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Islanders call for increased quota for the guga hunters

ISLANDERS want an increase in the number of seabird chicks they can kill in a bid to meet demand for one of Britain’s strangest...

Island lamb orphanage takes in first newborn of the year

A lamb orphanage on a remote Scottish island has taken in its first resident of the year - a newborn called Mr Frazier. American couple...

Community vote to buy island owned by laird who inspired James Bond

A remote Scottish community have voted overwhelmingly to buy the island once owned by a laird said to have been the inspiration for James...

Buzzcocks drummer joins in aurora pic frenzy

A FORMER Buzzcocks drummer and a man who is moving his family 700 miles north from Surrey to the Western Isles were among those...

Video shows hedgehogs devouring chicks

VIDEO of hedgehogs eating baby chicks alive have been released as gruesome evidence of the need to remove the prickly mammals from a Scottish...

Islanders dismayed after realising new £42m ferry has no bar

A SUPERFERRY costing £42m which is too big to berth does not have a bar, angry islanders have complained. The giant MV Loch Seaforth is...

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