Skye play park gets £2,000 bingo night boost
A fundraising bingo night in Portree has pulled in £2,000 for a new play park which has been earmarked to open in the Skye capital next Easter. On Saturday night,…
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Fundraiser to take on Radio Skye Dive challenge
A voluntary broadcaster from Portree has set himself the hair-raising challenge of skydiving from a plane outside Dundee this weekend to raise much-needed funds for Radio Skye’s ‘Cram the Van’…
ASDA to acquire Broadford petrol station as part of £600 million Co-op deal
The Broadford petrol station on Skye is set be taken over by supermarket giant ASDA later this year as part of a £600 million deal struck with the Co-operative Group…
COMMENT: CalMac must turn its focus to customers
After recent ferry woes former Naval Commodore Angus Ross, who lives in Uig, Skye, has a message for CalMac and Transport Scotland.…. Following Kenny MacLeod’s Mayday [WHFP Friday 5th August]…
CREW CRISIS: Isle of Skye fire cover under threat due to lack of new recruits
A new model for firefighting on Skye has been mooted amid a recruitment crisis and revelations that on one day last month the island had almost no fire cover. The…
PLANNING SNUB: Kyleakin house refusal a sign of Edinburgh influence
The overturning by Scottish Ministers of a Highland Council planning decision on flooding grounds has “serious implications” for Skye and the west coast. That was the concern voiced by the…
MUSICAL MAGIC: Young performers from the LMPA take to the stage in Skye
Over 100 students aged 3-18 at the Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts academy took part in an end-of-year ‘Musical Magic’ showcase in Kyleakin hall on Skye. Beginning on 30th June, there…
Skye friends recount Champions League Final experience
Two Sgitheanachs who were in the Stade de France to cheer on Liverpool in the Champions League Final have described receiving concerned messages from family and friends amid scenes of…
New Broadford Hospital is officially opened by Scottish Health Secretary
Broadford hospital, the new £20 million facility built to serve Skye, Raasay, Lochalsh and South West Ross, was officially opened today by the Scottish health and social care secretary Humza…
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…