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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
Call for flexible agricultural support
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
Oil-
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
Thousands hit by blackout -
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
The Comhairle is exploring ways of buying shares in the Stornoway Windfarm and to sell locally produced electricity to islanders.
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Passenger plane fast action to avoid collision during war games
Loganair plane is caught up in major attack exercise involving 14 Tornado fighter jets ..............................................................................
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Setting up a taskforce is one option to fight the government over a hike in lorry ferry fares
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Lorry fares discount scheme to be revealed
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Improved deal expected for island hauliers
Transport Minister to look at cheaper ferry fare scheme for lorries.
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Callanish Stones may take the wind out of crofter’s energy scheme
Tourists should look the other way says island councillor
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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
►Western Isles haulage campaigners welcome economist’s intervention
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Petrol bosses under fire at heated public meeting
Scottish Fuels insist their profits margins are modest and fair ...............................................................................
Evidence of the musical talents of Stornoway cops has been captured on video
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Six candidates fight Western Isles crofters’ election
The first candidates to fight the historic Crofting Commission elections are announced
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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
Island ferries are likely to face disruptions from Atlantic gale
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Another gritting tender, another legal row for the Comhairle.
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Office of Fair Trading to probe island high fuel prices
Government agency will investigate if islanders are being ripped off over fuel prices.
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Ferry fare hike could increase islands’ cost of living
Shop prices could rise if it costs 175% more for lorries to use island ferries .............................................................................................
Stableless horse lodges in owner’s living room
A woman from Lewis has her horse living in her front room.
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Police investigate South Uist roadside death
The body of a 49-
The first intake of Harris pupils move into the modern £10 million school in Tarbert
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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