Reusable takeaway cups have been issued to staff radically reducing waste. About 24,000 fewer single-use cups have been thrown away over a six month period following the start of an NHS Western Isles ...

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 ...

A council tax increase of 9.5% has been proposed for households in the Western Isles. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar's plan would see the annual bill for an average band D property rise by £131.82 to ...

A bus shelter in Lewis, one of the islands covered by the capped fares scheme Bus passengers in the Western Isles are to benefit from a £2 fare cap from this week as part of a Scottish government ...

Since a surcharge was introduced on single-use cups there has been a 94% drop in usage.