Western Isles Libraries to re-open with ‘Connect and Collect’
Libraries will follow a gradual, phased approach to reopening, ensuring the safety of all staff and customers.
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Closed until Saturday – The West Highland Line
Calls to ‘climate proof’ Scotland’s railway network after landslip on West Highland Line.
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Work starts on Banavie and Laggan swing bridges
The £260,000 project allows essential maintenance work to take place on the A830 Banavie Swing Bridge near Corpach, before moving to the A82 Laggan Swing Bridge.
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Lochaber pupils among first to get a taste of adventure from new Outward Bound Trust scheme
More than 130 schools from across Scotland usually visit the Outward Bound Trust’s Loch Eil centre for a week-long outdoor learning and adventure residential each year.
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Plockton and Lochalsh District News
Our district correspondent’s regular round-up of local news from Plockton and Lochalsh
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Council backs Skye ward members over Home Farm funding
Chair of the Eilean a’ Cheò committee, Councillor John Gordon said the last few months had not been easy for Skye, especially for those who lost loved ones during the Covid-19 outbreak at the Home Farm care home.
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Donald Macleod piping event to go ahead ‘behind closed doors’
Point and Sandwick Trust committed £25,000 to the competition over five years to ensure it could continue to be held in its home town – Pipe Major Donald Macleod being one of Stornoway’s most famous sons.
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Crown Estate cash compromise sees Lochaber still short-changed almost £80k
Members agreed that the vast majority of the funding (£2.6m) being devolved to Area Committees with a strategic fund of 15 percent being retained for Highland-wide projects and for bids from individual areas that are over-subscribed, with funding for the administration of the Scheme to be a maximum of £100,000.
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Outer Hebrides MP pushes for progress on substation upgrades
Ofgem has acknowledged the letter from Mr MacNeil and he awaits a response.
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Lochaber Marie Curie fundraising group sets up Facebook page
Latest news includes details of another afternoon tea following the successful event in June which raised £1,700.