Highland land owners, such as the ones on Skye, clear their lands of tenants forcing tens of thousands of people out of their homes. Many emigrated to the colonies never to return. Video: A ...

Publicly-owned shipyard Ferguson Marine has missed out on the contract to build seven new ferries, it has been announced.

It was discovered on Monday on the shoreline near Oskaig, on Raasay's west coast, and later died. Sperm whales are a deep-diving species and adult males can grow to 18m (59ft) in length and ...

A sperm whale spotted entangled in ropes off Skye last week has become stranded on a shore off the nearby island of Raasay. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) managed to cut five ropes from ...

Ferguson Marine chairman Andrew Miller said the tendering process did not take account of the social impact of giving the yard the contract, including the benefits of keeping jobs in the local area.

These electric vessels will "plug in" to the electrical grid at the port to charge overnight - but the problem we have is that some of the islands, like Gigha and Raasay, don't have powerful ...

The nationalised Ferguson shipyard has missed out on a crucial order for seven small all-electric ferries for west coast ...

The winner of a key contract for electric CalMac ferries is to be announced on Monday, with beleaguered shipyard Ferguson Marine waiting to hear whether it has secured the £175 million order. The ...