A statement from the Uig St Kilda group, 17 Nov 2009. More on the issue here and Uig’s vision here. We are very pleased that the Working Group has confirmed its recommendation of Mangurstadh as th...
COMUNN na Gàidhlig announced this week that the football team from Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, Winners of Cuach na Cloinne 2009 – the CnaG National Gaelic Schools Football tournament – is set to ...
Overcast and quite wet this morning in Stornoway, although there is some brightness creeping up from the south. The current rainfront is moving away to the northeast, with bright spells following a...
The Hebrides Range Task Force is seeking views and opinions from business and the community over the economic future for the Uists and Benbecula. The consultation is one of the actions following th...
Comunn na Gàidhlig (CnaG), working with Lews Castle College, recently held a week-long personal development course for graduates who are on a year-long placement, on the CnaG Graduate Placement Sch...
Over the past couple of weeks, a controversy has been raging in these islands over the recommendation for the St Kilda Centre to be sited at Mangurstadh, in Uig, Lewis. Two other locations in the...
Suffolk based company Sheeran Lock Ltd is lookingfor for artist-educators in the Highlands and Islands including, but not limited to: Oban, Thurso, Inverness, Stromness, Stornoway and North Uist. S...
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has made changes to its winter maintenance policy. When required, gritting will now begin an hour later, starting at 6.00am. In the evenings, treatment of roads will not b...
The St Kilda Working Group met on Thursday 12th November and considered representations made by groups from Uist and Harris regarding the feasibility study into a St Kilda Centre carried out by Jur...
The remote and beautiful St Kilda will feature on the Clydesdale Bank’s new five pound note. The Clydesdale Bank today unveiled the designs of a new family of banknotes, which will be introduced la...
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar today welcomed the news that the Stornoway Regeneration Group had secured £1.5 million from the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Regeneration Fund (TCRF). It was announce...
Overcast this morning, with the odd spot of rain. The sun is putting in a very watery appearance through thickening cloud; a batch of rain is lurking off the west coast. On Wednesday, an intense ar...
A MAN living somewhere in the Stornoway area is probably either baffled, angry or chuffed to bits. The poor fellow had a very weird phone call that was meant for me. Some weeks ago, I may have ment...
Posting links to sites related to the First and Second World Wars and the islands of the Outer Hebrides. Emphasis is on Lewis, part of it my own research, with help from island historical societies...
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