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Highland Council to hold £50,000 review into taxi licensing scandal
Highland Council to hold £50,000 review into taxi licensing scandal 10 NOVEMBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. Highland Council is to launch an independent review of its taxi licensing procedures following the controversy surrounding convicted rapist David Brown. The review […]
Councillors to vote on bringing short term lets rules in by April 2027
Councillors to vote on bringing short term let rules in by April 2027 5 NOVEMBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. Highland councillors are to vote on whether to introduce new controls on short-term holiday lets across Inverness and parts of […]
New book tells the remarkable story of Raasay, from Vikings to the present day
New book tells the remarkable story of Raasay, from Vikings to the present day 5 NOVEMBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. The ferry to Raasay is a short hop across the water from Sconser on the Isle of Skye. But […]
Cardiac arrest survivor calls for more support in Lucky2Bhere report
Cardiac arrest survivor calls for more support in Lucky2Bhere report 3 NOVEMBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. Michelle Macleod suffered a cardiac arrest in 2019. She had been taking part in a marathon relay. The mother of two young children, […]
50 Highland schools waiting a decade without inspection, says Skye MSP
50 Highland schools waiting a decade without inspection, says Skye MSP 29 OCTOBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. Fifty schools in the Highlands have gone more than ten years without an inspection, according to figures raised by Skye MSP Andrew […]
Loch Bay Michelin-starred chef Michael Smith joins Perle Hotels
Loch Bay Michelin-starred chef Michael Smith joins Perle Hotels 28 OCTOBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. A Skye chef is to join Perle Hotels as Stein’s Loch Bay closes. Michael Smith opened Loch Bay with his wife Laurence in 2016. […]
Skye and Raasay to receive ‘Area of Linguistic Significance’ status for Gaelic
Skye and Raasay to receive ‘Area of Linguistic Significance’ status for Gaelic 27 OCTOBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. Highland Council says it wants to make Skye and Raasay a so-called ‘Area of Linguistic Significance’ or ALS. The local authority […]
Skye’s Dun Flashadder Cottage Croft up for national award
Skye’s Dun Flashadder Cottage Croft up for national award 16 OCTOBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. A Skye crofting couple have been named finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2026. Jake Sayles and Aoife Gould, of Dun Flashadder […]
Portree link road update
Portree link road update 14 OCTOBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. The Portree Link Road is expected to be finished in the “coming weeks”, according to councillors. The £1.9m project will connect Staffin Road with Dunvegan Road, effectively bypassing the […]
Mòd success for Skye youngsters
Mòd success for Skye youngsters 12 OCTOBER 2026 Get in touch if you’ve got a story you’d like us to look into. Send a WhatsApp or send an email. Skye’s young musicians have enjoyed a successful start to the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow. Sleat piper Seonaidh Forrest, 16, won the Royal Highland Fusiliers Cup in the […]