February

Due to Sound of Harris Ferry issues, the Comhairle is having difficulties in shipping waste to Landfill in Lewis.

The CnES Sport & Health team plan to offer a Lifeguard training course targeted at supporting staffing levels at the swimming pools in Lionel and Shawbost.

An additional hard copy of the Spaceport 1 Environmental Impact Assessment is available to view at Hosta Hall, Isle of North Uist.

Developing the Young Workforce Outer Hebrides is hosting a careers fair for Nicolson Institute pupils.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has set its budget for 2022/23. The Comhairle agreed a Council Tax increase of 3%, or 69p per week for a Band D taxpayer. An amendment to freeze Council Tax was defeated by…

The Scottish Local Government Elections for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar are taking place on Thursday 5 May 2022 to elect 29 Councillors in 11 wards.

Online surveys are being undertaken as part of research into the social and economic impacts of introducing additional sailings on the Sound of Harris (Berneray-Leverburgh) and Sound of Barra (Ardmhor-Eriskay)…

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has awarded a £15.3m contract to civil engineering contractor George Leslie Ltd to carry out upgrade works at Lochmaddy Pier in North Uist.

Trading Standards at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar are warning businesses across the Islands to be vigilant in relation to possible scams involving fake invoice requests sent by email to businesses across…

At its recent meeting Comhairle nan Eilean Siar unanimously supported a motion expressing disappointment at the lack of island based members appointed to the Calmac Board and supported a call for a review…

With islands at crisis point as widespread chaos engulfs ferry services throughout the Inner and Outer Hebrides as a result of over runs in the Calmac dry docking schedule and the breakdown of MV Hebrides,…

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind, covering the Western Isles, on Thursday 10th February. The warning is valid between 0300 and 1200 on Thursday.