Isle of Lewis

16 hrs ago

The men are pictured in a composite image.

Area of interest identified by police searching for missing fishermen

One man died and two are still missing after their boat failed to return to Lewis in the Western Isles on Tuesday.

16 hrs ago

3 days ago

Tributes paid to crew of fishing boat missing off Lewis

The body of one of the fishermen was found on Wednesday and his two crew-mates remain missing.

3 days ago

4 days ago

Port of Ness on the north coast of Lewis. There is a small boat sheltering in a harbour. The sky is cloudy.

'Dark day for Lewis' as one fisherman dead and two missing

The alarm was raised after the men's fishing boat failed to return as planned to Lewis.

4 days ago

Alex Morrison - man with short brown hair, wearing a waterproof jacket and standing in front of a rough sea

Search for crew of missing fishing boat after one found dead

BBC journalist Alex Morrison is at the Port of Ness where a body has been found in the search for three men who were onboard a fishing boat that has gone missing off the Western Isles.

4 days ago

6 Oct 2026

A close up of a hen. The bird's feathers are red and it has a pink comb and wattles. The hen is standing in an open, grassy area and there are others hens in the background.

Protection zone in place after bird flu case confirmed in Lewis

NHS Western Isles and the islands' local authority have asked people to follow government guidance.

6 Oct 2026

28 Sept 2026

Close-up portrait of a person with white hair and a short white beard, wearing a light-colored shirt.

Scottish crime writer Peter May dies aged 74

May was one of Scotland's most prolific television and crime writers and sold 15 million books around the world.

28 Sept 2026

15 Sept 2026

A man and two women stand on a rocky shoreline beside the water, holding oyster shells and strings of oysters toward the camera. One person in the foreground presents a large oyster shell, while the other two display hanging clusters of shells. The beach is covered with rocks and seaweed, with coastal houses, small boats, and a tree-lined shoreline visible in the background.

Lost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language

Scientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic and Scots words for oyster or oysters in place-names around Scotland's coast.

15 Sept 2026

12 Sept 2026

Colony Of Nesting Seabirds Northern Gannets (Morus Bassanus) On Bass Rock Island near North Berwick

NatureScot denies ignoring scientific evidence in banning guga hunt

A Freedom of Information request shows scientific advice recommended that the killing of 500 gannet chicks on Lewis should be allowed to go ahead.

12 Sept 2026

1 Sept 2026

A single-storey, white walled building with two square windows, a blue front door and a larger blue garage-like door.

Former SSPCA office in Lewis to be turned into a house

The charity announced in March it was withdrawing its resources from the Western Isles.

1 Sept 2026