The Latest Breaking News from Western Isles

About 211,000 saplings already planted under plan to reestablish woodland on Western Isles crofts

THE SNP have announced their candidate for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar seat at the next General Election ...

Meanwhile, travel chaos ensues as snow and ice engulf the UK

When he was still a Prince, the monarch worked as a crofter on Berneray in the Western Isles.

It was, I suppose, too much to hope that a parcel sent first class last Monday for a birthday on Wednesday would actually arrive on time. But no. The Royal Mail delivered…on the Friday. And this was to that far-off exotic destination of Hay-on-Wye. The idea of first-class post —…

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for parts of Wales, Northern Ireland, England's east coast, northern Scotland and the Western Isles

Project costs are estimated to be around £115m

The shifting jetstream has made Shetland and Western Isles the go-to places for sought-after rarities

Pilots on board the BA800 flight from London Heathrow to Iceland issued a 7700 squawk code as they travelled over the Western Isles due to a passenger requiring medical assistance.