Members of the public are invited to Portree this weekend, to mark the retirement of a lifeboat which has served the area for three decades.
The RNLB Stanley Watson Barker will make its final appearance at the station’s open day on Saturday, before leaving Skye. Since becoming Portree’s official lifeboat in 1996, the Trent-class vessel has been called out to 530 incidents, helping 458 people and saving 11 lives.
It has now been replaced by the new Shannon-class RNLB Peter and Mary. The open day offers visitors from across the Highlands the chance to say farewell.
Community groups, charities and other organizations across Highland are being encouraged to apply for a share of funding aimed at improving local habitats.
The latest round of the Highland Nature Restoration Fund opens for applications tomorrow, Friday the fourteenth of August. The Scottish Government-backed scheme supports practical projects that help restore nature and protect biodiversity. Previous grants have been used for a range of work, including creating wildflower meadows, planting trees, and developing ponds and wetlands.
Funding is also available for projects tackling invasive species and improving conditions for native wildlife.
Historic Environment Scotland is making a final appeal for information about places connected to the history of football in Scotland.
Its national survey closes next Thursday, the twentieth of August. Members of the public are being asked to nominate locations including football grounds, pavilions, parks and other buildings with links to the sport.
The project is particularly interested in the development of association football from the eighteen-sixties onwards, when Scotland played an important role in shaping the modern game. Information gathered will help identify sites for further research and possible protection as part of Scotland’s historic environment.
