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VIDEO: Your new compact Stornoway Gazette is coming! video
Take a look at our video to commemorate the end of the Stornoway Gazette as a broadsheet newspaper starring Rangers Captain Lee McCulloch, STV news anchorman John Mackay and more.
The Hebrides takes Scotland by storm
‘Hebrides - Island On The Edge’ has brought the Isles to a whole new audience with viewing figures averaging more than 430,000 over the last two Monday night screenings.
Ann Gracie MacCallum – Memorial Service
A LARGE attendance to the Memorial Service held in Martin’s Memorial Church, Stornoway, on Tuesday, May 14th, stood as testament to the strength of sorrow felt by the island community at the sudden passing of Stornoway resident and business woman Ann Gracie MacCallum.
Royal visit to the Western Isles this summer
The Lochside Arena on Lewis is to be officially opened on July 9th by a member of the Royal family.
Plea for volunteers to help safeguard future of Stornoway Carnival
A PUBLIC meeting will be held next Thursday in an attempt to find people willing to organise the Stornoway Carnival and save the much loved event.
Local MP comments on petrol price investigation
Commenting on the petrol price investigation into BP and Shell and following his intervention during the debate at Westminster yesterday (Wednesday) Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP, Angus MacNeil said: “This is a cataclysmic state of affairs for companies with household names and huge public trust if proven true.
Sport
Westside Club receives £3,000 from STV Appeal
COMMUNITY project Westside Football and Recreation Club on Lewis has received £3,000 from the STV Appeal 2012
The Co-operative’s liquid assets to keep Stornoway runners refreshed
RUNNERS in this year’s Stornoway Half Marathon, 10K and Family Fun Runs won’t go thirsty, thanks to a donation of 900 bottles of water from The Co-operative Food.
They are off and rolling in the new outdoor bowling season
The first competition to start the new bowling season was the Sime Four Bowls Pairs, with the morning starting of showers the Stornoway Bowling Club members were lucky when the sun came out in afternoon to lift everyone’s spirits.
Fantasy Football Leaderboard
LISTED below are the top 20 placed fantasy football managers in the Stornoway Gazette’s ever-popular competition.
Fraser Macleod continues incredible run of goals
CARLOWAY striker Fraser Macleod found the net two more times in last nights (Wednedsay) 2-1 win over West Side.
Video
VIDEO: Your new compact Stornoway Gazette is coming! video
Take a look at our video to commemorate the end of the Stornoway Gazette as a broadsheet newspaper starring Rangers Captain Lee McCulloch, STV news anchorman John Mackay and more.
Lifestyle
Gold medal award for Cabarfeidh head chef
CABARFEIDH hotel head chef, Vivek Kishan, was among just nine of Scotland’s chefs to win the prestigious ‘Hotel Chef Médaille d’Or’ Gold Medal in the 2013 Scottish Hotel Awards.
Property - do-it-yourself
If you’ve watched one episode of Grand Designs too many and have been bitten by the self-build bug, be prepared for a bumpy ride.
Island Arctic Convoy veterans honoured
IT TOOK 70 years of pressure on the UK Government, but the brave men who served upon the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War have now been honoured with the ‘Arctic Star’ medal – with 39 convoy veterans presented their medals recently at Loch Ewe.
Beautiful Islands
Every week the Gazette invites readers to send in their photographs of the islands for the Beautiful Island section of the paper.
Done roman? get the villa look
An airy, elegant home with decorative tiles and nature-inspired murals, where the outdoors blends seamlessly with the indoors, would be an enviable property by today’s standards.
National Trust for Scotland celebrates 60th anniversary on the diamond-shaped Small Isle
THERE will be an extra significance when the National Trust for Scotland anchor off the Isle of Rum on Thursday 23th May as part of their annual cruise.
Community
Name change proposed for Free Church College
The Free Church College should be renamed the Edinburgh Theological Seminary to generate interest within wider evangelical church circles and show Gospel-work co-operation, the General Assembly will hear next week.
Farewell to the Broadsheet
This week’s issue of the Stornoway Gazette will be the last ever broadsheet.
25 years of Highland dancing in the Isles video
Last Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the first Highland Dancing Competition organised by the Lewis Highland Dancing Society.
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Weather for Stornoway
Monday 20 May 2013
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Light rain
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