Comhairle nan Eilean Siar says it supports the idea of fixed links over the sounds of Barra and Harris.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar says it might have to increase council tax or use its reserves to plug the hole.

NHS Western Isles helped fund the project for the health and wellbeing benefits it could bring children.

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Western Isles local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has appointed a new chief executive. Martin Joyce, who is an executive director at urban regeneration company Clyde Gateway, starts in his new ...

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The council said options include using limited reserves, increasing council tax, increasing charges, and/or reducing service budgets.