Eilean Siar County, Scotland News

Canadians may never give him the job, of course, but if they do one day pick Michael Ignatieff to be their prime minister, Ignatieff promises he won't live at 24 Sussex Drive until the 141-year-old building has a long overdue refit.

A MAN found in the snow outside his home is believed to have frozen to death as snowstorms continued to cause chaos across the UK yesterday.

A man is thought to have frozen to death in the garden after getting locked out of his home on one of the coldest nights of the year in Scotland.

Michael Ignatieff at the residence of the official opposition in Ottawa. Photograph by: Jean Levac, Ottawa Citizen Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff heads into 2010 a bloodied but wiser politician, still intent on opposing the policies of what he calls "the most ruthless attack machine" in Canadian politics but less intent on forcing a general ...

A sheep on grazing on the Western Isles hills could be the oldest in Scotland, her crofter owner believes.

More snow and ice is expected to cause problems across Scotland for motorists and passengers at airports.

Education Secretary Mike Russell is facing new allegations over his alleged involvement in SNP attack blogs.

ARCTIC blasts are forecast to send temperatures plunging as low as -11C in Scotland this week with the odds on a white Christmas narrowing daily.

The number of Highlands and islands stroke victims dying before they reach hospital is rising - despite the death toll throughout Scotland plunging over the past decade.

THE A 60million 'new schools' project a ' the largest and most ambitious undertaking by the Comhairle a ' took further steps forward this week as planning reports were heard by the authority's Environment and Protective Services Committee today , ahead of full council consideration tomorrow.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is encouraging people in the Western Isles to kick start 2010 with a new healthy and active lifestyle.

THE HARRIS Tweed industry is set to benefit from courses for new weavers in the New Year.

WHEN we should all really be deciding who not to send a Christmas card to this year because they never sent us one last year, the question on everyone's lips on this side of the Minch instead is whether protesters can block our esteemed council from decimating the inside of Stornoway Town Hall.

TWO large scale community renewable projects are being considered for funding by Western Isles Council this week.

MSP Alasdair Allan said the vote was "significant" Residents of an area of Lewis in the Western Isles have voted in favour of launching Scotland's first hostile community buy-out. Households in Pairc voted 195 to 87 in favour of lodging a formal application with the Scottish government to buy the 25,000-acre estate on which they live.

THE Western Isles have missed out on a upgrade scheme to improve broadband connectivity in rural areas.

Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has added his support to the group who are campaigning against Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar's plans for the future of the Stornoway Town Hall.

THE connection between west coast island artists and the east coast Rendezvous Gallery in Aberdeen continues to grow in strength as the works of creative talent Mairi Morrison, Shader, currently take pride of place in the Rendezvous Christmas exhibition.

Some cheeses can bring out different flavours in whisky. Cheese and whisky work well together when you find a good pair, writes Sally Gudgeon.

A flash mob has gathered outside Stornoway Town Hall to protest against proposals to remove the building's balcony and stage during a 2m revamp.