Western Isles Hospital has reached capacity amid an outbreak affecting patients and staff The whole of the Western Isles has moved up to level four lockdown restrictions as part of efforts to ...

Prior to the 1266 Treaty of Perth, the Western Isles of Scotland were controlled by various Norse and Gaelic rulers who owed their allegiance to the Kings of Norway rather than the kings of Scotland.

It is governed by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the only local council in Scotland to have a Gaelic-only name, the title Western Isles Council having been retracted in 1997. The council was created ...