Portree Nursery to hold EGM amid closure threat
Portree Nursery is set to hold an extraordinary general meeting next month (December) in a bid to recruit new directors amid the threat of potential closure. The long-running childcare facility…
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Skye musician ‘At Home’ in Edinburgh Festival showcase
Multi-award-winning Skye piper Brìghde Chaimbeul has been chosen as one of the stars of the Edinburgh International Festival’s At Home digital programme showcasing a wealth of talented artists from around…
Two rescued near Plockton in lifeboat callout
Kyle and Portree lifeboats were both launched after a fishing vessel, with two people on board, broke its mooring during gale force winds in Plockton harbour and began drifting towards…
Skye band Valtos release Movember charity EP
Skye band Valtos are raising money for Movember through the release of a charity EP in collaboration with two award-winning Scottish bands. Islanders, Martyn MacDonald and Daniel Docherty, who hail…
SCHOOL INJURY: Pupil hospitalised following climbing frame incident at Portree Gaelic school
A girl has been hospitalised after a climbing frame structure came off the wall in the gym hall at Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh in Skye. Highland Council told the Free…
Skye musician excited ahead of homecoming gig
Skye musician Alan Murray says he is relishing a return to the island and Lochalsh alongside his wife Grace as part of the duo’s tour for their new debut record…
Skye businessman invokes King in pod row
A businessman on Skye has cited a visit to Skye by King Charles to bolster the appeal of his controversial plans to erect glazed pods outside one of his hotels…
On the cusp of glory: Skye within a point of title
Skye Camanachd stand on the cusp of glory with the club requiring just a point from their final league match away to Inveraray on Saturday to clinch the National Division…
“My next challenge is learning to walk again”
Record-breaking Isles cyclist Christina MacKenzie says her next challenge is to learn to walk again after a hit and run incident left her seriously injured while riding near her home…
Skye play park gets £2,000 bingo night boost
A fundraising bingo night in Portree has pulled in £2,000 for a new play park which has been earmarked to open in the Skye capital next Easter. On Saturday night,…