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Tourism hope for Outer Hebrides as new film showcases beauty of islands

Scotland’s tourist board is hoping the £4 million film industry in the Outer Hebrides will attract more visitors to mark the release of new movie The Road Dance. Based on a book by the same name, written by STV News presenter and author John MacKay, ...

20 May 2022 at 01:01

Trial of SNP MP Angus MacNeil adjourned as witnesses need to catch ferries

The trial of an SNP MP who is accused of dangerous driving after a crash which saw a 17-year-old seriously hurt has been adjourned because the politician and witnesses had to catch their ferries home. Angus MacNeil appeared at Lochmaddy Sheriff ...

22 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Scotland

Avian flu confirmed on island

Restrictions have been put in place after avian flu was discovered on an island in the Outer Hebrides. Highly pathogenic avian influenza was found at premises in the Breaclete area on Great Bernera, the Scottish Government said. It said that ...

13 Oct 2022 at 18:24

Next week could see UK’s hottest day of the year so far, Met Office says

London and the south-east of England could swelter in the hottest temperatures of the year so far when the mercury is tipped to reach the “low 30s” at the end of next week. Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said there is a “lot of ...

11 Jun 2022 at 19:16

Scotland

Records of lighthouse keepers who mysteriously vanished go online

The official record showing the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers more than 100 years ago is available to see online for the first time. An extract from the Lightkeepers’ Register from 1900 shows an entry stating ...

20 Jul 2023 at 17:36

Adventurer ‘on home stretch’ in bid to beat record for longest stay on Rockall

An adventurer has said he feels like he is on the home stretch after passing the halfway mark in his bid to break the world record for the longest stay on a remote uninhabited North Atlantic rock. Chris “Cam” Cameron has now spent ...

22 Jun 2023 at 19:28

Scotland

Police issue appeal after serious sexual assaults on Scottish island

Police are investigating after a woman was allegedly subject to two serious sexual assaults within a fortnight on a Scottish island. The two incidents involving the same woman are said to have occurred in the Creagorry area of ...

20 Sept 2023 at 18:21

Researchers uncover Neolithic culinary traditions

Neolithic Britons cooked cereals, including wheat, in pots to make early forms of gruel and stew, new research has suggested. Scientists made the discovery by carrying out chemical analysis of ancient and incredibly ...

06 Sept 2022 at 17:00

Scotland

RSPB concerned over fall in number of corncrakes in Scotland

The falling number of corncrakes in Scotland is “worrying”, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. RSPB Scotland’s annual survey of corncrakes found there were 824 calling males in 2022, ...

02 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Man rescued after yacht runs aground

A man has been rescued after his yacht began drifting and ran aground on an island in windy weather. The Coastguard picked up a mayday call at 8.41pm on Wednesday from the man, reporting he was adrift and that ...

22 Aug 2024 at 07:10

Scotland

Body found in search for missing 28-year-old woman on Scottish island

A body has been recovered during a search for a missing 28-year-old woman from the Isle of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. Shanahan MacInnes had last been seen at around 1.30am on Friday on Tindill Road in ...

24 Nov 2024 at 16:20

Scotland

Specialist officers join search on Lewis for missing teenager

Specialist officers have travelled from the mainland to help search for a teenager missing on Lewis for four days in wintry conditions. Aleksandr Benga, 16, was last seen at around 8.45am on Monday ...

22 Nov 2024 at 12:26

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