Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil criticises comhairle over handling of Barra hub
Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has criticised Comhairle nan Eilean Siar for its handling of a consultation on Barra into the creation of a new school and health hub in…
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New finance minister Kate Forbes hopes to “do the Highlands proud”
Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has said she hopes to do the “Highlands proud” after being appointed as the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance this week.…
Rural GP association warns Scottish Government that practices are in “jeopardy”
The Rural GP Association of Scotland believes that rural general practice faces problems of the “utmost gravity” which it says could place its future in “jeopardy”. In a letter sent…
Bòrd na Gàidhlig deemed a “total disaster” by SNP MSP
People in the Gaelic community ought to feel let down by the failings of the organisation set up to promote the language, a committee of MSPs said last week. The…
Barra still waiting for pitch appeal decision
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…
‘Frankenfish’ protest to take place outside Mowi’s Skye fish feed plant
A Hallowe’en protest encouraging people to “avoid farmed salmon like the plague” is set to take place outside the Mowi fish feed factory near Kyleakin on Skye at noon today…
Target to make Highlands and Islands an aviation carbon-free zone “very challenging”
A Western Isles councillor has warned that much still needs to be done in order to meet the Scottish Government ambition of establishing the Highlands and Islands as an aviation…
Hopes high for a new school for Broadford after key council vote
Hopes are high that a new school in Broadford will be delivered by 2021. Highland councillors have agreed that the dilapidated Skye building must be included as a top priority…
Skye women to host “emergency” climate change meeting in Portree
Five women from the south of Skye are looking to bring about positive change to benefit the environment by hosting a climate change ’emergency meeting’ in Portree next week. The…
Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association seek Highland-wide policy to address sub-letting issue
The chief executive of the Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association has said the organisation is seeking to formulate a Highland-wide policy to address the problem of tenants sub-letting their homes…