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06/05/2023
What a Day in the Hebrides. What a Day in the Hebrides. Posted on Mon 1 Jun 2020 · by Muriel J. Hallé Tales from Grey Haven.WoW! The day started out to be a really calm and sunny one, so I was sitting outside with my coffee when I first saw a minke whale swimming past the house in the Minch below the cliffs! As the morning w...
14/10/2021
Scottish community awarded £500,000 to buy Britain’s remotest pub Residents of Knoydart peninsula, which is only accessible by boat or 18-mile hike, awarded grant to buy Old Forge pub
18/08/2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Aird_Uig
RAF Aird Uig - Wikipedia Royal Air Force Aird Uig was a Royal Air Force radar station located on the western edge of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The main masts and operations room were located north of the village of Aird Uig on Gallan Head, with a separate domestic site nearer to the village, 0.62 mi...
23/07/2020
Islands to see £100m invested over 15 years The Islands Growth Deal will support communities in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.
04/07/2020
Fears of covid surge on Western Isles as restrictions ease Tourists have been arriving on the Isle of Lewis again after a four month lockdown.
24/04/2020
How Outer Hebrides were perfectly primed to tackle coronavirus Residents of Western Isles, which have yet to record a Covid-19 death, have plenty experience of isolation
02/03/2020
Protecting whales from the noise people make in the ocean Oil drilling and construction is creating a din for sealife - new tech is hoping to turn the volume down.
29/01/2020
The Highland Times - Tory Brexit to Hit Most Vulnerable in Highlands & Islands A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government has found that Brexit will negatively impact the most vulnerable people in the Highlands & Islands.
12/01/2020
Deadly 'ghost gear' haunts seas and coastlines Tonnes of fishing equipment are lost or abandoned every year, posing a risk to wildlife at sea and on shore.
12/01/2020
'Decades' of deep-sea plastic pollution Scientists say they have found tiny pieces of plastic in sea creatures collected for research in the 1970s.
09/12/2019
Dazzling Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky from our perspective, is now starting to make an appearance late at night. Find it by following the line of Orion's belt stars down and left.
It was well up in the south last night around 1.30am when I headed outside for a quick look up.
Sirius means 'scorching'. The Greeks called it a second Sun and it was the most important star for the ancient Egyptians. It's first appearance in dawn summer skies would mark the imminent flooding of the Nile River delta.