Focus: Tackling ‘myths’ to meet rural housing challenge
Keith MacKenzie examines the Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association’s plans to expand the area’s housing stock Housing, and the issues surrounding it – where it is, who owns it, who…
Tag: Glenelg
Missing tortoise wanted! Shell-shocked owners offer £100 reward for Glenelg escape artist
The owners of a tortoise which went missing near Glenelg last month are offering £100 for the safe return of their beloved pet. Perthshire couple Fiona and Ray McGillivray were…
More than 700 people complete Highland Cross charity fundraising challenge
Highland Cross, the annual fundraising coast-to-coast Highland duathlon, attracted more than 700 participants last weekend in its 37th year. Peter Fenwick of Inverness broke through the finishing tape in three…
Health secretary set to visit Skye and Lochalsh
The Cabinet Secretary for Health Jeane Freeman will visit Skye and Lochalsh on Monday (27th May) with constituency MSP Kate Forbes. Ms Freeman will be taken on a tour of…
David Alston resigns as NHS Highland Chair with immediate effect
NHS Highland announced today that David Alston will step down from his role as Chair of the Board with immediate effect. Mr Alston first joined NHS Highland as a Non-Executive…
Health care progress for Raasay and Glenelg as communities are being listened to “at last”
The chair of Raasay Community Council has said there is a “feeling at last” that the community and NHS Highland are now working together to address issues which have impeded…
North West Skye FC to play home games in Uig from next season
North West Skye will play their home matches in Uig in the forthcoming 2019 football season after a proposal by the club was unanimously backed at the Skye and Lochalsh…
Provision of 24/7 urgent care at Skye capital hospital on track for May
The provision of 24-hour urgent care at Portree Hospital is on schedule to be fully operational by May of this year, according to the Ritchie report steering group which met…
Progress of Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross healthcare report to be assessed
Sir Lewis Ritchie is to attend a public information session in Portree this evening (Tuesday 4th December) as part of a review into the progress of the recommendations set out…