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Mairi Flòraidh MacInnes and Mairead MacInnes outside Co chomunn Eirisgeidh My auntie Mairi Flòraidh MacInnes who has lived ...
A young Skye woman has gone from the croft to the catwalk after qualifying at her first attempt for the coveted Miss Scotland 2024 crown. Gemma Struthers from Breakish has made it through to the ...
Christmas is almost here and to get into the festive spirit we are calling for all budding artists to enter our fantastic annual Art Competition.
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 ...
What began as a romantic post-engagement getaway turned into a tale of heartbreak, hope, and heroism for Rachel Stephenson and Elgar Finlay, who recently visited Ullapool to stay at the Wreck and Ruin ...
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 ...
The billionaire owner of Inverinate Estate in Wester Ross is seeking planning consent to build a new dwelling within the estate. But the latest development by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum is ...
Events to celebrate the Gaelic language and culture of Trotternish recently included an opportunity to listen and talk about some of the oldest locally-made recordings in the Tobar an Dualchais ...
Tributes from the Western Isles have described Alistair Darling as a “son of Lewis who saved the country twice“. Torcuil Crichton, Labour candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, has called the former ...
Tim Wallis, Sylvia Meyer, Mandy Boswell and John Laing with the new Skye Wrap sign at Dunvegan. The first of 100 new tourist information signs went up at various locations around Skye over the last ...
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 ...
Flòraidh Forrest, project director for Tobar an Dualchais, on the writer of a well-known Skye song Over the past four years the West Highland Free Press has kindly allowed Tobar an Dualchais to ...