Earlier news
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
Ship on the rocks -
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
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
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
Lewis-
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
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-
Sabbath-
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
Western Isles detective led the hunt for the Black Panther
Macneil complains about Barra ferry service
New boss for Gaelic TV channel
Electric vehicle for Stornoway Dial-
RET changes will “devastate the Uist economy”
App shows off spectacular St Kilda scenery
UNESCO backs ST Kilda centre project
Letter: RET -
Time running out to save coastguard tugs
Concern over RET ban on hauliers
Letter: Commercial RET made no difference to shop prices
Met Office confirms record low pressure system
Driver taken to hospital after crash
Abolishing haulage RET risks lorry firms “going to the wall”
Properties searched as death inquiry continues
Hebrides seabed stays under London control
MSP in festive visit to sorting office
Murdered police officer is remembered
TV watchdog investigates comments on teenager’s death
Superunknowns rock for charity
Consultation over conflict between aquaculture and fisheries
Memorial service for Liam Aitchison
Flood risk from westerly gales
Two island youths appear in court accused of murdering Liam Aitchison
Teenager fought with three cops
Two men admit possessing drugs
Woman struggled with police officers
Letter: Local Labour can’t find enough candidates
Fears schools may teach children “to experiment” with homosexuality
Letter: New Year celebrations -
Gay marriage risks the “moral fabric of society”
Letter: Labour Party “lets down” public sector workers
Lorry firms warn RET changes will cost jobs
Labour advocates “political independence” in politics
Decline in foreign language assistants
Lewis Camanachd stays in shinty league
Headteacher seminar highlights partnership
Cafe opening raises funds for Harris lifeboat
Police crackdown on Christmas drink drivers
Violent storm blasts the Western Isles
44 jobs lost as Macaskill Haulage goes under
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Storm warning for Western Isles
Continuing opposes gay marriage
Religious observance in schools
Added cost of flights for ministers
Island accidents as freezing weather continues
Letter: The ethnic cleansing cost of Thanksgiving
Community benefits from renewables
MSP welcomes drive to help unemployed youth
Letter: Trifling with God’s law
SNH “show contempt for the democratic process”
Letter: Support for pension strikes
Letter: A warning to the gullible
Rural areas left behind as cities get better broadband
SNP reveal list of council election candidates
Top energy company links up with Lews Castle College
Extra cops flown in as police say teenager’s death is treated as suspicious
Strikers march in protest of pension cuts
Finals of students’ Gaelic debate
Investigation into teenager’s death
Body found in search for missing teenager
Wednesday’s strike will hit services
►Strikers march over pensions threat
►Local Labour party supports walkout
►Union accuses Government of “robbing pensions”
Milestone for Western Isles Learning Shop
Seminar to provide better direction for Gaelic careers
Row over latest “secret” conservation move
Tendering for rescue helicopter contract
Lewis woman is Highland Ambassador
On course to re-
Wordsmith aims to encourage creative reading
First single for Harris singer
Gales create weekend disruption
Politicians want more fuel concessions
Stornoway shoplifter is jailed
Fuel discount scheme will start in March
►Submission to the Scottish Government Consultation on Same Sex ‘Marriage’ 2011
Tug-
Man banned from going near ex-
Cannabis plants found in police raid
Footwear giant’s bumper order for Harris Tweed
Telcom firms drop out of superfast broadband scheme
Gaelic award presented to island community
Careless driving put passengers’ lives at risk
Comhairle takes up cudgels to save Lews Castle
Hebridean firm in finals of major accountancy awards
Changes to coastguard service revealed
Letter: Different manners of worship
Letter: SNP take politically correct line
Harris artist wowing guests at Glasgow arts hotel
Fishermen rescued from capsized boat
Public services hit as workers go on strike
Letter: Criticism of ecumenical service
Orb trade mark is Harris Tweed's biggest asset
Long distance mission for coastguard helicopter
Two days without water for Sollas homes
400th anniversary of the King James Bible
New Musician in Residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Traigh Mhòr to be dropped from environmental restrictions
Giant heavy cargo ship in port
Special Harris Tweed honour recalls industry birth
Parliamentary inquiry into poor broadband coverage
Questions over Lochboisdale ferry service
Top awards for island healthcare heroes
Letter: Where does Labour stand on gay marriage
North Uist development updates
Community petition rejected under “secret” rules
Western Isles Labour backs Lamont for Scottish leader
Rowing the length of the Western Isles for Children In Need
Feasibility study for Scalpay buyout options
Arnish yard upgrade is completed
South Ford study public meeting
Inter-
Old Time fashion appeal for Glasgow Gaels
Rise in air passengers at Stornoway
Call to install large enough subsea energy cable
Memories of a Lewis crofting weaving community
Award for police communications team
Search for Olympic torch helpers
Letter: Cuts in council services
Church of Scotland opposes gay marriage
Talk on side effects of cancer treatment
Cal Mac Ferries takes corporate troubleshooter onboard
Extra cash for renewable energy developments
Greenpeace activists’ boat capsizes off Barra
Princess Anne is UHI chancellor
Islanders observe Armistice Day silence
Stornoway Airport staff raise charity cash
Students debate their way to Edinburgh finals
South Uist and Govan join forces to tackle economic problems
Launch of pregnancy crisis group
Sectarian Bill not to curtail free speech
Call to return historical treasures to North Uist
Savage cuts on the horizon as council fear £7 million blackhole
Villagers block salmon farm access
Letter: Plenty of signs but lack of direction
Harris man who died in fire “refused help”
Big Apple is the new shop window for Harris Tweed
Vodafone fix mobile signal after weeks of problems
Controversial fish farm planning bid is dropped
Lewis Camanachd -
Stornoway Coastguard campaign nominated for national award
Island sportswoman wins coaching award
Salmon company faces court over employee’s death
Young Lewis seaman who died in Hong Kong is buried
MSP lobbies for RET on inter-
Vandal sentenced to one month per slashed tyre
North Uist pastor induction in breakaway congregation
Breaks in Vodafone signal in Stornoway
Islands’ first solar energy farm plans are abandoned
RNLI confirm new lifeboat for South Harris
Barra Children's Centre awarded £5000 grant
Comhairle calls for united front on Crown Estate reform
Letter: All the councillor’s fault
Letter: Treated like second class citizens
Health care bus takes the road
Lews Castle rescue funding blow
Slashed post office service for Middle District
Letter: Scottish Government failing to help build homes
New operator takes over Blar Buidhe care home
New lifeboat to cover Uist and Harris
Letter: Macneil is off his axis
Scalpay plans commemorative events to celebrate school’s history
Healthcare heroes announced as award finalists
Letter: Comhairle proposed legal U-
Tory “time bandits” warned over daylight robbery
Stornoway RP minister inducted
Letter: Comhairle in “facile macho posturing” over schools
Greenpeace campaign ship in Stornoway stop
Council may drop legal action against school closures
Rescue work begins on historic Eye Church
Teenager faces motoring charges
Man charged with alleged assault on nurses
SNH urged to abandon airport beach designation plans
Lawyer set to make legal history
Belgium couple still in hospital after crash
Bilingual signs bring Gaelic to hundreds of thousands of people
Rising star of Scottish poetry in Hebrides
Accused failed to appear in court
Mystery over temporary closure at island post office
Video medics for critically ill babies
MSP represents Government at Convention of Highlands and Islands
Breastfeeding support group celebrates fifth birthday
Reformed Presbyterian Church induction
£1 million funding shortage for Lochboisdale redevelopment
Airport security staff wear it pink
Youth in court after girl injured in car smash
£100,000 de-
Teenager seriously hurt in car crash
Campaign against industrial expansion of salmon farming
First timer scoops traditional gold
Dundee Choir toast absent friend
Mod piping competition results
Bòrd na Gàidhlig to establish network of Gaelic medium education head teachers
New music course in Gaelic rap
More viewers switch on to Gaelic TV
Canadian crowned Bàrd at the Royal National Mòd
Recognising how to save someone from a stroke
Gales disrupt Royal National Mod
Marine wildlife survey starts in the Minch
Skills development for new Gaelic writers
Conference on finding health workers for rural areas
Monday-
New Gaelic courses launched at the Mod
Barra Airport in global accolade vote
Retracing St Columba’s footsteps
Failte gu Mòd nan Eilean -
Saturday results -
Funding for Gaelic hub in north Lewis
Western Isles coastguard tug is reinstated
Comhairle backs giant wind energy scheme
Lewis rapist is jailed for six years
Cat and dog may be summoned as courtroom witnesses in pet custody fight
First legal Western Isles whisky is launched
Embezzler given more time to repay stolen money
No lookouts caused island trawler sinking
Pairc buyout dispute tied up in court for years
Letter: Citylink and ferry luggage service
Letter: Understanding the equation
North Uist water is finally safe to drink
Plans to set up community trust from Stornoway windfarm
MSP suggests ferry luggage alternative
Go-
Comhairle pays off staff in cutbacks drive
Looking for musicians for Mod Fiddlers’ Rally
Recycle North Uist plastic water bottles
Citylink axes ferry luggage service
Comhairle sees red over jamming
Allan says Barra opposes fishing restrictions
Bid to double number of Gaelic speakers
MP hits out at absence of emergency coastguard tug
Concern over scrapping hospital beds
Next Free Church moderator is named
Norgrove parents spend anniversary fundraising
Concerns over high fuel prices
Police officers honoured for bravery
Daliburgh school frame erected
Barra and Vatersay Mod prizewinners
Opening event for new Bethesda charity shop
Cross country horse jumping event
Good prices at Stornoway ram sales
Reserve champion -
Letter: Lack of parliamentary representation
Protest against high fuel prices
Stranded whale to die on Uist beach
Extreme waves measured off Lewis
New machinery for traditional reaping
Attempts to refloat stranded whale
New law risks killing off crofting says former government minister
Ferries cancelled at start of a blustery week
Management planning for conservation areas
High fuel prices result in dearer bus fares
No maritime tug cover as legalities delay reprieve
Anniversary of radical legislation which ended Clearances
Last minute reprieve for coastguard tug -
Concerns over drastic cuts to work scheme for disabled people
Loganair investigates aircraft fault
Reprieve sought for island commercial ferry scheme
World beneath the waves revealed in new report
Petrol price check -
Scottish Fuels agree to discuss high price row
Crofting community way of life
Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich officially opened
Warning about doorstep salesmen
Objections jeopardise Stornoway windfarm
Support for North Uist wind farm
Loganair assurances after plane emergency
Concern over losing specialist teachers
“Frightening” ordeal for women
Islander was aggressive when refused entry
Secondary school pupils celebrate Celtic links with Ireland
Temporary principal for college
Advice over winter vomiting bug
Official opening of first new council school on Lewis for nearly 20 years.
Norgroves mark one year since daughter’s kidnapping
Plea for last ditch reprieve for rescue tug
HIE investigates impact of community business
Two new churches after 140 years in the wilderness
Marine Scotland urged to mediate in Barra row
Fury as Stornoway coastguard tug removed
Macneil attacks “reckless withdrawal of coastguard tugs
Spòrsnis gets “community MBE” award
Coastguard tug leaves station a week early
Crofting reform comes on stream
Hebrides rioters petition apology
High fuel prices raised with Scottish Affairs Committee
Three more years for mink trapping scheme
Crofters claim chemical ban fuels wildfire risk
Call for Scottish control of fisheries
Letter: Salmon farmer insults island communities
Upgrade planned for Daliburgh Post Office
Historical project to track island emigrants
Island museums urged to shape their future
Island petrol prices at highest level
Gaelic pub quiz goes live on the web
Letter: Local economy hit by high fuel prices
Salmon farm worker injures fingers
Scottish nuclear veterans’ flag is retired in Stornoway
Climate change meeting at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Double award for Proiseact Nan Ealan
St Kilda and Mingulay log books go online
Body found on Luskentyre beach
Plans for Harris whisky distillery
Allan wants inquiry into island fuel monopoly
MSP takes up issue of petrol price hikes
New tourism campaign promotes the Outer Hebrides
Crown Estate inquiry heads to the Hebrides
Business excellence awards for island enterprises
Move for environmental restrictions in Sound of Barra
Outer Hebrides beat Glasgow and Edinburgh in music award
Parade marks anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Lewis man raped 15-
Helicopter airlifts child off hill
Emergency services charity football match
Comhairle axes specialist PE lessons for rural pupils
Open house at Sustainable Uist project
“SNP Government apathy” over rural broadband problems
Infants learn about hand hygiene
Macneil urges Ofcom to improve mobile coverage
Drug dealer sentenced to 30 months
Islander accused of driving vehicle into man
Island visitor vandalised cars
Construction worker headbutted island man
Concerns over changes to mental health service
Famous Uig chessmen return home for a day
Rival sides agree talks over Pairc estate dispute
New company formed to run Blar Buidhe
Lewis victim remembered in 9/11 memorial
Hurricane eye to pass over Hebrides
Lewis & Harris Football League
New man at the helm at Comunn na Gàidhlig
Call for new £10 million for land buyout fund
Letter: World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Safe driving scheme for Western Isles youth
MSPs’ support call for direct Lochboisdale ferry
►Huw Francis’ statement to the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee
Is the health board communicating properly?
Letter: “Poor consultation” on mental health care changes
Letter: Civil same sex marriages
Health board seeks permanent dentist for Harris
Last day for Lewis Chessmen exhibition
Tribute night to Ishbel MacAskill
Hurricane Katia alert for Hebrides
Argos plans January opening for new Stornoway store
£1.5 million repairs for Lews Castle
Suicide Prevention Week in the Western Isles
Events for Suicide Prevention Week
Back clinch league championship
Angry fishermen ban SNH from meeting
Top marks for Western Isles hospital cleanliness
Saints win title after 25th year
Police appeal over Stornoway incident
Plans to replace Callanish water pipes
Blue shark found on Lewis beach
SNH favourable towards giant Stornoway wind farm
Comhairle’s umbrella idea for a rainy day
Council considers setting up new campaign against high fuel prices
Map test of mobile phone blackspots
Lewis man must pay victim £400 compensation
Lewis and Harris Football results
Four taken to hospital after car crash
Highest ever number of teams challenging for Cuach Na Cloinne
Man placed on sex offenders register
Shawbost School has good community links say inspectors
Open season for shooting greylag geese
Dictionary for Gaelic bureaucrats
Hitches over “unworkable” fuel discount scheme
Askernish golf weekend worth £18,000 for local economy
Primary and Secondary football competitions
McGrigor to give key note crofting speech
Mock gas explosion tests emergency response
Registration deadline for tobacco retailers
Rocket range to continue beyond guaranteed five years
South Uist’s role in Libya offensive
Linda Norgove charity helps Afghan children
Senior Free Church minister quits over hymns row
Nicolson Institute inspection report
Allan calls for cheaper charges to export electricity
Debt warning as households worse off
Scope for more sea farms but only in appropriate locations
Heavy weather disrupts sea crossing
Fishing boat was taking on water
Hospital inpatient mental health service may be axed
Last minute deportation reprieve for Filipino Fishermen
Lewis & Harris Football Results
Wind speed masts for Amec’s turbines
Emergency exercise at Stornoway gas works
Cambodian dental nurses in Lewis
Changes to children’s health services
Final game of Lewis Camanachd’s debut season
£42 million maintenance backlog for island roads
Defence minister tours South Uist rocket range
Relay swim across the Little Minch
“Banca nan Eilean” could offer Comhairle mortgages
Macneil criticises petrol prices
Letter: Disgraceful insult against Western Isles
Lewis and Harris football league table
SNP accused of betrayal after“sham consultation”
Letter: Keep rioters down south
Lewis and Harris Football results
Back lose Highland Amateur Cup final
Scottish Government restricts fishing off Barra seas
Drug dealer convicted after trial
Send rioters to Hebrides not jail urges petition
Banks impose rival cash machine ban
Water supply disruptions affect busy visitor centre
Trial hears drugs found in Stornoway house
Nine month curfew imposed on teenager
Scottish salmon exports on the rise
Lewis drug dealer avoids jail sentence
Changes to hospital hand hygiene
Frustration at regular water supply faults at Callanish
Allan wants fairer share of UK broadband funding
Top quality produce at island show
Family convinced 30-
Lewis duo cycle length of UK for charity
RSPB offers to withdraw wind farm objections
Hospital inspection finds outstanding infection control issues
Letter: Praise for council switching off
Two new community gyms for Pairc
Skipper asleep when vessel hit rocks
Surveying seas around the Western Isles
Lewis & Harris Football Results
Letter: All guilty of discrimination
Counterfeit money scare was false alarm
Busy young mum is student role model
Letter: Double standards over killing birds
Campaign to save Coastguard tug
Councillors in the dark over street lights
Record numbers of runners for hill races
London rioters nearly ruin everything for local man
New Point school is ready on time
Breastfeeding support group set up in Balivanich
Banks refuse to give mortgages to crofters
Injured runner is airlifted off hill
Exam results turnaround for Castlebay School
Western Isles in global 100 beauty spots
Rogue workmen claim to be school builders
Environment minister caught up in salmon farm controversy
Letter: Overpaid Equality boss
Horse owners urged to be cautious over strangles risk
Medal success for police athletes
Lewis & Harris Football Results
Island lawyers’ hit by “World Cup £400,000 prize” hack in Free Topiary campaign
New beef scheme is better for crofters
Gaelic jargon lessons for civil servants
Environment body’s warning over coastguard tug cuts
Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture
Letter: Too many plane breakdowns
Letter: The chocolate orange price scandal
Driver smashed into two vehicles
Traffic diversions for Lewis Carnival
Allan meeting over wave energy scheme
First breeding tree sparrows in 25 years
Salmon bosses concede to meet locals over controversial fish farm
Drugs courier jailed after drugs bust
Careless driving at beach party bash
Teenager sentenced for assault
English coastguards to handle island maritime emergencies
Campaigners question salmon farmer’s “caring” image
Tractors raise cash for Afghanistan
Letter: Some people are gay. Get over it!
New discovery suggests Lewis Chessmen come from Iceland
Technical fault disrupts flight
Volunteers sought for Lewis Carnival
Island trawlers face crewing shortage
Uist survey into Hard to Treat houses
Lewis & Harris Football Results
Youth encouraged to take up science and technology
Scottish Salmon promises commitment to islands
Call for year-
New rules for Harris Tweed toys
Polar bear risk in archaeologist hunt
New Balivanich school is completed
Stornoway harbour hampered in development plans
Harris Tweed Hebrides throws a party in New York
“Unfit for purpose” hospital requires urgent replacement
Emergency response as plane engine shut down
Student’s Harris home seized to pay criminal debts
Demands for major reform of Crown Estate
Fire crews called to fishing boat
Harbour wave farm scheme in jeopardy
Seeking the answers on shared parenting
Letter: Intolerance to different sexual orientation
Call to trial Lochboisdale to Mallaig ferry route
Children’s publishers co-
Fury over large scale salmon farm
Exploring the Harris mountains
Hundreds of passengers disrupted by ferry engine problem
Government may rethink red tape burden over fuel cut
Protecting girls against cervical cancer
Ferry detour for music festival
Pope’s congratulations to long-
Treasury chief reveals interest in isles’ credit union
Australian satellite evidence in Lewis trial
Pair guilty of public indecency
Relief after rocket range spared
Jewellery firm bought out by workers
New community fund hives off Crown Estate profits
Sollas Week kicks off today with Highland Games
Air travellers lured to Hebrides by TV shows
B&Bs urged to watch out for scam guests
Lewis biscuits at Westminster reception
South Uist flag could represent the Hebrides
Lochinver lifeboat evacuates cruise passenger to Stornoway hospital
Environmental monitoring in North Uist lochs
Lewis mum runs six marathons in six days
Sick baby taken to Glasgow hospital
Thousands visit Tall Ships at Stornoway harbour
Barra hospital forced to stop accepting patients
Successful campaign wins specialist MS nurse for islands
Paper Aeroplane singer KT Tunstall tops the scales at Storno-
Review: Vibrant finale to Celtic festival
Lewis and Harris football results
“Most memorable” Hebridean Celtic Festival was big success
High energy blast at the festival
Redundancies loom as council faces more cuts
Hopes for Blar Buidhe care home
Foot stomping crowd at Celtic Festival
Letter: The Continental Chippie
Macmillan asks islanders to support coffee fundraiser
Health board invests in revolutionary life saving equipment
Lifeboat searches for man in sea
Community campaign saves Stornoway Coastguard station
►Coastguard staff have to reapply for their jobs
► Fight continues to retain emergency tugs
Volunteer effort to open Heb Celt Festival
Fleet of traditional sailing ships in Stornoway
Arabian-
Macneil’s vision of a new Scotland
Big turnout for Fèis Tìr an Eòrna
Uig runner at ultramarathon halfway point
Crofters election for revamped Commission
Cookery event raises cash for Norgrove charity
Young Highland dancers entertain the crowds
Traditional sailing ships visit
Talks over future of Stornoway care home
Stop gap contract to ensure coastguard rescue helicopter cover
Charity walkers raise funds for Bethesda
Hebrides in best fest awards tussle
Lewis and Harris football results
Land reform law requires revamp says Allan
Loganair takes over charter airline
Lung disease rehab service is launched
NHS 24 establishes island base
Recruitment drive for coastguard coastal rescuers
School pupils take stage at Hebridean Celtic Festival
Second chance for army recruit
Scotland should “control own seabed”
Pairc landlord seeks breakaway buyout talks without hostile bid leaders
Call to use record Crown Estate profits to pay for coastguard tugs
Woman charged with obstructing emergency staff
Teenager smashed windscreen with bottle
Man rescued as dinghy swept away
New extension at Ravenspoint Centre is opening
Fears SNH is spreading the conservation boundaries too far
Shop charity worker “local hero” attends Parliament opening
Teenage cancer trust at school prize giving