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Members of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar staff were delighted to hand over a cheque for £1,370 to Bethesda Hospice recently.

A Care Inspectorate report on Trianaid Care Home, North Uist, has found the standard of care at the home to be either good or very good in all aspects of the service assessed.

Breast screening is back in the Western Isles in 2020

A new group to preserve and bolster the history of the Harris area has received backing from the Western Isles Lottery.

The first Citizens Advice Bureaux were set up 80 years ago, to help people during World War Two.

The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will toast its 180th year in 2020.

Even Mark Calder wasn’t sure if he’d be able to pull off his mammoth 2019 challenge.

Two churches in Stornoway - St Peter’s Episcopal Church and Stornoway Free Church – are working together to provide a Bible-based trauma healing resource locally.

Fears that new powers for local authorities to regulate short-term lets, including the ability to limit the numbers of lets in designated areas, could hit the economy of the Western Isles, have been raised by the head of the islands’ local tourism organisation.

The Isle of Lewis welcomed its newest arrivals on New Year’s Day when two baby girls were born at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway.

Staff at Sgoil a’ Bhac were recently presented with a Gold Award following a successful Gold assessment under the Healthy Working Lives programme.

Seventy Island pupils scheduled to appear at Celtic Connections this Friday night will be flown by Loganair following fears that ferries will not be running in time to get them to their appearance in Glasgow.

Bad news sells - there is a reason why you see more negative headlines compared to positive stories.

Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan has raised the issue of the upcoming closure of Connected Communities.

Young filmmakers in the Western Isles took part in the annual Gaelic Short Film Competition, FilmG, which had a record-breaking number of entries this year, and their films are now available to watch online.

Bad news sells - there is a reason why you see more negative headlines compared to positive stories.

More than 30,000 young Scots would learn to play pipes and drums if they had the chance, but only 6,000 are learning so far, according to a national charity.

Funeral directors across the country are supporting a campaign to raise awareness of Funeral Support Payment.

The Stornoway Street Pastors are part of a National group of people who go out onto the streets at weekends to make sure that folk keep safe.