Askernish is on the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, off the coast of northwestern Scotland. I first visited in 2007, on assignment for Golf Digest, and I went back late the following ...

I’ve spent much of the past year on the extraordinary, remote islands of Barra and its neighbour, South Uist, filming a documentary series for the BBC – and after a lifetime of travel ...

Scotland's transport secretary, Fiona Hyslop, is to attend a "crisis" meeting later, called by islanders on South Uist over disruption to ferry services. The direct route to the mainland from the ...

For somewhere so full of bird life, the silence on South Uist can sometimes be resounding. Perhaps it's all the peaty soil that deadens nature's background chatter. A swan skims down on to Loch ...

A man has been taken to hospital after a three-vehicle crash on South Uist on Sunday afternoon. Police said they were called ...

Islanders on South Uist are being driven "to despair" by the cancellation of a ferry service and should be compensated for the disruption, Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has been told.

The island that at the centre of protests over ferry service shortages is being hit again - as two of the ageing CalMac fleet of vessels became sidelined. Services on two routes have been ...

South Uist whales 'now safe' at sea. Image caption, The 24-strong pod of whales appear to have left the bay at Loch Carnan. 30 October 2010.

A new strategy has been unveiled to help crofters on South Uist hold the sea back from their land that lies below the level of the waves. The scientists behind it say kelp could be one of the keys ...

A smokehouse in the Western Isles will be reopened after the business was bought by its former production manager. Loch Duart Smokehouse in South Uist closed down earlier this year with the loss ...

Michael Macdonald, 30, fell in South Uist as he walked home from a friend's house at 02:00 on 27 November 2011. He is now seeking £20,000 damages from Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles ...