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Barra home worth £29k gets 10x more Facebook shares than population of island

A BARRA cottage on sale for just £29,000 has become an unlikely online sensation - attracting 10 times more views than there are people...

Woman needs hospital treatment for midge stuck in ear

A WOMAN needed hospital treatment on the first day of her Hebridean holiday after a midge lodged deep inside her ear. Tracy Macinnes was driven...

Incredibly rare sofa shark caught in Scottish waters

AN extremely rare shark with a name as strange as its looks has been caught off the west coast of Scotland. The sofa shark, over...

Wind wrecks Barra airport’s tiny baggage reclaim hall

THE world’s only beach airport with scheduled flights has a big problem at the baggage reclaim hall - the wind keeps blowing it apart. Tiny...

Teacher faces being struck off because lesson plans were “affecting pupils’ life chances”

A TEACHER’S lesson plans were so bad they were “affecting pupils’ life chances”, a hearing was told. Janice Ross, who taught on Barra in the...

Underwater sniffer dog to follow in big brother’s footsteps

THE sister of the first Scots sniffer dog trained to find bodies under water is set to follow in his paw-steps. Owner Ian Marshall, 44,...

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