NHS PROFILE: At your service – Sarah Cardno
NHS Highland is running a series of articles which puts the spotlight on people who work in healthcare across the area. Answering the questions this week is Sarah Cardno,…
TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: Did Gaelic kinship custom lock out women?
By Ryan Dziadowiec In March’s Tobar an Dualchais column we looked at what Gaelic proverbs could teach us about dùthchas, a Gaelic concept encompassing notions of kinship, ancestry, inheritance, and…
SKYE V CABERFEIDH: Success-starved clubs aiming to make showpiece cup final
Shinty history beckons for either Skye or Caberfeidh on Saturday as the two success-starved clubs meet in Portree with a place in the cottages.com MacTavish Cup final at stake. The…
Skye supermarket petitioner highlights delivery van impact
A Skye woman who collected more than 3,200 signatures in support of a new supermarket two years ago has this reiterated her call for a new store to be based…
ROGER HUTCHINSON: Object lesson of the census has been lost in 2022
Roger Hutchinson, on books and other things One hundred and fifty years ago, in the 1870s, a campaign was waged which would be recognisable today. Led by the Inverness Gaelic…
POUNDING THE BEAT: Skye bobby aims to complete double marathon challenge
A Skye policeman is aiming to make the forthcoming Skye half-marathon about four times as tough, as part of an effort to raise funds for a cause close to his…
DR DONALD MACASKILL: Care has to be local and close, and we need to be willing to pay for it
BY DR DONALD MACASKILL It was with both personal and professional sadness that I learnt of the recent announcement to close Budhmor Care Home in Portree. Personal because with Skye…
Tragedy as Skye shinty stalwart dies in road accident
A man killed in a road accident in Skye yesterday (Thursday 4th May) has been named locally as 65-year old Donnie Martin – a well-known, popular and much-respected community figure,…
VIDEO PREVIEW: Take a look at the Isle of Skye houses to feature in the search for Scotland’s home of the year
Homes in Skye and Lewis will feature in the TV search for Scotland’s Home of the Year 2022 Judges Anna Campbell Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers travelled to the…
IN PICTURES: WILDFIRE RAGES IN LOCHALSH
Clouds of smoke were continuing to hang over Lochalsh this morning following a wildfire which has raged for much of the past 24 hours. Firefighters from throughout the district have…