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Details: Created: 08 July 2026

Western Isles MP Torcuil Crichton has called for an urgent overhaul of the Scottish Emergency Heating Oil Scheme after revealing that only around 10 per cent of the £10 million fund has been...

Details: Created: 06 July 2026

Former MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Alasdair Allan speaks to WLS reporter Cara MacDonald as he reflects on almost two decades in Scottish parliament representing his Western Isles home. At the...

Details: Created: 03 July 2026

COMMUNITY councillors in Shetland have backed plans for a public meeting calling for a pause on all energy developments in their isles, Shetland News reports today (Friday July 3). All of the...

First official baton bearer Duncan Scotland MBE is pictured with Commonwealth Games' mascots, Clyde and Finnie.

Details: Created: 03 July 2026

The King's Baton will make a special journey to Lewis later this month as part of the countdown to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, arriving aboard a CalMac ferry at the start of this year's...

Relax rules on heating oil scheme, MP demands

Ex MSP reflects on his time in office

Shetland protests against swathe of windfarm plans

Renamed ferry to carry King's Baton towards festival opener