Barra and Vatersay News
A 999 call from walkers on the island of Pabbay south of Barra started a rescue chain for a man who had been badly injured on the island yesterday (Wednesday 16 June).
The man, a foreign national...
Residents throughout the Western Isles are being contacted by telephone and told that they have overpaid Council Tax by as much as £2000.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Trading Standards team say:...
Maintenance and upgrade work on the power supply for the Isles of Barra and Vatersay is going on throughout this week, with householders and businesses notified of a series of planned...
What does the Hebrides and Clyde crisis over ferry services have a lot too many of?
Initials!
There’s CMAL, CFL, HITRANS, and Transport Scotland; along with CnES, MSPs, MPs and others.
What do...
A new campaign, Our Isles and Oceans, launched in Scotland yesterday (Friday June 11) which will create funded programmes for younger people affected by the pandemic and lockdown.
The Our Isles and...
A huge bloom of blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, is showing up on satellite imagery along the length of the Minch.
The bloom, appearing as a stain of turquoise on an otherwise deep...