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Details: Created: 05 May 2026

Emma Macsween has been appointed as Chief Officer of the Western Isles Integration Joint Board (IJB) following a competitive recruitment process. As Chief Officer, Emma will be responsible for...

Details: Created: 01 May 2026

The deadline for submissions to the 2026/27 Coastal Community fund has been extended to 31 May 2026. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has assigned over £1m of funding from Crown Estate revenues to...

Details: Created: 28 April 2026

A message in a bottle launched into the sea by a Eoligarry Primary School pupil has washed ashore in the Faroe Islands. Primary 2 pupil Nicole Wallace set her bottle off to sea in Barra, and it...

the 10 to 12 person sauna at Bayble that is set to close this week.

Details: Created: 27 April 2026

A popular beach sauna will leave its site at Bayble Beach this week (30 April) with its owner describing her “special memories of the place” but also revealing “levels of animosity” from people...

Chief Officer appointed to health body

Coastal Community Fund application extended

Isles 'message in a bottle' found in Faroes

Sauna to leave Bayble site this week