Call for support of world’s first basking shark marine protected area
The MPA would span an area between the east coast of the Western Isles and the west coasts of Skye, Mull and the Ardnamurchan Peninsula.
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Lochaber
Loch Linnhe welcomes rare ocean-going visitor
Marine animal rescue experts say they are monitoring the rare northern bottlenose whale which has been sighted in Loch Linnhe.
News
Gaelic bard celebrated at Oban book launch
Photographer Alastair Jackson partnered up his brooding black and white images of Skye and Raasay landscapes with words from Seil poet Kenneth Steven to bring out a new book – The Spirit of the Hebrides.
News
New book pays homage to great Gaelic bard
The Spirit of the Hebrides marries Kenneth Steven’s words with brooding black and photos by Alastair Jackson, capturing the landscapes of Skye and Raasay through a wide-angled lens.
Lochaber
Foreshore and seabed management returns to local community
Following decades of campaigning by the Comhairle and its partners, control of the Outer Hebrides foreshore and seabed, currently in the hands of The Crown Estate, is set to return to the local community on a pilot basis.
Lochaber
Business Secretary to follow up concerns on interconnector
Business Secretary Greg Clark MP has agreed to look at concerns raised by Isles MP Angus MacNeil regarding the position of Ofgem on plans for an interconnector for the Hebrides.
Lochaber
MSP says transport failings are putting islands at risk
Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Donald Cameron has warned the future of island and remote communities across the Highlands and Islands is being put at risk by uncertainty over vital transport links.
Leisure
Margaret Fay Shaw film set for premiere on Uist
Little did the Pennsylvania relatives of Margaret Fay Shaw know when they packed her off to the home of her ancestors in Scotland to ‘sort her out’ as they called it, that the orphaned teenager would grow to become one of the world’s most celebrated photographers and cinematographers.
Lochaber
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 .
Lochaber
Piping workshops established for Donald Macleod competition
World-class pipers will be holding workshops for island players when they come to Stornoway next month for the prestigious Pipe Major Donald Macleod MBE Memorial Competition.