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Highlands & Islands (Labour)MSP comments on state of our roadsCommenting after hearing that the Accounts Commission update report on the state of our roads from the initial report two years… »
“Use your Gaelic”, visitors to Parliament encouragedThe Scottish Parliament has a push on the use of its Gaelic services, encouraging visitors, MSPs and staff to take advantage of… »
Record number of Highlands and Islands companies looking to exportHighlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has revealed that more companies than ever before were supported into new overseas… »
ALLAN COMMENTS ON ENERGY MINISTER’S SPEECH ON ELECTRICITY MARKETSWestern Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed the encouraging speech to Parliament on electricity markets and island… »
Interconnector BlowSpeaking in reponse to SHE Transmission’s statement that the Minch Interconnector will now not proceed until 2017 at the… »
MACNEIL COMMENTS ON PETROL PRICE INVESTIGATION INTO BP AND SHELLCommenting on the petrol price investigation into BP and Shell and following his intervention during the debate at Westminster… »
McGrigor welcomes mackerel rating change and repeats call for EU to act against Faroes & IcelandJamie McGrigor MSP, Scottish Conservative Fisheries Spokesman, today welcomed the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS)… »
Rhoda Grant MSP slams Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil on RET”Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, has come to the defence of the Outer Hebrides Commerce Group who where heavily… »
Formal recognition for a century of service!Four Western Isles community nurses, who have collectively worked the equivalent of more than 100 years as nurses… »
MAKING HIS WAY TO STORNOWAY AND A HOMECOMING GIGAt 18, he was considering studying languages and ethnology at Edinburgh University when he was offered the chance to join the… »
Stornoway News Archive
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ALLAN COMMENTS ON ENERGY MINISTER’S SPEECH ON ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsWestern Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed the encouraging speech to Parliament on electricity markets and island generation by Energy Minister Fergus Ewing. Dr Allan also said that SSE... -
Interconnector Blow
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsSpeaking in reponse to SHE Transmission’s statement that the Minch Interconnector will now not proceed until 2017 at the earliest, Councillor Angus Campbell, Leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar said:... -
Rhoda Grant MSP slams Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil on RET”
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsHighlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, has come to the defence of the Outer Hebrides Commerce Group who where heavily criticised by Na h-Eileanan an Iar, MP Angus MacNeil,... -
MAKING HIS WAY TO STORNOWAY AND A HOMECOMING GIG
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsAt 18, he was considering studying languages and ethnology at Edinburgh University when he was offered the chance to join the Battlefield Band, already one of the country’s most successful... -
Western Isles staff nurse graduates as Dementia Champion
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsWestern Isles staff nurse, Nicola Libby, recently graduated as a Dementia Champion, alongside over 200 healthcare and social services professionals from across Scotland. Nicola, who works in Surgical Ward,... -
Western Isles Roads Surface Dressing Programme
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsThe Comhairle’s 2013 roads surface dressing programme is due to start this week with 2 weeks of work in the Uist area. The mobile works will then transfer to Harris... -
MACNEIL WARNS OUTER HEBRIDES COMMERCE GROUP MESSAGE IS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsFollowing the meeting last Friday with the Outer Hebrides Commerce Group (OHCG), Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP, Angus MacNeil said: “It is regrettable again that the OHCG put aside... -
EUROPE DIRECT INFORMATION CENTRE – OUTER HEBRIDES
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsFrom now until the end of 2017, the Comhairle will be the first port of call for anyone in the Outer Hebrides who wishes to find out about the EU. The Europe... -
Lewis Pipe Band head for European Championships
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsFingers crossed for members of the Lewis Pipe Band who are practising in earnest in the hope that they will be crowned grade 4A European Champions when they compete at... -
Welcome For Public Attitudes To Gaelic Report
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsThe Chair of Comataidh Buileachaidh Plana Canan has welcomed the ‘Public Attitudes to Gaelic in Scotland, published by Soillse. Cllr John A Maciver said: “This is a very positive and encouraging... -
Sanctions to conserve herring stocks
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsSanctions to conserve herring stocks and help protect the livelihoods of Scottish fishermen have been outlined by EU Commission The EU sanctions on Faroe in relation to herring could: Prevent... -
RSPB launches biggest programme of wildlife walks yet in Western Isles
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No CommentsRSPB Scotland has launched its most ambitious programme of wildlife walks yet in the Western Isles. Working with partners including the North Harris Trust and the Conserving Machair Life+ Project,... -
Body of a woman found on shoreline, Stornoway
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsPolice can confirm that a report was made around 08:11 this morning by a dog walker, of a body of a woman found on a beach at Swordale Bay, near... -
HebCelt trialling recycle and reward scheme
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsMusic fans attending this year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival could swap garbage for gifts and discards for drinks by returning their empties. HebCelt is one of eight venues in Scotland to... -
Stornoway Black Pudding Receives European Protection Status
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsStornoway Black Pudding has been granted Protected Geographical Indicator status by the European Commission this morning (8th May). The PGI status means that only black pudding produced in the town... -
Rally Hebrides 2013 for Macmillan Cancer Support
Posted on May 6, 2013 | No Comments“Lewis Car Club is delighted to announce that with just over 4 months to go, the plans for holding this year’s Rally Hebrides are progressing extremely well and “on target”. ... -
Leaders to give free talk on Gaelic in education
Posted on May 4, 2013 | No CommentsTHE heads of two Western Isles education institutions are to give a free talk on Gaelic in education. Nicolson Institute rector, Dr Frances Murray, and Lews Castle College UHI principal,... -
Comhairle Welcomes Interconnector Debate
Posted on May 4, 2013 | No CommentsComhairle nan Eilean Siar Leader Angus Campbell has welcomed MSP Alasdair Allan’s contribution to the debate on the interconnector for the Outer Hebrides. Mr Campbell said: “Clearly I am pleased... -
Stornoway wind scheme to help power treatment works
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsTen small-scale wind turbines have been installed at Scottish Water’s Stornoway waste water treatment works to help reduce energy costs. In the utility’s first project of its kind in Scotland,... -
Quartet win HebCelt talent contest
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsA young female quartet who played their first gig only in February have won a coveted stage slot at one of this summer’s top Scottish music festivals. Gria secured the...