Skye marine tourism firm set to expand
A marine tourism firm in Skye is set to expand and create jobs after securing funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for a new vessel to run trips to St Kilda.
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Columnists
View From The Edge by Cath Macdonald
In the first week of March, Outer Hebrides Tourism held a two-day conference in Benbecula and Stornoway.
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MSP’s message to Ofgem: ‘Give us the tools and we will finish the job’
Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Donald Cameron has piled extra pressure on energy regulator Ofgem to reconsider its recommendation to restrict the capacity of the proposed Western Isles interconnector to 450mw .
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School leaver Rebekah appointed first Harris apprentice distiller
Harris local Rebekah Morrison is the first apprentice distiller at Harris Distillery.
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Coll and Tarbert linkspans to close for maintenance
Passengers are advised that an amended timetable may be operated.
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Christmases of old in the Western Isles
Columnist Cath MacDonald remembers Christmases of her youth in View from the Edge.
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Iolaire tragedy likened to Lockerbie bombing as exhibition opens
The bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie 30 years ago tomorrow (Friday) is the closest modern equivalent in terms of impact on a community to that suffered by the people of Lewis and Harris by the sinking of the Iolaire a century ago.
Nostalgia
Visualising the Iolaire 100 years on – a tragedy of the First World War
Scottish researchers have created a digital visualisation revealing the untold stories of those who died following the sinking of HMY Iolaire.
Outdoors
Author Tom to spend a year travelling in the Hebrides
Tom’s father – John – instilled a love of the Hebridean islands in his whole family from their early lives.