Isle of Skye tourism lobby unhappy at new beauty spot bus
A trial shuttle bus service introduced to alleviate parking chaos at Skye beauty spots is not operating at weekends, it emerged this week. Local tourism group SkyeConnect says it beggars…
Author: Keith MacKenzie
Glasgow: the great city of the Gaels
Friseal MacRaibeirt looks at the social history of Gaels in Glasgow, as found on the Tobar an Dualchais website. Is treasa tuath na tighearna. The People are mightier than a…
SINGING FOR SCOTLAND: Skye footballer records tribute song for the Euros
A top footballer in Skye and Lochalsh has given his backing to the Scotland team by recording a song for the Euros. Connaire Yoxon, who lives in Broadford, is best…
JOHN WHITE: Cycling to freedom and new connections, with help from Skye
BY JOHN WHITE My daughter was given a bicycle on her seventh birthday, a gift from her Nan and Grandpa. Purple with front suspension and a handful of gears, she…
INVESTMENT PLAN FOR SKYE: Consultation to launch in June
Skye and Raasay communities are being urged to take part in a consultation to help shape an ambitious new investment plan for their area. The consultation, which takes account of…
ESCAPE TO THE HEBRIDES: Culloden and a prince on the run in 1746
LIAM ALASTAIR CROUSE, a PhD student at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI, looks at the Tobar an Dualchais archives and explores stories of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Eriskay and South Uist,…
SKYE SHOP: Disused Edinbane village store set for “new lease of life”
A disused village shop on Skye – empty for more than a decade – is set to be given a new lease of life through a local community takeover. The…
EDITORIAL: Kennedy commitment would be a fitting cause for political unity
When voters go to the polls on Thursday it will be exactly 11 years to the day since Charles Kennedy last celebrated an election victory. It was his seventh in…
SKYE FISH FARM: Company to appeal against planning decision
Organic Sea Harvest is to appeal against the decision which blocked planning permission for a new fish farm in north Skye. In January the salmon company was refused permission for…
TOURISM DEBATE: Election hopefuls to take part in Skye hustings
Tourism group SkyeConnect will host an online Scottish Parliament election hustings on Wednesday 28th April at 7pm. The focus will be on the recovery and development of tourism on Skye…