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►Photos: Nicolson U15s Scottish champions
Epic win for Stornoway school in Scottish Schools football title decider
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councillors have been elected to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. A high number of members have been returned and will be joined by a group of fresh faces after some old hands suffered defeats.
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Leverburgh takes new lifeboat to its heart
South Harris community turns out in force to welcome new lifeboat home
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The Iolaire’s lost flare gun is recovered from seabed 93 years after the disaster
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Oil field contract hopes for Arnish yard
An empty order book results in job losses at the Arnish yard but the plant is in the running to win work for a new oil field off Shetland
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Stornoway Rugby Club win Caledonia championship
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Anger over dogs fouling graves
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Eriskay bodach’s 80th birthday bungee jump
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Seven people airlifted after Harris road crash
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Safety alert over air ambulance rotor crack
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First MS nurse is appointed after local campaign
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Eishken windfarm sold to French-
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Firefighters deal with numerous moor fires
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Hundreds in demonstration against freight hike
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Fishing threat could devastate island economy
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Rescue cover void as Stornoway coastguard tug is removed
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Public protest planned against soaring cost of supplies
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Uist firm “loses” £120,000 of work due to poor ferry service
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Fivepenny wave farm promises multi-
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Road crash victim is from South Uist
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Success in repopulating West Harris
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New West Side primary school is finished
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Salmon farmer wrecks local fisherman’s gear
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Time running out for coastguard tug
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Call for trial ferry on Lochboisdale -
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Full house at South Uist ferry meeting
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Abolishing haulage RET “will cost 100 jobs”
► Allan accused of "betraying his constituents”
► Call to delay commercial RET changes
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New Enterprise boss urged to back South Uist ferry campaign
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Rocket Range contractor accused union-
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Scottish Parliament debate against axing haulage RET
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Peacock’s stores are taken over
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Campaign for South Uist “missing link” ferry
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New £6 million land fund is announced
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Ten year legal battle over rotting boat
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Comhairle faces £10 million deficit
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Government will pay half the “haulage tax”
► Lorry firms condemn ferry haulage discount scheme
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Isle of Lewis crashes into Liverpool
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Passenger plane fast action to avoid collision during war games
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Lorry fares discount scheme to be revealed
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Improved deal expected for island hauliers
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Callanish Stones may take the wind out of crofter’s energy scheme
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Bail for second man accused of Western Isles murder
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Sheriff decides in cat custody battle
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Demand to scrap “fundamentally flawed” ferry review
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Economic expert warns “haulage tax” will cost jobs
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Petrol bosses under fire at heated public meeting
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Six candidates fight Western Isles crofters’ election
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Police seek information over missing man
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Bank manager stole from customers’ accounts
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Weather threatens disruptions to ferry services
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Office of Fair Trading to probe island high fuel prices
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Ferry fare hike could increase islands’ cost of living
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Stableless horse lodges in owner’s living room
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Police investigate South Uist roadside death
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Fisherman dies after falling overboard
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Death of the last orphan of the Iolaire disaster
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Liam Aitchison is laid to rest
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Council to make £ 3.1 million cuts and savings
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Jobs boost as consumer helpline expands
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Lorry firms warn RET changes will cost jobs
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Police crackdown on Christmas drink drivers
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Violent storm blasts the Western Isles
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44 jobs lost as Macaskill Haulage goes under
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Funeral for island woman who died in car crash
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Discounted fare scheme announced for inter-
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Council makes poor progress says inspection report
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Violent storm batters the Western Isles
Western Isles teachers and lecturers to strike
£11 million but still cash shortfall for Lews Castle rescue
FP church slams SNP for seeking to legalise gay marriage
Top army chief at island remembrance ceremony
Islanders observe Armistice Day silence
Savage cuts on the horizon as council is braced for a £7 million cash shortfall
Salmon farmer fined after worker drowns
Lews Castle rescue funding blow
Slashed post office service for Middle District
Care home saved as new operator takes over Blar Buidhe
First Sabbath ferry sails from Tarbert
Young island seaman found dead in Hong Kong
Mod gold medals won by Western Isles singers
Job losses at Stornoway supermarket
Nato backs down in fishermen row
Probe into Scottish Fuels’ wholesale prices
Samaritans buy town centre premises
Three youngsters sought over fire
Support for Arctic convoy veterans
Lottery awards for Western Isles community groups
Letter: Thanks for your support
Marine Harvest to create new jobs
Firms get chance of work from Lews Castle redevelopment
Lews Castle students fundraising
Leadership training for Western Isles youths
Comhairle meets with UBC administrators
Advice event for redundant workers
Chance to play at Clearance landlord
Cancer prevention drop-
Scouts and Guides in outdoor challenge
Clan Currie conference in Uist
Harris woman in blogging finals
Stornoway cruise season is underway
Leverburgh lifeboat on first callout
Backing to progress South Harris buyout
Letter: Snoring old Western Isles politburo
Letter: More people, less power for SNP
Community management of Lochmaddy coastline
Man struggled with police officers
Western Isles committee chiefs are chosen
Norman Dokus Macdonald is new convener
£10 million needed to create Harris malt whisky
Lewis Camanachd lose to Boleskine
Letter: Whose side is the council on?
OHTG seeks early meeting with new Comhairle
Former ferry boss joins Loganair
Breasclete pharmaceutical factory taken over by German chemical firm
Massive penalty to export Hebridean electricity
Air ambulances fly again after stricter safety checks
Fire bosses in community meetings
Letter: Thanks for the blethers
Hebridean who became Jersey’s tax chief dies
Laxdale Diamond Jubilee street party
Letter: Southern Isles need a fighting chance
Letter: Need more women councillors
Galson Business Centre praised for community role
Island textile firms in London showcase
Letter: Patient electioneering
Letter: All the best to the winners
Islanders take on The Big Minch Swim
Island nurse wins research award
New Community Action Grant scheme launched
Tourists advised to watch out for single track roads
Election vote counting gets underway
CalMac has “no resources” to run luggage service
Cal Mac to sell Citylink bus tickets in Stornoway ferry terminal
Three would-
South Harris explores community buyout idea
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Election candidates back Sunday observance tradition
Voting for new councillors get underway
Letter: Labour good at talking
Community body up against French government connection
Letter: Some candidates are “not fit for purpose”
Letter: Summit of political ambition
Letter: SNP accused of making “false claims” on schools
Letter: “Candidate in a panic”
Conservatives want genuine independent comhairle
SNP candidates call for decentralised decisions on Comhairle
“It’s time for a better Comhairle” say SNP
Letter: Councillors are out of date
Election candidates in row over ferry link
Letter: Council needs new and fresh ideas
Wind money pays for pavements for Lochs villages
Letter: If it isn’t broken, don’t change it
Allan condemns stamp price hike
Changes at the top at Stornoway harbour
SNP Councils ‘best” for jobs and economic recovery
Norwegian submarine in Stornoway
Scotland for Marriage campaign
Letter: “Selling out local builders”
Letter: “Misleading the electorate”
SNP council candidates back council tax freeze
Letter: SNP U-
Urgent plea for multilingual guides for cruise ships
Letter: SNP getting their facts wrong on schools’ contract
New man at the helm for Cal Mac
Letter: Independent councillors “ trying to fool the public”
NHS grant to search and rescue team
Letter: The pot calling the kettle black
Government loan for community energy schemes
North Uist Runrig founders rock into new beat
SNP criticises “unfounded” schools claims
Letter: Macsween’s “ hilarious sitcom”
Letter: Independent candidates allegiance with political parties
Letter: This is your time to make a difference
Celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Stornoway Rugby Club in title fight
Online maps reveal communities progress
Man endures six days of pain for delayed operation after industrial accident
Harris awaits arrival of new lifeboat
Improvements to Lews Castle Grounds
Police warn public of online pet scam
Letter: Labour in bitter hatred
Man smashed two cars in one night
Man had underage sex with girl
Election hustings in South Uist
Letter: Labour’s “negative campaigning”
Letter: “ Barbaric” treatment of St Kilda’s sheep
Stòras Uibhist 5th anniversary
Letter: SNP candidates told to keep quiet
Hauliers challenged to reveal RET savings
New call centre jobs for Stornoway
SNP launch fuel regulator petition
Digging deep in Stornoway harbour
Improving neurology services in the Western Isles
Letter: Macsween puts “party before people”
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Two in court over drug charges
Islands ambassadors sought for cruise visitors
Youths accused of fighting with police
Six months jail for repeat offender
SNP’s superfast broadband plans
Letter: Ferry luggage service withdrawal
Letter: Cllr Morag Munro was “not independent”
Inverness pulpit for Stornoway-
Local concern over high fuel prices
Letter: Call to slash the number of councillors
Election campaign peaks for candidate
Windfall donation for Bethesda
Students’ work on display at fledging college
Letter: “Don’t count on Nicolson’s memory”
Letter: SNP “rewriting history” on schools’ contracts
Barra insists Oban link must be retained
Grandfather recovers from serious crash injuries
New creative director at Gaelic Arts Agency
Air passenger numbers take a nose dive
Letter: Campbell “dodging the question”
Letter: Car crash victims praise rescuers
Letter: Dual fuel prices in the Western Isles
£5 million cool school opens for first pupils
► Pictures: New Westside School
£1.4 million bill for North Uist water works
Hebridean eco research generates spin-
New ambulance transport booking system for patients
UK first for social enterprise start-
Motorist involved in collision
Former Celtic star raises cash for cancer charity
Knife held against victim’s throat
Rough seas hampers charity swim
Deal to plug cash shortfall in Lews Castle rescue
SNP candidates to prioritise jobs in islands
Parenting website gets new look
Sole Atlantic voyage is postponed
Letter: Just another SNP misrepresentation
Letter: Monkeying around politics
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Car crash casualty is critical in hospital
Letter: Islanders must benefit from haulage fare reductions
Letter: Hauliers’ arguments “don’t stack up”
Linda Norgrove parents visit Afghanistan
New island pipers in the making
Islander on trial over torture claims
Seven people airlifted after Harris road crash
SNP launch manifesto for council elections
Letter: SNP’s “devious” game on haulage fares
Fuel supplier faces anti-
Lottery cash for Lochboisdale redevelopment
Deadline for rural living costs inquiry
Mass deaths of St Kilda’s rare sheep
Letter: Falling standards in Comhairle functions
Letter: Ferry fares cheaper than under Labour
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Police crackdown on uninsured drivers
Uist hosts first Eco-
Teen banter inbetween Gaelic drama
Exhibitions mark school closures
New Crofting Commission sets its course
First Western Isles Dementia Champions graduates
Heart defibrillators for ferries
Letter: “Council makes wealthy man even richer”
Cancer treatment waiting times
Hauliers slam “Black Friday” fare rises
Letter: Seek out the true independents
Macbraynes’ reservations over ferry strategy
Letter: Labour started privatisating the NHS
Eishken windfarm sold to French-
Letter: Haulage fares will hit tourism industry
Letter: Council failing on high fuel prices
Letter: “Labour protecting its multi-
Letter: The doctor's dose of medicinal democracy
Countdown to new Leverburgh lifeboat
“Howling” man caused harbour mayhem
Allan’s disappointment at Labour stance on tax cut for wealthy
Island lawyers backing ocean challenge
List of nominations for Comhairle elections
Concessionary Travel Scheme is here to stay
► Macsween praises SNP Government
Crichton stands for Loch a Tuath Ward at council elections
Fuel costs at centre of SNP council campaign
Afgan veteran in charity marathon run
Refurbished Stornoway Town Hall officially opened
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Stornoway Trust election results
Closing date for council elections
New Point sports pitch officially opened
Captain of grounded ship in court
Emergency alert at Stornoway airport
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Sat nav systems will be jammed during war games
Proposal to set up rural parliament
Lochhead demands return of coastguard tug
Blunders delayed rescue helicopter to capsised fishing boat
Proposal to set up rural parliament
Lochhead demands return of coastguard tug
Blunders delayed rescue helicopter to tragedy
Ferries Review “not aligned with economic strategy”
Increased risk from tick bites’ disease
Rare bird spotted on North Uist
Uist workplaces going for gold
Increased haulage fares confirmed on eve of public protest
Letter: “Labour candidates in disguise?”
Letter: Original fuel debate was genuine
Harbour board welcomes call for seabed control
Letter: Where’s the proof NHS patients forced to share blankets
Parliamentary debate over Lochboisdale ferry
SNP defend local public sector jobs
Man in court over alleged TV camera theft
Letter: Fair Fuels people “hijacking campaign” for own political ends
Chemical spill scare at school
Prime Minister “looks into” coastguard tug cover
Allan criticises bedroom tax on island families
Celtic footballers back Harris Tweed
Letter: “Disaster” to abolish haulage RET
Letter: Removal of RET for commercial vehicles
Chancellor adds 14 pence on gallon of fuel
Councils should take over Crown Estate marine assets
Stornoway ferry stuck in Ullapool
Parliamentary debate on better Lochboisdale ferry link
Letter: All islanders will be affected by removing haulage RET
Work starts on Loch Carnan windfarm
Axing rescue tug puts “lives at risk’
Letter: Government ignored tug warnings
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Ferry fare protestors take to the streets
Lewis man faces trial over alleged torture charge
Letter: SNP councillors backed schools’ contracts for outside firms
All island councillors oppose axing haulage RET
Islanders chosen to carry Olympic Flame
SNP too timid on alcohol pricing
Letter: Labour “more right wing than Thatcher”
Letter: Council spin on schools’ construction
Funding boost to promote nature tourism
Few passengers for Sunday ferry
First crofting election results
Pubs could run out of beer due to ferry freight hikes
Summer absence for Sunday ferry
Tourists told no room on the ferry
Local Labour asked to explain stance on alcohol pricing
Allan seeks progress for Lews Castle
Global fashion giant misused Harris Tweed name
Islander possessed ecstasy tablet
Lewisman fined for drug offence
Six hopefuls fight Stornoway Trust elections
Oxfam praised for “giving a voice” for community of South Uist
Cal Mac boss at island tourism events
Funeral of South Uist man who died in crash
Allan meets with Scottish Fuels over island fuel prices
Island MPs “snubbed” over trial ferry
Ferries review 'lacks strategic vision'
Qinetiq defends Rocket Range security
Council election race gets underway
Cal Mac “bans” second gangway trip for passengers’ luggage
Police appeal for trainee sniffer dog
Allan achieves ferry fare concessions for live shellfish and hay
Letter: Schools’ construction tenders
New schools’ football challenge
Worries over high interest payday loans
Free Church Continuing choose Moderator
Less air passengers due to bad weather
Row over truckers’ ferry fare rises
Letter: 'SNP seem to be misguided'
Icy road driving lessons mooted for home helps
Education minister urged to intervene in Barra row
Letter: Ferry fares for lorries -
Letter: No apprenticeships from schools’ contracts
Official opening of new media centre
Islander dies in mainland crash
27 councillors seek re-
Hebridean “ambassador” retires
Ferry campaigners to protest at SNP conference
Plans for giant Stornoway windfarm wins council approval
Haulage RET critics accused of being “party political”
Comhairle fully backs South Uist ferry
Harris campaigners threaten legal action against council
Julie Fowlis in Hebridean Celtic Festival show
Letter: Where is Scottish Government Advice?
Comhairle accused of “token consultation” on Barra
Fair fuel rally underlines need for duty regulator
Chairman quits Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Success in repopulating West Harris
Body found during search for missing man
Rocket range demolitions cancelled today
Letter: Council defends giving big contracts to outside firms
Hauliers slam politicians for “double standards”
Weavers urged to support loom spares scheme
Concerns over Barra childcare services
New West Side primary school is finished
Benefits advice helps cancer patients claim over £226,000
Letter: “Independent Labour Council illogical school closures”
Letter: Councillors “lacked vision and exported jobs” claim
Letter: We need a “council that cares”
Conservatives want level playing field for hauliers
New West Side primary school is finished
Parliamentary attempt to fully reinstated air discount
Jobs hope as fresh £1 million invested in Arnish
Benbecula man is reported missing
Education chief defends schools’ legal action
Sailings cancelled after ferry breaks down at sea
SNP condemn Comhairle’s court action
Golden eagle observatory opens on Harris
Rocket Range security staff wage cuts
Old foes swap angry accusations over ferry row
£8 million loan for delayed South Uist windfarm
Pollution fears in Harris sea loch
Letter: Labour “slagging off the NHS”
Disney’s “Callanish Stones” movie in £7 million tourism push
Attempted robbery in Stornoway
‘Highway robbery’ claim as petrol prices soar
Painful fine for hospital sleeper
Painful fine for hospital sleeper
Alexander sent dossier on GB Oils
Drink driver has car confiscated
Dog owners reminded about their legal responsibilities
Patients being treated quicker
Free Church ceases ADS flights
Crofters urged to vote in the commission elections
Allan meets with island fuel suppliers
Dog owners reminded about their legal responsibilities
Admiral Fallow set sail for Stornoway
South Lochs cubs achieve Scottish Challenge Badge
“World’s oldest” sheep falls to her death
Syria unrest cancels out island fuel discount
Fishing boat sank after collision
Sandwickhill School closure event
CoS minister quit over gay clergy row and joins Free Church
RET designer advocates increasing haulage fares
Stornoway rowers in Queen’s flotilla
Chancellor poised to increase fuel duty
Government asked to retain coastguard tug
Local benefit from local construction projects
Letter: Poverty in the Outer Hebrides
Police investigate Benbecula car theft
Security risk forces post office to shut
Council decides future of Stornoway Library
Woman charged over car accident
Allan encourages crofters to vote for commission
Revival mooted for Fèis an Rudha
Council head to court to force through school closures
Driver questioned over hit-
Uncharted waters being surveyed
SNP group propose changes to construction tendering
Island firm wins Norwegian deal
Haulage prices reduced by up to a third during RET trial
Extra funding for Harris Tweed training
Gruelling cycle fundraiser for Bethesda
Letter: Speculators push up the price of fuel
Pupils experience seaweed collecting
SNH sets process for advising on marine protected areas
Jobs saved as stricken Peacock’s stores are taken over
Radio nan Gaidheal accused of “political basis”
Allan meets Scottish Water over burst pipes
Police day of action on speeding
Job threats on agenda at union meeting
Campaign for South Uist “missing link” ferry
Urgent Lews Castle repairs to go-
Letter: Inquiry into rural cost of living
Letter: Comhairle failed to maximise building jobs
Confusion over increasing weaving workforce causes alarm
Summer ban on shooting greylag geese
New pedestrian path round Nicolson Institute
Letter: Turbines, what turbines?
Letter: Shortage of parking in Stornoway
Salmon exports target Middle East
Stornoway firm wins Scotland’s Best Butcher award
TV watchdog rules Channel 5 murder joke was offensive
Euro funding for Western Isles projects
Call for OFT to gather evidence in the islands
Crackdown on motorists flouting parking rules
First community spaces’ lottery grants for Western Isles
Cars skid off roads in weekend snowfall
Independent councillors “have no vision for the isles”
Comhairle declares support for campaign for fair fuel prices
Letter: Councillors’ conflict over petrol prices
Letter: Government to blame for high fuel prices
Letter: Alleged mistake in coastal protection works
Letter: Wind turbines riches are a con
Letter: Western Isles Labour eventually identify themselves
Letter: Labour’s miraculous conversion to RET
Letter: Stick them where ever you want
Two islanders aquitted of metal bar attack
Woman accused of breaking island ban
Bernera turbines planning row goes to Scottish Government
Double whammy from council job losses
Severe BT broadband fault causes chaos
Centenary of Highland health services
Letter: SNP government is “hammering the Western Isles”
Letter: Council snookered by money crisis
Letter: British Resistance Movement
Redundancies loom in latest council budget cuts
MCA investigate ferry concerns
Haulage taskgroup fight pricerises
Council to consider van ferry fare discount
Crashed Stornoway ferry is repaired
Claim that absence of ferry gangway is dangerous
Comhairle redundancies will hit local economy
Supermarket options for Stornoway Library
Hebrides taskgroup to be formed tomorrow to fight ferry price rises
Less SNH red tape for land managers
Letter: Passing on RET haulage savings
Lorry firms condemn ferry haulage discount scheme
Letter: Kilbride reinforcement works
Letter: Comhairle supporting the community
Religious Observance in schools
Poets’ chance to develop live performance skills
Western Isles Conservatives support Barra fishermen
Planning permission for new lifeboat station
SNP activist stands against official party candidate
Letter: Councillor Macleod “should stand down”
Rudhach prize money donated to charity
Official probe into higher cost of fuel on islands
Letter: Setting the record straight
Isles SNP slams Labour's "hypocrisy" on RET
Lewis rural doctors in medical practice merger
Allan welcomes Scotland’s “Budget for Jobs”
Letter: Labour Party implicated in haulage row?
Letter: Councillors turning their back on tourism ?
Barraich protest at Scottish Parliament
Delay in appointing a MS nurse
Council invests £4 million extra into roads
Labour says SNP has failed islands on RET
Welcome scheme for cruise liners
SNP lose two council election candidates
Anger at lack of early morning gritting
New schools’ roofing contractor goes bust
Bristow’s win Stornoway rescue helicopter contract
Gale warning for Western Isles
Lionacleit pupils raise cash for Mary’s Meals
Call for compromise over “haulage tax”
Labour backs Barra campaign over conservation designations
Western Isles hauliers meet transport minister over RET row
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Fire stations may shut due to cash shortage
Rudhach magazine wins community newspaper award
Expansion plans for Scottish Salmon Company
Bedroom tax plans “will punish the poor”
Have your say about Stornoway auction mart
Island protestors to demonstrate at Scottish Parliament
Letter: “Shameful behaviour” at the fuel meeting
Western Isles SNP passes 250th member milestone
Letter: Independent Labour candidates go it alone
Parents fight to retain Castlebay nursery school
Planning the future of diabetes services
Bristows expected to takeover rescue helicopter service
Missing man found after large scale search
Haulage campaigners threaten to boycott government meeting
Teenager had heavy spanner as weapon
Broadband improvements to drive Scotland’s digital future
Loganair marks 50 years of flying
Brownies hold first ever Big Quiz
Drink driver’s car is confiscated
Rejected boyfriend smashed shop stock
Call to halt Barra conservation designations
Korean Presbytery visit is off
SNH boss accused of abusing his position
Minister applies to join Free Church
Fuel boss to face questions over high petrol prices
Barra environmental row to be debated in parliament
Increases in ferry haulage fares would devastate crofting
Allan presses for next generation broadband in islands
Call for volunteers to help with marine animal rescues
Scottish Water household charges frozen
Six candidates fight Western Isles crofters’ election
Letter: Macsween ignores RET facts
Letters: Singing from different hymn sheets
Allan welcomes independence referendum consultation
Letter: Allan is working hard on haulage issue
Letter: Scotland’s independence referendum
Letter: Council cronies “messed up the schools”
Point councillors condemn “haulage tax”
Argos’ island surcharge angers shoppers
Hauliers to meet transport minister over ferry fare row
Police issue warning over advertising scam
Praise for Barra lifeboat crew
Marine Harvest develop new farms
Comhairle slates SNH over conservation row
Campaign against the SNP’s “haulage and household tax”
Lewis man faces trial in alleged torture case
Letter: Loony left trouble making
All Point councillors stand again
£2 million contract but where’s the money coming from?
Scottish Fuels’ boss to face public on petrol prices
Police reinforcements required after couple turned nasty
Haulage ferry fare row in Scottish Parliament
Clansman on Ullapool ferry run
Stornoway hosts record number of Iceland gulls
Letter: SNP policies crippling the islands’ economy
Long range helicopter mission from Stornoway
Scrapping RET for haulage will create “economic landslide”
Motorist’s car may be destroyed for drink driving offence
Lewis crofter standing for Crofting Commission election
Cal Mac admits poor freight ferry service
Bus services threatened with cuts
Weather threatens disruptions to ferry services
Proclaimers to headline Hebridean Celtic Festival
Stornoway shop owner making jobs cuts
Two years in jail for embezzlement
Arnish to be part of renewable energy enterprise drive
Revamp for police and fire services
Plans to build business workshops in West Harris
Death of former Free Church minister
Free professional demo recording for young bands
Stornoway clothes shop to go into administration
Public ballot planned for Scalpay buyout
Commercial ferry fares could double
Paypoint scam in Western Isles
Laxdale water is given the all-
BT is only bidder for islands’ superfast broadband
Ghostly birds from the Arctic flock to Scotland
St Kilda mail washes up on Norway
Shawbost mill sets its sights on Korea
Dead man was hit by a vehicle say police
Horse takes up residence in owner’s own home
Fallen crane blocks Geocrab road
Barra fishermen plead guilty to 'black fish” fraud
Scottish Government accused of undemocratic windfarm approval
Sudden death of man by roadside
Macneil’s concerns over postal service
Letter: In favour of gay marriage
Death of former Stornoway town clerk
Ward evacuated after wheelchair fire scare
First Lewis Christian Conference
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Letter: Opposed to gay marriage
Central belt gales disrupt island travel
Five arrested after noisy New Year’s party
Stornoway fisherman flown to hospital
2,000 people at Stornoway street party
Gales and ice warning for islands
Letter: A tolerant new year to all
Car reported stolen is involved in crash
Extra cash for Lews Castle College
Travel disrupted as adverse weather hits Hebrides
Free Presbyterians denounce Christmas and ecumenical services
Last chance to influence new school closure rules
Religious observance in schools
Norgrove charity helps war-
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Mass cut-
Christmas ferry disruption warnings
Hotel evacuated after fire scare
Freight ferry breaks down after returning from seven week refit
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First elections to Crofting Commission
Barra needs improved ferry services says government study
No go to direct Lochboisdale ferry
Island energy schemes hit by charging plans
Islanders’ petition rejected by Scottish Government
Isles Labour Party welcome leadership changes
Commercial vans may get ferry concession
Uncertainty over Air Discount Scheme exclusions
Ecumenical service controversy
Second temporary reprieve for coastguard tug
Two island youths in second court appearance over teenager’s death
Anger over ‘rip-
MSP condemns companies over rural delivery charges
Dead teenager’s family accept Matthew Wright apology
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Uist Builders collapses with cash problems
►Administrators take control of Uist Builders
The firm is a major employer in the Western Isles but suffered cash flow problems
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90 island Uist Builders’ workers lose their jobs
Mass redundancies and construction work stps on a number of building sites as UBC goes under.
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