Skye lecturer hosts online auction for UK foodbanks and Indian resilience centre
A college lecturer on Skye is running an online charity auction today to help raise funds for food banks in the UK and a project in India close to her…
John White: We should take time to plant seeds in the ground and in our minds
By John White My family thought I had finally lost it when I announced as a final lockdown project I was going to construct a woodland walk. Skye is not…
Editorial: Delivering small housing developments in rural areas should not be so difficult
WHFP Editorial 3.7.20 Confirmation last week that Staffin in north Skye will get its first affordable housing development in more than 20 years is hugely welcome, though the story immediately…
On cloud canine: owner reunited with much-loved dog Max after three-day search on Skye
The owner of a dog who went missing on Tuesday on Skye has been reunited with his furry friend Max after an exhausting and emotional three-day search. Max ran off…
News round-up: Skye dialysis boost, seafood for care homes, ferry concerns, and community cinema project
“Leap in the right direction” for dialysis patients seeking treatment in Skye. Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant said she is delighted to see “a leap in the right…
Islands-first policy needed to revitalise Gaelic, new research concludes
Gaelic needs to first be revitalised among island families or it will stop becoming a living, community language new research has warned. The study of areas like Staffin, Tiree and…
Norrie T MacDonald: Opposition for opposing’s sake is the stuff of the primary school classroom
Norrie T MacDonald, the 19th hole If you want to understand the extremes to which some people will stoop to in politics, then it’s hopefully not very often that you…
Appeal for missing dog ‘Max’ on Skye: pooch lost on island since Tuesday
The owner of a dog who has been missing on Skye since Tuesday (30th June) is appealing for help to locate his furry friend called Max. Max disappeared on Tuesday…
A’ caitheamh agus a’ cosg seach a’ cruthachadh agus a’ càradh
Aonghas Phadraig Caimbeul Bha mi bruidhinn le mo charaid Coinneach air a’ phrògram rèidio aige an t-seachdain-sa chaidh mu dheidhinn Ionad-Sheallaidh Rìòghail Ghreenwich ann an Lunnainn, a chaidh a stèidheachadh…
North Skye cultural centre among projects bidding for rural regeneration fund
Plans to secure funding for an ambitious £4.4 million cultural and community centre in the north of Skye will come before Highland Council today (Wednesday). The Ionad Thròndairnis plan is…