Nadiya visits Wester Ross salmon farm
Wester Ross Fisheries Ltd, the oldest independent salmon farmer in the UK, starred in two major TV programmes last week. In ‘Nadiya’s Time To Eat’ on BBC2, company’s managing director…
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Second Skye film residency a big hit
Six promising film and TV producers, directors and writers were given an in-depth look at the industry recently during a Young Films Foundation residency in Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Taking placed…
Barra fears hospital delay
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has been approached by locals on Barra who are concerned that a promised new hospital and care facility for the island has been delayed yet again.…
Fresh pledge on rural fuel poverty
The Scottish Government are confident that the forthcoming Fuel Poverty Bill will help address some of the 53 recommendations identified three years ago by a working group set up to…
War and technology fight it out at Ullapool Book Festival
Does progress always come at a price? If so, it is an established law that many of the writers at this year’s Ullapool Book Festival felt compelled to explore. For…
Big turnout for Rag Tag walk
Over 100 people took part in the Rag Tag n Textile Skye Bridge walk last weekend, held as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. With this year’s festival…
Housing minister announces council cash allocations
Highland Council and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar are to get £113 million over the next two years to help meet the Scottish Government’s affordable housing targets. Announced this week by…
Dornie firm seek to make a killing
Graham House, the registered business address of Dornie-based Bombadil Publishing, is on the market for offers over £860,000. The property – bought from Highland Council in February 2015 by the…
Reporter “shocked” by Barra pitch revelation
A Scottish Government reporter who heard an asset transfer appeal on Barra last week was “pretty shocked” to learn that the island has been waiting for almost 40 years for…
Ullapool Book Festival tickets on sale
Tickets for this year’s Ullapool Book Festival went on sale last week. Among the guests coming to Ullapool are novelists Angus Peter Campbell (main image), Robert Alan Jamieson, Sally Magnusson…