Benbecula

Lochmaddy, on North Uist

GPs wanted for new practice on Scottish island with salary up to £160k

The remake of the cape and dress that Bonnie Prince Charlie would have worn when he fled where he was in hiding to Skye

I stayed in the home where Bonnie Prince Charlie was dressed as a maid

Ruins at Scaraleod. PIC: Alasdair MacEachen.

Discovering the 'ghost crofts' of a Scottish island

The new design of Port Ellen is making the most of new technology

How distilleries are looking to a greener future

Tha suidheachadh nam poileas ann an èiginn 's tha e nas miosa air an tuath

The road to Balivanich on Benbecula, where residents have been told to stop using tap water following a fuel leak at a nearby water treatment works. More than 1,000 homes on Benbecula and South Uist have been affected. PIC: Contributed.

85,000 bottles of water delivered to islands after fuel leak warning

During the quarter, Inverness Airport saw passenger numbers rise 17.6 per cent, year on year, to 240,631.

Inverness surge helps regional airports continue post-pandemic recovery

There had been calls to wipe out red deer on the 93,000-acre Stòras Uibhist estate, which covers the islands of South Uist, Eriskay and parts of Benbecula, due to the damage they cause to crops and gardens, their risk of causing road accidents and fears over the spread of Lyme disease

Deer spared as islanders reject total cull on South Uist community estate

Inverness is among airports affected by the industrial action of staff at Highland and Islands Airports.

Key flights from Inverness Airport to islands suspended amid industrial action

Colin Macleod, centre, with CAA director for space regulation Tim Johnson and CAA space engineering manager Emma Cuddy. Picture: CAA

Booming satellite market could see first Scottish rocket launch in 2023

Three island airports are closed for the second time this week as workers take strike action in a dispute over pay.

Strikes close airports for second time in a week

Vatersay is one of the island's visited in a new documentary about deserted villages of the Southern Islands of the Outer Hebrides. PIC: John Lucas/geograph.org.

A journey into the abandoned villages of the Outer Hebrides

See if you can tell which of these beautiful beaches are in Scotland and which are in the Caribbean.

Quiz: Are these beaches in Scotland or the Caribbean?

Iain Wardrop, Associate Director working in the Scottish Futures Trust’s Asset Strategy team

Students can teach us about the benefits sharing spaces can offer - Iain Wardrop

Eilean Siar.

Western Isles elect two women councillors after gender drought

Lochmaddy Hospital, North Uist, is set to be developed but a bid has now been made to get it listed building status given its long connection to the island communities it served. PIC: Urban Animation.

Bid to protect abandoned hospital in Outer Hebrides

The airport at Wick John O’Groats. Picture: Highlands and Islands Airports

Scottish Government puts £48m price tag on HIAL air traffic control plans

Sumburgh Airport. Picture: TSPL

Six Scots airports to close due to strike action

A group of children were saved by a surfer after being swept out to sea at Culla Bay, Isle of Benbecula (HM Coastguard Benbecula).

Surfer saves children in Scottish sea rescue

The proposed tunnel would connect Benbecula to the mainland via Skye. PIC: geograph.org/Tony Barrett.

Tunnel plan for Benbecula to Skye like a 'magic carpet' for islands

Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway

Western Isles sees largest Covid-19 outbreak so far as 80 cases linked to Lewis

The most southerly of the inhabited islands in the Outer Hebrides, Barra where an outbreak of covid cases has been reported (Photo: Shutterstock).

Outbreak of covid in Western Isles

Scottish wrestler Andy Robin with his pet bear Hercules in April 1992.

On this day 1980: Hercules the grizzly bear goes missing in the Scottish Hebride...

An artist's impression of the new distillery planned for Gramsdale on Benbecula. PIC: Contributed.

'Whisky Galore' in the Hebrides as £6.5m distillery plan revealed

Electrician Innes Scott, fisherman Calum 'Boydie' Macleod and deliver driver Uilleam 'Uilly' Macleod have had a remarkable rise as Peat & Diesel. Picture Alan Cruickshank.

New documentary to chart fairytale rise of 'Western Isles punks'

Two jobs on St Kilda (pictured) are now being advertised. PIC: National Trust for Scotland.

Wanted: Staff to work on the remote island of St Kilda

Loganair launch two new international flights from Edinburgh Airport

A top piping honour will be named after Eilidh Macleod, who was killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack aged just 14. She is pictured here with her pipe band, Sgoil Lionacleit Pipe Band in Benbecula. PIC: Contributed.

Top bagpipe award to honour Manchester Arena victim Eilidh MacLeod

Bryan Fashola, director of specialist sectors, Lombard, and Iain McFee, senior relationship manager at Royal Bank of Scotland. Picture: Contributed

Economic lift as South Uist wind farm agrees £8.5m refinancing deal

Kirkwall Airport is one of the six airports affected. Picture: Ken Walton/creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

6 Scottish airports close due to air traffic controller strike

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) said it expects the airports at Inverness, Dundee, Shetland (pictured) and Orkney to be shut on Thursday. Picture: SWNS

Strike to ground planes at six Scottish airports

Cula Bay on Benbecula - one of the three islands working on its new flag.

Three tiny islands in the Outer Hebrides to get new flags

Sumburgh Airport in Shetland would be among those affected by the shutdown. Picture: Hial

Inverness and Dundee airports to ground flights in pay dispute

Several airports across the Highlands and Islands could be forced to shut due to the strike. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scottish airports likely to shut as strikes called

Strike action will impact Stornoway and Benbecula airports

Kathleen MacInnes with amiina at Celtic COnnections PIC: Gaelle Beri

Celtic Connections review: Kathleen MacInnes and amiina, Glasgow Royal Concert H...

A late 18th Century cob, or coin, mined in Bolivia and found on Benbecula by a local woman in her garden. PIC: Museum nan Eilean.

Treasures found by public in Outer Hebrides go on show

Uibhist of Lochboisdale, where a whisky distillery costing around Â£10 million is planned to be located. Picture: PA

Whisky Galore island set to open first distillery in 170 years

Hirta, the main island in the archipelego of St Kilda.

What it's like to live on the remote island of St Kilda

Loganair introduces new improved Benbecula to Glasgow services

Loganair introduces new improved Benbecula to Glasgow services

The QinetiQ site is Europe's largest weapons test range.

Jobs axed at Benbecula rocket range

Obituary: Norman Maclean, scholar, entertainer and Gaelic legend
Norman Mackinnon Maclean, born Govan, Glasgow, 26 December 1936; died Balivanich, Benbecula, 31 August 2017

Bonnie Prince Charlie (Cosmo Alexander 1724-1772). Picture: Contributed

On this day 1746: Young Pretender escapes Benbecula

Kittiwake pair. Picture: RSPB

St Kilda's kittiwake population close to brink of collapse

The ferry departs from Ullapool and the journey begins. Picture: Stephen McIlkenny

Travel: How many Scottish islands can you visit in a day?

The challenge will involve off-road running as well as mountain biking and kayaking. Picture: Carrick Pyro Armer

Endurance athletes to take on 190km Hebridean island challenge

Low rainfall has led to falling water levels in lochs on the island, prompting Scottish Water to ask people to cut back on their water use. Picture: TSPL

South Uist residents urged to '˜use water wisely'

Gannets are one of the seabird species that call St Kilda home, and are being affected by climate change. Picture: SWNS

NTS launch fundraising appeal to help maintain St Kilda

The Mermaid of the North sculpture at Balintore, Easter Ross. Picture: Wiki Commons

The myth of the Hebridean mermaid

Picture: Carrick Pyro Armer

Two-day 150km adventure challenge launched in Hebrides

Benbecula to get its own music festival

Croft, Locarnon, South Uist, Hebrides, 1954. Picture: Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

Rare photos of Hebrides go on display

Flora MacDonald (1722-1790). Picture: Creative Commons

On this day 1790: Flora MacDonald dies

Police are appealing for information from anyone who was in the area at the time of the collision to contact them on 101. Picture: TSPL

Elderly pedestrian killed in two car A96 crash

Alan McCredie travelled to North and South Uist for this week's photographs. Picture: Alan McCredie

100 Weeks of Scotland: North and South Uist

Plans for a first chemist on Benbecula have been rejected. Picture: Jane Barlow

First Benbecula pharmacy plan rejected

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