IN a continued campaign against the Comhairle’s decision to axe inter-island flights to Barra and reduce air connections between Stornoway and Benbecula, Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has questioned whether the local authority believe the islands “can afford to lose tourists?”
NewsWESTERN Isles MP Angus MacNeil is writing to Loganair and Transport Scotland asking for details of the Glasgow to Barra schedule following Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s decision to remove the Barra to Benbecula flights, resulting in Barra losing half its flights.
NewsThe Public Petitions Committee held a work shop this morning (Friday 15th) as part of the Scottish Parliament Day in the Western Isles.
NewsToday is Scottish Parliament Day in the Western Isles (15th March) and Presiding Officer, Tricia Marwick, has made her first ever visit to the area along with a host of fellow MSPs.
NewsDigital pens for nurses, a technology pioneered by the Western Isles Health Board, is to be rolled out to other parts of Scotland.
NewsIslanders in South Uist are to make an application to a Scottish Government fund designed to tackle climate change, following a meeting with Environment and Climate Change minister Stewart Stevenson.
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