Breakthrough Scottish singer-songwriter Katie Gregson-MacLeod has announced a tour of the Highlands and Islands with shows in Ullapool, Stornoway, Portree and her hometown of Inverness. Until recently a student and…
A carer from Portree who is looking after her 95-year-old mother is bearing the brunt of the “dire and neglectful” shortage of care beds on Skye. Myra Macleod has been…
Ferry operators CalMac has today diverted sailings away from Uig Harbour – just hours after the pier was scheduled to reopen for traffic. The decison follows Highland Council’s announcement that…
Never could a single sentence better highlight the disconnect between those who now legislate on the Hebridean seascape, and those who work within it. “On a positive note windsurfing, swimming…
Tobar an Dualchais director Flòraidh Forrest examines oral traditions of weather lore, based on the work of the project’s artist in residence Calum Ferguson from North Uist. Today, we’re guaranteed…
As the shinty season got underway last weekend, the sport suddenly found itself in the wider media spotlight over the forthcoming introduction of random drug testing for players. On the…
Ahead of a key vote later this month, the leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has urged both sides in the Uist deer cull debate to reach an “informed” agreement…
At least 2,000 patients previously registered with the Skye and Lochalsh Dental Practice in Kyle are only able to access emergency pain relief with other surgeries, it has been claimed.…
Glenelg Mountain Rescue Team is celebrating its 50th anniversary of helping to save lives on the hills – remarkably with one of the original members still in the line-up. The…
Breakish man Jimmy Clark, very likely to be Skye’s last surviving link with the D-Day landings, has died this week at the age of 99. Jimmy – who was raised…
