Isle of Colonsay

Island businesses criticise ferry cancellation fund

Community leaders say the £4.4m support package is not enough to cover costs of disruption.

Richard Irvine runs a smokehouse in Colonsay but is giving it away to help regenerate the local population.

Keir Johnston throttled his wife and shouted "someone is going to die" during a violent argument at their home.

Keir Johnston pinned his wife to the ground and choked her at their home on the Isle of Colonsay.

CalMac has set out a series of issues affecting a number of its west coast ferries and services.

Problems with CalMac's Caledonian Isles and Clansman have been found during annual maintenance.

Colonsay, which is home to 125 people, has a shortage of available housing for islanders.

The site in Colonsay continues to fascinate experts 140 years after it was first excavated.

The RMT union has called off a planned CalMac ferry strike that had been due to begin on Friday.