The island is currently sharing a direct ferry that's restricted to carrying just 45 passengers instead of 900.

Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop says money has been earmarked for another new large ferry for the Western Isles.

Subig also welcomed a commitment from Finlay MacRae, CalMac’s head of operations, to investigate providing greater capacity ...

In episode 1, Kate travels to Heisker or the Monach Isles, beautiful islands west of North Uist, in the company of ...

A new project which aims to remove every single hedgehog from a group of the Western Isles has been granted almost £100,000.

A £97,840 grant from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund will support a groundbreaking conservation project ...

Islanders need to have a much stronger voice in the running of Scotland’s ferries, given how vital these lifeline services really are ...

The fault in the bow visor means that MV Hebrides will be delayed in dry dock for two more weeks. She is now expected to return to service ...

Hedgehogs, which are not native to the area, are blamed for eating the eggs of ground-nesting birds, causing 'severe declines ...

Many of the birds are of high conservation concern and decline in the islands was detected in the mid-1980s. By 1995 hedgehogs were common throughout South Uist and Benbecula, their numbers ...

Scotland's transport secretary, Fiona Hyslop, is to attend a "crisis" meeting later, called by islanders on South Uist over disruption to ferry services. The direct route to the mainland from the ...