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Funding boost for festival's efforts to support Gaelic culture

GAELIC culture and youth activities around Stornoway have scored a funding boost.

The National (Scotland)

Beloved Scottish pop icon Lulu to headline Stornoway music festival

SCOTTISH pop legend Lulu will headline the island music festival HebCelt in July, as she completes her final year of touring.

The National (Scotland)

Lulu to headline HebCelt festival in final year of touring

The event takes place in and around Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis from July 16 to 19.

Evening Standard

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‘Greed and money over community’: in Stornoway, locals are divided over Tesco’s Sunday opening

The Hebridean island’s shops have remained firmly closed on the Sabbath for decades – but now the supermarket giant has bucked the trend

The Guardian - UK

Police call off physical searches for missing teenager from Stornoway

POLICE have said that physical searches for a teenager missing from Stornoway last seen more than two weeks ago have been called off...

The National (Scotland)

Urgent search launched for boy, 16, missing overnight in freezing cold temperatures in Scotland

Aleksandr Benga, 16, was last seen on Monday in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis amid freezing cold temperatures

Evening Standard

Police launch search for Stornoway teenager last seen in grounds of Scottish castle

POLICE have launched an appeal to help find a teenager from Stornoway who was last seen at a Scottish castle...

The National (Scotland)

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A staggering 75 per cent of US presidents have Scottish roots – but why?

“My mother was great. She was a Stornoway,” Donald Trump confusingly told an American podcast earlier this month ...

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CalMac announces timetable changes ahead of disruption to ferry network

CALMAC has announced a number of changes to its network ahead of disruption in the coming months.

The National (Scotland)

More than a thousand island residents oppose Tesco opening on Sundays

MORE than a thousand people have called for Tesco to scrap its proposal to open its Isle of Lewis store on Sundays ...

The National (Scotland)

My passionate love affair with Scotland’s largest island

On the surface, little appears to have changed in the 30 years that bestselling author Peter May has been visiting the Isle of Lewis. But tourism has had a big impact – from Sunday opening hours to a deep water port for cruise ships

The Guardian - UK

Kate Forbes hails 'instrumental' Gaelic charity as it celebrates 40th anniversary

KATE Forbes has hailed an "instrumental" Gaelic charity for its commitment to increasing the use of the language ...

The National (Scotland)

Covid outbreak forces closure of hospital ward in Western Isles

A RISE in the number of positive cases of Covid-19 has forced the closure of a ward at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway.

The National (Scotland)

Loganair completes first all-electric flight turnaround

Milestone achieved at Stornoway Airport following £2m investment in new technology

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Daily Record

Scots festival punters scrambling to get money back after event axed at last minute

The Midnight Sun Weekender was set to take place in Stornoway next weekend after over £150k of taxpayers' cash was invested but had to be ditched at the last minute.

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Busy cruise season should boost Outer Hebrides economy

Shetland also expecting its busiest cruise season on record, as the first vessel arrives

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Further disruption as CalMac’s largest ferry hit by technical fault

Several sailings between Stornoway and Ullapool have been cancelled

The Guardian - UK

Stornoway, Quebec review – outlaws settle scores with Gaelic swagger

Calum L Macleòid’s western-style drama pits a gunslinging Elspeth Turner against a notorious fugitive in a peculiarly Scottish corner of Canada

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Stornoway, Quebec: The wild Gaelic Western where ceilidhs meet Colt .45s

AS a dramatic genre, the Western is fascinatingly diverse in its origins and its destinations. For instance, John Sturges’s 1960 classic The…

Daily Record

Loganair passenger 'booted off flight' forced to couch surf in Edinburgh for one week

Alessa Catterall was due to fly from Stornoway to Chicago via flights to Glasgow and Heathrow.

Edinburgh Live

Loganair passenger 'forced to couch surf in Edinburgh' after being booted off flight

After reportedly having her reservation on a Loganair flight to Glasgow cancelled, Alessa claimed her two other flights from Glasgow to Heathrow and Heathrow to Chicago were also withdraw for being a 'no-show'.

Insider UK

Loganair suspends island flights amid strike action

Services from Inverness to Stornoway and Benbecula, and from Inverness to Kirkwall and Sumburgh, are all suspended

Daily Record

Injured hiker airlifted from Scots Munro amid 'considerable' avalanche risk

HM Coastguard crews from Stornoway were drafted in to the multi-force rescue mission with Police Scotland and Glencoe Mountain Rescue.

Daily Record

Frantic search launched for missing teen who disappeared on Scots island

Trhas Tekele, from the Isle of Lewis, is believed to have travelled on a ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool.

Daily Record

Coastguard search coastal village in hunt for missing Susan Forde who vanished five weeks ago

Susan Forde, 56, from the Republic of Ireland, made her way to Scotland, visiting Edinburgh before journeying to the Isle of Lewis earlier this year.

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