Islands athletes encouraged to apply to travel scheme to enhance their sporting careers
Athletes in the Outer Hebrides are being encouraged to apply to a travel scheme designed to assist them in progressing their sporting careers.
Outer Hebrides
Two go to Tolsta: Millie and Syd travelled 700 miles for a Hebridean holiday without telling their parents
It sounds like something from an Enid Blyton book.
Call The Midwife heads to the Outer Hebrides
Miriam Margolyes is back for the festive special of Call The Midwife, in which a number of our favourite characters head to a remote part of Scotland where there’s a desperate need for nurses and midwives.
Outer Hebrides hospital too busy to treat patients coming to the emergency department
The main hospital in the Outer Hebrides has issued a warning over non-emergency visits.
Call The Midwife star Miriam Margolyes on filming the Christmas special
Call The Midwife star Miriam Margolyes revealed the cast spent “most of our time freezing and soaked to the skin” while filming the show’s Christmas special in the Outer Hebrides.
Explore the outdoors: Cycling the Callanish circular
There has definitely been a growth in the number of people experiencing the Outer Hebrides by bike since the Hebridean Way cycling route was launched, but the islands have a lot to offer in the way of shorter cycling adventures too – and the Callanish circular from Stornoway is a great one.
This out-of-this-world photograph has taken first prize in the Hebridean Dark Skies competition
Stornoway photographer Scott Davidson’s entry - Callanish and the Cosmos - has been unveiled as the winner of the second Dark Skies contest, organised for the astronomy festival, which takes place in February in the islands.
TRAVEL: Journeying to an outdoor playground in the Outer Hebrides
We really do have an amazing backyard, here in the Outer Hebrides.
Nine motorists reported for alleged drink-driving during crackdown in the Western Isles
Nine people have been reported for alleged drink-driving and three for driving without a licence after a crackdown in the Western Isles.
New tourism initiatives aim to highlight attraction of the Western Isles in winter
Hebridean premieres of new work by Karine Polwart, Alan Bissett and Julia Taudevin will be part of an off-season tourism campaign led by An Lanntair arts centre in Stornoway.
Deal helps firm sell its seaweed to Europeans
A company harvesting seaweed in the Outer Hebrides for a variety of food and nutrition products has secured a potentially lucrative European distribution agreement.
Patients at Islands Hospital treated to musical performance by Highland orchestra
Hospital patients in the Western Isles were treated to a musical performance by a young orchestra as part of their Scottish tour.
Western Isles Council warns replacement of ageing ferries ‘must be addressed’
Western Isles Council has called for ageing ferries on its routes to be urgently replaced and “brought up to standard.”
Student cancels party plans to embark on Hebridean trip for Alzheimer’s
A Scottish student has delayed his 21st birthday celebrations in order to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK by walking the entire length of the Outer Hebrides on his own.
Emergency call outage on Outer Hebrides
Technical issues are causing phone outages for the emergency services in South Uist this morning.
Investigations ongoing to establish identity of killer whale group spotted on Scotland’s west coast
Investigations are ongoing by a marine conservation charity to identify a pod of killer whales spotted in the Western Isles.
Green dream for headliner KT
Award-winning singer songwriter KT Tunstall took a ride in an electric car yesterday to support HebCelt’s drive to improve the environment.
Sea Watch Foundation encourages public to have a whale of a time
There's a rich array of aquatic wildlife around Britain
Harris beach gets delivery of vital new water treatment equipment
It is one of the most spectacular beaches in the world.
Harris tennis court one of best in the world
Move over, Wimbledon, there is a new court in town.
Historic fort closed to tourists for safety reasons
One of the Outer Hebrides best known tourist attractions has closed for safety reasons.
Funding row could mean terminally ill patients will be moved from islands to the mainland to die
Terminally ill patients may have to go to the mainland to die if a funding row over the Outer Hebrides’ only hospice is not quickly resolved.
Hebridean plastic waste goes to Norway
Plastic waste from the Outer Hebrides is being sent more than 600 miles away to Norway, it has emerged.
Locals and tourists competing for seats on crowded Outer Hebrides flights
A new battle of the skies has emerged between locals and tourists competing to obtain a seat on crowded planes.
Support group’s ‘major impact’ in helping firms
Small company support organisation Outer Hebrides Business Gateway (OHBG) has hailed a “record year” and said its recent activity in the islands is expected to result in the creation and safeguarding of up to 120 jobs.
First ever direct flight from the Outer Hebrides to London launches this week
The Outer Hebrides is set for a tourism revolution tomorrow with the first influx of passengers on a direct flight from London - with Essex man and woman particularly targeted as remote-bound holidaymakers.
ROAD TEST: How does Nissan’s Leaf fare on Lewis and Harris?
If you take a look at a map of the UK, you don’t get much more remote than the Isles of Lewis and Harris, out there in the Atlantic Ocean.
Trout galore for islanders
Anglers are hauling in prime farmed rainbow trout from a loch in the Outer Hebrides after thousands of the fish mysteriously escaped from their cage.
Western Isles communities launch competition for flag entries
If it's good enough for Barra, it's good enough for Eriskay, Benbecula and North Uist.
Christmas special of Call the Midwife to be filmed in the Outer Hebrides
The Christmas special episode of the BBC hit drama Call the Midwife is being shot in the Outer Hebrides.
St Kilda: The remote archipelago steeped in history and full of heritage
A short film has shown what life on the island of St Kilda was like in 1908.
Seal found dead after being ‘lassoed’ in fishing net off Scottish island
A young seal has died a slow, painful death after being “lassoed” in a fishing net off the Outer Hebrides.