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The Men’s winner, Cameron Milne of Central Athletics Club, crossed the finish line at Portree High School with a time of 1:09:10. Second was Skye’s Hugh Campbell in 1:12:50 and third Michael O’Donnell of Inverness Harriers Amateur Athletics Club in 1:14:56. Taking home the gold in the Women’s race was Ellie ...

Along with his fellow S1 – S3 pupils at Portree High School, William was challenged by The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) to design a race t-shirt based on the three key elements of its business: pride, passion, provenance. The Company is headline sponsor of this year’s race as part of ...

The inaugural competition took place on Saturday 2 June in Portree, as part of the Skye Provincial Mod, and saw dancers from Skye and Lochalsh put their best Highland fling skills on display, vying for this year’s trophies. SSC sponsored two trophies this year – the Slaver trophy for best dressed ...

The study commissioned by the First Minister’s National Advisory Council for Women and Girls (NACWG) revealed the imbalance as it launches #GenerationEqual, a Scottish movement championing equality for all – women, girls, men and boys of every age, gender, race, religion or belief. #GenerationEqual aims to trigger national conversations on the ...

Edinburgh roofer John Edmond (35) from Port Seton, who won £1,000,000 in the EuroMillions draw on June 26 2015, ascended more than 4,400 feet and faced treacherous weather conditions to mark the milestone and tick off a lifelong dream from his bucket list. Like John, many other National Lottery millionaires are ...

THE SNP's long-awaited - it's been in gestation for two years - Growth Commission report, was finally published today. Of course, there has seldom been a report so widely trailed and discussed in advance, usually by pundits who hadn't yet read it, or knew what it contained. Now, however, we do know ...

The PSYV Western Isles group was nominated by Morag Ross, Health and Safety Assistant at SSC’s Marybank processing facility in Stornoway, in order to help raise funds to provide a set of waterproof trousers for each volunteer ensuring they are fully kitted out to support their community come rain or ...

*Advance tickets now on sale* A first for Scotland, the exhibition opens at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston in Edinburgh between 21 September and 18 October and will showcase fifty ethically sourced, real-life specimens of creatures including a Baleen Whale, Whale Shark, Great White Shark, Dolphin, Seal, Octopus, Penguin and Sting ...

The Muse Developments, Aberdeen City Council and Aviva Investors backed project was awarded the accolade following judging in 15 categories covering the depth and breadth of the best new commercial and public property projects in Scotland over the past year.   The project was also ‘Highly Commended’ in the Architectural Excellence ...

The Winning Nurses syndicate lived up to their name with each member pocketing more than £66,666 by paying in just 50p, after matching one of the two lucky UK Millionaire Maker codes. The syndicate have been playing together for three years and the £1 million windfall tops their previous biggest ...