Dunvegan Show postponed due to Covid uncertainty
The Dunvegan Show, one of the biggest events in the Skye social calendar, has been postponed for another year due to uncertainty related to the pandemic, organisers have announced this…
Author: Lesley Young
Anna will you marry me?
A newly engaged holidaymaker whose romantic proposal was etched on Barra beach for his partner to see as she landed on the island has thanked the would-be cupids at the…
Award for Skye sea salt team
The founders of Isle of Skye Sea Salt were “really chuffed” recently to be the recipients of the small producers award at the inaugural Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards.…
New Skye homes to be sold at a fixed price
A developer who has outlined plans for a new housing scheme on Skye has said the homes will be offered to those showing an interest first, and at a fixed…
Uig beach clean: Volunteers remove two years’ worth of waste
Forty volunteers rolled up their sleeves to take part in a six-hour beach clean on Skye on Saturday. Community members came out in force across the course of the day…
Barra service ‘superhub’: Hundreds sign petition
Hundreds of people from Barra have signed a petition urging Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to revisit plans for a ‘superhub’ on the island which will contain every public service from…
Latest jaw-dropper from Danny MacAskill
Trial cycling sensation Danny MacAskill from Skye this week launched a new video featuring his latest jaw-dropping stunt rides. ‘This and That’, which was uploaded on his YouTube channel on…
ELECTION 2021: Ferries problems high on the agenda for island voters
Held comfortably by the SNP’s Alasdair Allan since 2007, Labour came a distant second in the Western Isles in 2016 with just 25.6 per cent of the vote. With an…
Highland locations connect to 4G for the first time thanks to EE
ADVERTISING FEATURE: EE Over the last three years, EE has switched on over 45 new 4G masts in the West Highlands, with even more rural areas set to benefit from…
Lifeboat mission leaves Portree crew member in a lather
A Skye lifeboat crew member is helping the RNLI to launch a new fundraiser by featuring in its list of amusing ‘pager moments’. RNLI volunteers have been sharing some of…