NHS on rack over Raasay medical crisis
Report by MICHAEL RUSSELL with photographs by WILLIE URQUHART Over 40 concerned locals attended a special meeting of Raasay Community Council this week to discuss…
Month: September 2015
Official opening of Harris distillery
The new Isle of Harris Distillery was officially opened in Tarbert last week, the culmination of a seven-year drive to establish the island’s first commercial whisky distillery. Dubbed the Social…
MoD agree on Raasay Range consultation
MICHAEL RUSSELL michael.russell@whfp.co.uk A flurry of activity this week saw the Ministry of Defence agree a start date for the consultation into extending the exclusion zone around the torpedo testing…
Man’s body found in Erbusaig
Police have confirmed that the body of a man has been recovered in the Erbusaig area of Kyle. Police made the discovery at around 12noon today (Thursday 24th September). Formal identification…
Lochalsh residents evacuated after gas tanker crash
Residents in Lochalsh were evacuated from their homes today (Tuesday) after an accident involving a gas tanker left the road blocked for several hours. The incident at Erbusaig, between Plockton…
Search resumes off Skye for missing man
Searches resumed on Monday morning for a missing man, Andrew Gordon (54), who was last seen near the shoreline at Kyleakin, beneath the Skye Bridge. Andrew (pictured) is from…
Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh le Ruairidh MacIlleathain
Srath Àrdail (3) Each week the West Highland Free Press publishes the text for Ruairidh’s “Letter to Gaelic Learners” on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (103.5-105 FM). Broadcasts are as follows:…
Legacy of ’53 echoes through the decades
This year’s Camanachd Cup finalists Lovat and Kyles Athletic also contested shinty’s showpiece event 62 years ago. KEITH MACKENZIE explores the legacy of those 1953 finalists, and a link…
1 Million Miles for Ellie completes 210-mile leg
As part of a fundraising campaign in memory of a young North Uist woman, a 210-mile relay from Carr Bridge to Paible took place last weekend involving running, biking and…
Nurse “volunteers” to work on Raasay
MICHAEL RUSSELL Suggestions that a registered nurse would be willing to work on Raasay were being looked at by NHS Highland this week. On the ‘Save Portree Hospital’ Facebook page…