BY KEITH MACKENZIE The current holders of shinty’s biggest prizes will do battle this Saturday for the first major honour of the 2018 season in a cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final…
The pilot of a helicopter which crashed in North Uist yesterday (Wednesday 13th June) has died, it has been confirmed. The 58-year old was the only person on board when…
Emergency services have been investigating at the scene after a helicopter ditched in North Uist this morning (Wednesday). Police said they were informed of the incident around 10.15am – with…
KEITH MACKENZIE was in Portree on Monday as Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh opened its doors to pupils for the first time. ‘Is e obair latha tòiseachadh, ach is e obair…
The Armadale-Mallaig ferry service will continue to be served by a single vessel for the next fortnight due to a fault with a scheduled relief boat. The MV ‘Loch Bhrusda’…
Perth will host the Royal National Mòd in 2021, with the event going to Paisley in 2022. The venues were confirmed at the annual general meeting of Mòd organisers An…
A Skye councillor has been found guilty of an abuse charge against his ex-partner. Calum MacLeod – who was elected as an SNP councillor in 2017 – stood trial on…
By KEITH MACKENZIE Recent funding for tourism projects in Skye will become be a “sticking plaster rather than a lasting remedy” unless further investment follows in the coming years, industry…
In 40 years salmon farming has gone from being a negligible, experimental part of the Highland economy to, in a good year, the United Kingdom’s biggest food export (Scottish salmon…
Salmon farming in Scotland needs more effective regulation, a Holyrood committee has said in a report which flags up a number of concerns about the industry. The Parliament’s environment committee…
