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A man has died after getting into difficulty off the Isle of Lewis. Emergency services pulled the man from the sea, near Barvas just before midday on Wednesday. He was flown to hospital in ...
Donnie Scott, 42, was reported missing in the Barvas area of the island yesterday before the grim discovery was made at Tarstol Burn on Tuesday morning.
A MAN has died after getting into difficulty while surfing off the Isle of Lewis. The man was pulled from the water at Barvas and emergency services were alerted around 11.44am.
Police Scotland have found the body of a missing man near to Loch Street, Barvas, on the Isle of Lewis.
People living on the 44,000 acre Barvas estate on the west side of the Isle of Lewis have voted in favour of a community buyout. The landowner has indicated his willingness to negotiate a deal.
With its west coast exposed to the full force of the Atlantic Ocean, the Isle of Lewis can see huge surf in the winter months. In the summer, though, it’s a mellower kind of surfer’s paradise ...
The owners of the 44,000 acre Barvas estate on the west side of the island of Lewis indicated in 2013 their willingness to negotiate a sale of most of the estate's assets to the local community.
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How Lewis pioneers helped to build Canada
I’ve always liked research”, says Angus Macdonald. “Exams have never floated my boat. It’s always been research”.
He graciously agreed. We met in his gallery—called Oiseval near the town of Barvas on Lewis—and on a pleasant morning discussed places to photograph in the Hebrides that James knows so well.
The incident on the Isle of Lewis happened on the A857, after the junction with the A858, known as Barvas Corner, at about 01:30. Three men in the car, aged 22, 32 and 36, and a 61-year-old woman ...
The owners of the 44,000 acre Barvas estate on the west side of the island of Lewis indicated in 2013 their willingness to negotiate a sale of most of the estate's assets to the local community.