Bar set high for this year’s Isle of Skye Half Marathon
Skye’s biggest sporting event, the Isle of Skye Half Marathon, takes place this Saturday – with the bar set high from last year’s race. In 2018 a total of 752…
Skye’s Edinbane Lodge wins ‘best newcomer’ at Catering Scotland Excellence Awards
Edinbane Lodge, the 16th-century lodge at the head of Loch Greshornish on Skye, won the award for best restaurant newcomer at the awards dinner in the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel…
Police visit Portree to highlight the threat of ATM fraud devices in the Highlands
Police officers from the Highlands and Islands division visited Skye with a mock ATM machine last week to help people identify the warning signs when it comes to skimming devices.…
Davies takes the spoils by 42 seconds at Skye’s Trotternish Ridge Race
Just 42 seconds separated the first two runners at the eighth annual edition of the Trotternish Ridge Race held in the north-east of Skye on Saturday. Peter Davies completed the…
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…
West Highland Free Press Audio Files – Friday 31st May
Every week, Skye & Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations http://www.slcvo.org.uk/ produces an abridged audio version of the West Highland Free Press. This fantastic service, made possible by local volunteers, allows those…
Tech giants urged to join ‘Keep Left’ road campaign
Tech giants are being urged to provide an additional safety feature to stop foreign motorists from driving on the wrong side of the road. Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate…
Tidal apprenticeships on the menu for Climavore project
Skye-based Atlas Arts is working in partnership with local school pupils and restaurants across the island on a project that promotes environmental regeneration. Working in association with London-based artists Cooking…
West Highland Free Press Audio Files – Friday 24th May
Every week, Skye & Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations http://www.slcvo.org.uk/ produces an abridged audio version of the West Highland Free Press. This fantastic service, made possible by local volunteers, allows those…
Public meeting to be held in Portree to assess progress of health care report for Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross
Lewis Ritchie will visit Skye tomorrow (Tuesday 28th May) to assess the progress of the recommendations set out in his out of hours healthcare report for Skye, Lochalsh and South…