FITNESS FUNDRAISER: Isle of Skye teenager’s 5K-a-day for MS Society
Skye teenager Catherine Robertson has been clocking up the miles this month for a fitness challenge inspired by a cause very close to her heart. In an effort to raise…
Month: February 2025
NORRIE T MACDONALD: For the Hebrides, wind power can be our ‘Shetland’ moment
There is a notion around these parts, indeed any part of the Highlands and Islands (and wider Scotland?) destined to be ‘home’ to multi-billion pound investment by the renewables industry,…
SPEED CONCERNS: NC 500 traffic means road safety measures are ‘urgent’ at Shieldaig
A Wester Ross community is calling for urgent road safety improvements amid growing traffic volumes generated by the North Coast 500. Shieldaig Community Council say there have been several near…
CANNABIS FARM: Drugs worth £125,000 recovered on the Isle of Skye
Drugs with a potential value of up to £125,000 have been recovered from a property in Armadale in Skye. Around 12.30pm on Monday, 24 February, officers executed a search warrant…
FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE: Skye man to take his MS battle to Mexico
A Skye man, whose life “was turned upside down” by a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, is set to undergo medical treatment in Mexico in a bid to secure a fighting…
WORKERS’ CAMP: Group warns Broadford development will affect otters
A children’s environmental group based in Broadford on Skye has found that at least 10 species of mammals and birds will be affected by plans to build a workers’ camp…
READER’S COMMENT: ‘High-end’ Gaelic drama was robotic and clichéd
Now that the fourth and final episode of the BBC Alba mini series ‘An t-Eilean’ has aired, many readers will be wondering how £4 million couldn’t buy something better. Was…
Nurse set for Arctic challenge
A Skye nurse is getting set to head to the icy climes of the Arctic Circle as part of a unique fundraising effort to help the Marie Curie charity. Fiona…