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Plans for remote control towers at smaller airports dropped

Plans to introduce remote control towers at some island airports have been dropped following strike action and opposition from local communities. Highlands and Islands Airports (Hial) said there will be a centralised surveillance operation for ...

27 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Ferry services cut due to Covid-related staff absences

Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has announced temporary changes to several timetables to cope with Covid-related staff absences. CalMac ferries, for passengers and freight, serve Scotland’s islands across the north and west. A ...

04 Jan 2022 at 21:25

Scotland

Police and coastguard continue to search for missing teenager on Isle of Lewis

A search for a missing 16-year-old boy who was last seen on the Isle of Lewis is continuing, the coastguard has said. Aleksandr Benga was last seen at 8.45am on Monday near the water wheel in the grounds of Lews Castle, near Stornoway. ...

20 Nov 2024 at 22:54

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 November 18 close to the water wheel ...

22 Nov 2024 at 12:26

Scotland

Climber airlifted to hospital after sea stack fall

A climber has been airlifted to hospital after falling while climbing a sea stack on the Isle of Lewis. The Stornoway RNLI all-weather lifeboat, coastguard rescue teams and a coastguard helicopter were called to the scene at Tolsta ...

09 May 2023 at 14:38

Scotland

UK Government imposing ‘significant damage’ on rural Scotland, warns Yousaf

Humza Yousaf has accused the UK Government of inflicting “significant damage” on rural Scotland. The SNP leader is set to visit a lambing farm in Stornoway, in the Western Isles, to highlight calls for a rural visa pilot scheme to ...

05 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Scottish skipper among three arrested as £96m of cocaine seized on boat

Three people including a Scottish skipper have been arrested after cocaine worth £96 million was seized from a vessel at sea. The trio were arrested as part of an international operation against drug trafficking led by the ...

22 Dec 2023 at 16:52

200th anniversary celebrations for coastguard to take place in Scotland

Celebrations to mark the Her Majesty’s Coastguard’s 200 years of service will take place in Scotland this week. Established on January 15 1822 originally to combat smuggling, HM Coastguard has in the following two ...

13 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Pod of more than 50 pilot whales dies after mass stranding

A pod of more than 50 pilot whales has died following a mass stranding on a Scottish beach. Marine rescuers were called to the scene at Traigh Mhor in North Tolsta, on the Isle of Lewis, to reports that dozens of ...

16 Jul 2023 at 20:08

More than 40 pilot whales dead after mass stranding on Scottish beach

More than 40 pilot whales have died following a “mass stranding” on a Scottish beach. Marine rescuers were called to the scene at Traigh Mhor in North Tolsta, on the Isle of Lewis, to reports that dozens of the ...

16 Jul 2023 at 17:19

Scotland

Police ‘extremely concerned’ after week of searching fails to find missing boy

Police have said they are “extremely concerned” after a week of “extensive searches” failed to trace a teenage boy missing from the Western Isles. Aleksandr Benga, 16, was last seen in Stornoway at around 8....

24 Nov 2024 at 14:29

Starmer’s crippling caution suffocating optimism, says Flynn

Sir Keir Starmer’s “crippling caution” in the General Election campaign is “suffocating optimism”, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said. The Labour leader has been repeatedly criticised during the ...

17 Jun 2024 at 09:21

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