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Ploughing at Satran, Pic Minginish Centenary Project The people of Minginish in Skye came together at the end of last month to mark the centenary of the events which brought their unique community ...
Armadale Stores in Sleat was crowned Sustainability Champion at the Scottish Grocers awards ceremony in Glasgow last week. After being anonymously entered for the award back in the spring, a judging ...
Gaelic psalmody is a beautiful, haunting form of music which is unique to the Scots Gaelic speaking world, now mostly within West Highlands and Western Isles and the Gaelic diaspora in our major ...
Sarah Longley and her daughter Amelia are pictured in the Kirkton Hall with Roddy MacLeod, Mary Anderson, Marion MacRae, Rosie Greville and Cathie O’Kane. Photo by Willie Urquhart An art project which ...
Glenelg Mountain Rescue Team is celebrating its 50th anniversary of helping to save lives on the hills – remarkably with one of the original members still in the line-up. The team was set up in 1973 ...
Jess Hartwell It was a successful night for two female-led Highlands and Islands businesses at the recent Womens’ Enterprise Scotland awards in Glasgow. Jess Hartwell, MD of Waternish-based Skyeskyns, ...
Broadford Primary School has earned a glowing report card following a recent inspection by a team from Education Scotland. The 61-pupil south Skye primary was recognised for its strong leadership ...
One of the company’s existing sites in north Skye Pic Organic Sea Harvest Two Skye councillors were at loggerheads last week over granting planning permission for 20 new salmon farm cages at two sites ...
An annual charity cycling event from Skye to Inverness held at the weekend has raised over £70,000 for three good causes. The Bridge to Bridge Cycle challenges riders to pedal the 77-mile route from ...
Liam Alastair Crouse, a PhD student at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI, considers the impact of sea-level rise in South Uist, where he currently lives, through the lens of recordings available on Tobar an ...
There is a notion around these parts, indeed any part of the Highlands and Islands (and wider Scotland?) destined to be ‘home’ to multi-billion pound investment by the renewables industry, that ...
Portree’s Somerled Square was a riot of colour and music on Tuesday night this week as pipers and dancers entertained the watching crowds. The Skye Pipe Band were joined for the evening by the ...