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Schoolboy finds miniature boat on Barra beach after 2,000-mile Atlantic crossing
A small research vessel launched from Canada as part of a science project has washed up on a beach in Barra after drifting across the Atlan…
The community of Eriskay working to protect their rare native ponies
With fewer than 400 Eriskay ponies remaining, the residents of this small Hebridean island are working to preserve one of the world's rares…
Hebrides People Visitor Centre in North Harris secures £8m for major redevelopment
The genealogy centre in the Western Isles has received over £8m to transform its facilities into a modern heritage destination. The project…
Artist travels 1,700 miles to keep a rare Isle of Lewis phone box in service
William Arnold has made a 1,700-mile round trip from Cornwall to the Isle of Lewis to place 52 calls from a rural phone box. By meeting the…
Artist William Arnold travels 1,700 miles to save rural Isle of Lewis phone box
Artist William Arnold has travelled from Cornwall to the Isle of Lewis to make 52 calls from a rural phone box, meeting the minimum usage r…
Bays of Harris community group secures £1m to buy 27,000-acre estate
After a 14-year campaign, the Bays of Harris Community Estate Ltd has been awarded over £1m by the Scottish Land Fund to purchase a 27,181-…
Bays of Harris community group secures £1m funding to purchase local estate
Bays of Harris Community Estate Ltd has been awarded over £1m from the Scottish Land Fund to buy a 27,181-acre crofting estate. After 14 ye…
Annual gannet hunt on Sula Sgeir cancelled for the first time in 400 years
NatureScot has refused a licence for the traditional guga hunt on the island of Sula Sgeir after new modelling suggested the removal of up …
Classic Ealing comedy Whisky Galore! returns to TV screens this weekend
The beloved 1949 comedy Whisky Galore!, which tells the heartwarming true story of Scottish islanders salvaging whisky during wartime ratio…