 2020 but measures are being put in place that could allow visitors from the start of June – even if only in a limited way at first. In a newsletter to members of the Wick Society, which operates the museum in the town's Bank...