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  • Big book, big day for folk of Berneray

    Around 80 people gathered in the community centre on Berneray on Friday night (September 29) to...

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  • Home-swaps fall foul of new letting curbs

    From today (Sunday October 1), continuing to engage in home swaps, along with other forms of...

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  • £300,000+ booster payments to Isles families

    New figures that reveal that 775 children in the Western Isles are being supported by the Best...

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  • Water-cut compensation ‘nowhere near enough’

    Compensation over a four-day interruption to water supply in Benbecula and northern South Uist is...

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  • Islands Forum to focus on connectivity

    UK Levelling Up Minister Michael Gove is on his way to Lewis to chair the third Islands Forum....

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  • MSP backs 'rural visa' to fight depopulation

    Isles MSP Alasdair Allan has spoken out in favour of an initiative being floated by the Scottish...

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Barra rebound with 'massive' league result

Created: 01 October 2023
Barra FC bounced back from their Billy MacNeil Cup final defeat by beating arch-rivals Iochdar Saints 3-1, setting up a thrilling league title race. Revenge over their Benbecula defeat was...

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MSPs told of Screen Machine crisis

Created: 28 September 2023
SNP MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Alasdair Allan, this morning (Thursday September 28) highlighted in Parliament the campaign to replace the Screen Machine. In a question to the Cabinet Secretary...

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Appeal for marine medic volunteers

Created: 28 September 2023
A recruitment call has gone out to Uist and Barra for volunteer marine mammal medics. Team Hebrides is a charitable group that devotes time to assisting sick, injured or displaced marine life,...

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Care Inspectorate flags up training plan

Created: 26 September 2023
The  inspection of the Care at Home service in Barra identified only one area for improvement in the five-star report. The otherwise glowing review highlighted that Comhairle nan Eilean Siar...

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Big boost for care-at-home service

Created: 25 September 2023
There's been a positive report on the work of the recently-established Barra Care at Home Service Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Health and Social Care Department and the Care at Home team say...

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Fr. Bernie dies at 81 in Cape Breton

Created: 25 September 2023
A frequent visitor to Barra, Father Bernie MacDonald has passed away in Cape Breton, Canada, at the age of 81. Fr. MacDonald, who died last Friday (September 22), was a well-kent face in Barra...

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Plea over fate of mobile cinema

Created: 21 September 2023
Another plea has gone out in the battle to save the Screen Machine. The future of the popular Screen Machine should be guaranteed by the Scottish Government for at least the next 25 years, an MSP...

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Three injured by Barra cows

Created: 20 September 2023
A 56 year-old man is recovering after hospital investigations for injuries inflicted by a herd of cattle in Barra last week. The man was visiting relatives at Eoligarry with his wife and adult...

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  2. Airport café bid dates extended
  3. Joyful weekend for youngsters

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