Boost for Outer Hebrides tourism industry

A postman has died after being knocked down by his own van in Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. It is believed he was caught under the vehicle as he removed parcels from the back. The incident happened in Ford Terrace at about 11:30 on Thursday. ...

Image: The Outer Hebrides (flickr, Inaki Queralt) Englishman is a man with an enviable job—or jobs, plural, actually. He's a BBC TV presenter, marine biologist, travel writer, and professional diver. Basically, he travels to remote parts of the ...

As the BBC natural history series, Hebrides, Islands on the Edge airs over the coming weeks, many viewers will be inspired to put the Outer Hebrides on their must-visit list. But can the islands really offer the kind of up-close and personal ...

THE buyer has been warned the vintage booze is unfit for human consumption after going down with the SS Politician in 1941. A PUNTER has shelled out more than £12,000 for two bottles salvaged from the shipwreck that inspired Whisky Galore. But the ...

Communities in the Outer Hebrides can now apply for grants to help improve their facilities or lower their energy bills. Seven community groups have already benefited from the Outer Hebrides Community Energy Fund (OHCEF) since the initiative began ...

For travellers who want to go one step beyond the standard UK staycation, there is one outstanding option an island hopping holiday in the Outer Hebrides. Sitting 40 miles off the west coast of Scotland on Europes Atlantic edge, this archipelago of ...

The Anglofolk 2012 debut album Beachcomber's Windowsill by this Oxford group (named for a small town in the windblown Outer Hebrides) didn't quite cut it with its folksy pop and songs about bird watching, or people preferring to watch television ...

JOHN Aitchison has filmed big cats in Kenya's Masai Mara and captured the geological wonders of Yellowstone National Park but, he says, few places on earth hold a torch to the wilds of Scotland. The Argyll-based wildlife cameraman and photographer ...

GORDON WADDELL speaks to Stornoway Athletic stalwart Magnus Johnson, who has tirelessly supported football on the Isle of Lewis. THEY don't play football on the Sabbath on the Isle of Lewis which is the only way iron man Magnus Johnson gets a day ...