Leverburgh RNLI lifeboat station officially on the map
The RNLI’s lifeboat station in Leverburgh in the Hebrides is to become permanent following a successful trial, the charity announces today (Thursday 11th April).
NewsThe RNLI’s lifeboat station in Leverburgh in the Hebrides is to become permanent following a successful trial, the charity announces today (Thursday 11th April).
NewsThe Outer Hebrides Commerce Group has urged Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to do “all in it’s powers” to restore a five day air link between Benbecula and Stornoway.
NewsWestern Isles MP, Angus MacNeil has slammed Westminster’s welfare changes for failing to protect the most disadvantaged people in the constituency, and have urged constituents unfairly affected to contact his parliamentary office so the SNP can continue to campaign against the UK Government’s Welfare Reform.
NewsMuch of the Western Isles prawn fishing fleet could be ‘put out of business’ if Marine Scotland gets the go-ahead to reduce their fishing effort by 15 per cent in the year ahead in a move which could also have serious consequences for the processing sector.
NewsSHAWBOST-based Harris Tweed Hebrides in Lewis has been short-listed in two major categories of the UK Fashion and Textile Awards - Textile Business of the Year and Manufacturer of the Year.
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Six years on from the largest community land purchase in Scotland, the turbines of Loch Carnan Community Windfarm are now generating revenue for reinvestment in the islands of Benbecula, Eriskay and South Uist.
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