The newly-formed Plockton Development Trust has welcomed proposals by the Scottish Government to regulate the short-term letting market. Formed in July to advance local development projects and tackle issues such…
A Skye scallop diver who claims to have found evidence of illegal dredging in three local lochs has described the banned practice as like a “fire burning in the sea.”…
A Skye school pupil has raised more than £1,200 by running for Children in Need. Shannon MacLeod, who is a fifth-year pupil at Portree High School, clocked up more than…
A Western Isles woman who suffered a cardiac arrest a year ago during a marathon in Harris has raised more than £1,600 to place a defibrillator in her hometown. On…
A Highland Councillor has called the recent vandalisation of the public toilets in Portree an utter disgrace. The council told the Free Press that the police have been informed of…
The First Minister has this afternoon (Friday) outlined a five-tier framework as part of the Scottish Government’s approach to tackle the coronavirus. The framework includes five levels from 0-4 which…
Skye and Lochalsh MSP Kate Forbes says she recognises the “enormous pressures” facing the hospitality industry as pressure mounted for compensation to go beyond the existing package of £40 million.…
A music outreach project is making a positive difference to the wellbeing of some of Skye’s most isolated residents. When lockdown forced residents of the island’s three care homes into…
Dunvegan Community Trust is running its first online conversation to find out how residents feel about their community and what they think could be improved in the village and surrounding…
Families who lost loved ones in the Covid-19 outbreak at Home Farm nursing home on Skye are to begin legal proceedings. Highland Councillor John Gordon, who lost his father at…
