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Local News – 5th of February 2026
PORTREE LINK ROAD Scottish Water has said work will start in the coming weeks to divert a water main ahead of the Portree Link Road construction. The £1.9million project will connect the A87 and A855, easing the volume of traffic going through the centre of Portree. Highland Council has told Radio Skye the […]
General Election Hustings 2024
Radio Skye will be hosting a General Election Hustings in collaboration with the West Highland Free Press. This will take place in the Skye Gathering Gall in Portree on Thursday 27th June, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. Adam Gordon, Radio Skye Cultural Journalist, and Keith Mackenzie, Editor of West Highland Free Press, will jointly chair the […]
YouthSPACE marks successful first six months
Here’s an update from our YouthSPACE training scheme as we cross the six months mark since the scheme was first launched! We are now reaching 13 young people from across all corners of Skye of Lochalsh – from Balmacara to Dunvegan, Sleat to Portree, and even as far away as Mallaig. Some of the young […]
LOCAL NEWS NOVEMBER 28 2023
Re-opening of Uig Harbour hit by delay The re-opening of Uig Harbour is set to be delayed by five days due to outstanding critical works at the Skye port. The Highland Council announced today – Tuesday 28th November – that the harbour will reopen on Saturday 16th December rather than the scheduled date of Monday […]
LOCAL NEWS NOVEMBER 7 2023
Old Man of Storr visitor number close to 240,000 The Old Man of Storr has seen a 15 per cent rise in the number of visitors this year with close 240,000 people spending time at the world-famous beauty spot. Figures released by the Highland show that over 238,000 people have visited the Storr in […]
LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 27 2023
First Minister presses UK leaders to support Gaza ceasefire Scotland’s First Minister is urging all UK political leaders to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to allow a humanitarian corridor to open. In his appeal, First Minister Humza Yousaf said the abhorrent terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on 7th October must be unequivocally […]
LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 20 2023
Maternity services hit by housing issues in Skye and Lochalsh A lack of accommodation across Skye and Lochalsh is having a marked impact on maternity service across the area according to a spokesperson for NHS Highland Radio Skye understands that there are close to 20 women due to give birth in December, while the […]
LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 13 2023
Royal National Mòd to kick-off in Paisley Folk band of the year, Breabach will kick-off this year Royal National Mod at the opening concert in Paisley tonight. Scotland’s premier Gaelic festival returns to Paisley for the first team since 2013 Competitors from a range of ages from Skye, Raasay, and Lochalsh will be taking […]
LOCAL NEWS OCTOBER 12 2023
Breakish wind farm events to be held next month A series of public drops event concerning proposals for a new 20-turbine wind farm in Breakish will take place in south Skye next month. At present Lomond Energy, which is working on behalf of Swedish company ARISE AB, is finalising its design for the development, […]
LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 13 2023
NHS Highland launches Power of Attorney campaign NHS Highland has launched Power of Attorney campaign to help people plan for circumstances in which they may no longer be able to make decision for themselves Granting a Power of Attorney (PoA) allows you to nominate who would make decisions for you if you were no longer […]