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Schools join Jubilee celebrations |
Friday 18th May 2012 
Some of the budding young artists from Lochcarron Primary School are pictured with their self-portraits in the background — they are James Gunn, Iona MacAulay-Smith, Paddy MacInnes, Martha Shillaker, Jamie Milton and Steven Tiago. From today (Thursday) primary school pupils from across the west coast will have pieces of their artwork appear on Buckingham Palace as part of a national project to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Talk continue over island projects after UBC collapse |
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Friday 18th May 2012 Hopes were emerging this week that a way could be found to re-employ the island workforce of the troubled UBC Group under a new guise. Administrators Zolfo Cooper confirmed last Friday that the company had ceased trading with the loss of 238 jobs, 90 of them in the Western Isles. Work on two flagship public projects — the construction of the new £4.6 million care home Harris House in Tarbert and a £3.5 million housing scheme in Stornoway – immediately came to a halt, with workers instructed to down tools. |
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Russian businessman gives £50,000 to museum group |
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Friday 18th May 2012 by LISA FALCONER
A Russian businessman presented the Aultbea-based Arctic Convoy Museum group with £50,000 – their first major sponsorship – at a Scottish Government reception this week when a renewed call for official recognition of the World War Two operation was made.
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Death of Free Press columnist Mary Beith |
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Friday 18th May 2012 Former West Highland Free Press columnist Mary Beith died at her home in Melness in Sutherland last weekend at the age of 73. |
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Charity guitar auction reveals amazing chain of coincidences |
Friday 18th May 2012 by KEITH MACKENZIE 
A guitar auctioned off by the group Runrig recently threw up a remarkable chain of coincidences involving the successful bidder, the band and the charity which benefited from the sale.
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Not drowning but waving from Ullapool |
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Friday 18th May 2012 by MIKE RUSSELL Drowning was very popular at this year’s Ullapool Book festival. A statuesque Swede by the name of Karin Altenberg read an excerpt from her fine debut novel “Island of Wings” in which a St Kildan boy drowns while fishing for mackerel. |
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Future of fire stations "can't be guaranteed" |
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Friday 18th May 2012 by KEITH MACKENZIE The future of all fire stations in the Highlands and Islands “cannot be guaranteed”, a senior fire service official told a meeting in Portree last week. As concerns persist over the future of rescue cover in the area, deputy fire officer Mike Holme was in Skye as part of a series of 12 “community engagement” meetings being held throughout the region. |
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Late strike gives Shiel a victory to savour |
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Friday 18th May 2012 MacAulay Cup First Round: Kinlochshiel 2 Newtonmore 1  There’s no hiding the delight John MacRae feels after scoring the 90th-minute winner against Newtonmore |
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Also in the West Highland Free Press this week |
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• Crown Estate: Local management arrangement "too little, too late" • Progress on securing funds to renovate Ullapool Museum • Leisure project for Dunvegan has cleared first hurdle • Kintail Mountain Rescue Team call for early talks on new contract |
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