20 February 2012 Last updated at 14:24 A new fund backed with £6m from the Scottish government has been set up to help pay for community buy-outs. The Scottish Land Fund was unveiled by Environment and Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson on the Galson Estate. The estate on Lewis was taken over by crofters in a community buy-out five years ago. The SNP made a commitment to launch the new fund following the winding-up of a ...
News19 December 2011 Last updated at 11:09 By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter UHI researchers have also looked at weather conditions for Santa's "hometown" in Lapland Aberdeen is the Scottish city with the best chance of having white Christmases, according to a scientist's research of Met Office statistics. Lewis-based Dr Edward Graham, of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), said Christmas Day in Scotland was most likely to be mild and wet. One year in six is likely to be white in Aberdeen, one in eight in Inverness and one in 10 in Edinburgh. For Glasgow ...
NewsWestern Isles MP, Angus Brendan MacNeil and MSP, Alasdair Allan, are today (7 October) meeting Scottish Fuels in Stornoway to discuss fuel distribution. The meeting is in response to a request from Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP, Angus Brendan MacNeil to the Managing Director of Scottish Fuels, Tony Stewart. A public protest has been organised at the front of the Comhairle nan Eilen Siar offices in Stornoway to coincide with the meeting. Commenting Angus MacNeil said: ‘This meeting with Scottish Fuels is another piece of the jigsaw...
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