AWARDS SUCCESS: West Highland Free Press is named as Newspaper of the Year
The West Highland Free Press has been named as Newspaper of the Year at the annual Highlands and Islands Media Awards. In awarding the prize to the Free Press for…
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Skye’s mobile phone signal hell continues
Mobile phone giant EE’s slogan “It’s all about you” is ringing hollow with customers on Skye who have been left for weeks without a service.Portree and other areas in the…
Plockton panto returns, oh yes it does!
Plockton’s popular pantomime is making a comeback next month after four years waiting in the wings. The much-anticipated panto is staged every two years by Plockton Amateur Dramatic Society but…
Homecoming boost for Kinlochshiel
Kinlochshiel have been boosted ahead of the new shinty season following confirmation that attacker Oliver MacRae will rejoin the club from Glasgow Mid Argyll. MacRae, who was a key part…
A film for home and the people who came before
By JOHN WHITE Once when living in Idrigill and walking past the house next door, I ended up chatting with my neighbour who had been standing in his driveway. While…
CLIMATE CHANGE: Christmas cardboard can have life before the blue bin
Fiona Gallie, Broadford and Strath Community Company’s Community Waste Officer, with some tips on how to reuse your Christmas cardboard We have a lot of cardboard here on Skye and…
TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: A Hebridean Christmas Tradition in the hymn ‘Taladh Chrìosda’
Folklorist Frances Wilkins on the beauty of a Gaelic Christmas hymn and the tales of emigration which lie behind it…… Emigration, whether forced or voluntary, by choice or necessity, has…
AN ISLE OF SKYE CHRISTMAS: Eight great ideas for food and nights out on the island and in Lochalsh over the festive period
There is no shortage of choice when it comes to great Skye and Lochalsh venues to celebrate our first unrestricted Christmas in three years. Whether it be for family dinners,…
Isle of Skye restaurant joins culinary elite after winning four AA rosettes
Skye restaurant Edinbane Lodge has this week been awarded the prestigious Four AA Rosettes – becoming the only establishment across the entire Highlands to attract this level of accolade. Edinbane…
COMMENT: CalMac must turn its focus to customers
After recent ferry woes former Naval Commodore Angus Ross, who lives in Uig, Skye, has a message for CalMac and Transport Scotland.…. Following Kenny MacLeod’s Mayday [WHFP Friday 5th August]…