Dean MacLeod finished more than a minute ahead of his nearest competitor to win the Skinadin 10k trail race in Skye last Saturday afternoon. MacLeod crossed the finishing line in…
An annual fundraising sale held in north Skye last weekend has raised an astonishing £24,000 for the Skye branch of Cancer Research UK. The sale of work, which is held…
“I have a record as a hard-working MP putting people first and I should be judged upon that.” Those were the words of Ian Blackford as he launched his re-election…
Eight months after hearing an appeal into an asset transfer on Barra the Scottish Government has still not made a decision on what would be the first use of the…
A Lochalsh woman has been recognised for a half-century of fundraising for the annual poppy appeal. Morag MacKenzie from Duirinish is now in her 52nd year carrying out local door-to-door…
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…
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The WHFP is to include a new monthly feature in partnership with Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches, Scotland’s national digital sound archive, currently containing some 43,000 individual recordings of stories,…
This weekend representative shinty takes centre stage as Scotland face Ireland at senior and under-21 level in two shinty-hurling clashes in Dublin. Scotland are aiming for a fourth successive win…
The search for an official flag for the Isle of Skye is now on. This week (1st November 2019) sees the launch of a competition to design a flag, which…
