Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum (GALE) has been awarded the prestigious Investing in Local People Award at the 2025 Rural Community Business Awards which took place at a ceremony in London last week.
This year’s awards saw over 60 nominations from individuals and community businesses across the UK, showcasing the efforts being made to uplift rural communities. A spokesperson for the event hosts said each finalist for the awards is truly dedicated to making a difference in their community and having a considerable impact on the lives of local people in a variety of different ways. Each award is very much deserved.
Janet Miles, Managing Director of GALE said the achievement would not be possible without GALE’s dedicated staff and passionate volunteers, whose hard work and commitment contributes to the local community and helps them to invest approximately £400,000 into the local economy each year.
Police Scotland are looking for help in tracing the owner of a paddle board found at Loch Bad A’Ghaill near Stac Pollaidh on Sunday afternoon.
The police were joined in trying to find the owner by HM Coastguard and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service but no one was traced. The police are now asking for anyone who has information about the owner of the paddleboard to get in touch on 101 quoting incident number 1772 of July 6th.
Another road safety operation was carried out by Police Scotland last weekend when more than 60 road users were stopped on the North Coast 500.
A variety of offences were detected including vehicle condition offences, careless driving offences, speeding and use of mobile phones.
A member of the Highlands and Islands Road Policing Unit said that speeding, careless driving, drink and drug driving, using a mobile phone and not wearing a seat belt are the five most prevalent factors in serious and fatal road traffic collisions and the police will support and encourage all road users to safely share and use the roads responsibly.
Ullapool Community Fire Station is looking for new On Call Firefighters to take over from existing members who in their own words are “getting to the end of their shelf life so need replacing”.
Applicants need to live or work in Ullapool, be aged over 18, physically fit with good health and vision and a wish to support the local community. The positions are paid for time spent training and at incidents. To find out more, call in at the fire station any Tuesday or Wednesday night between 7 o’clock and 9.30 or visit the SFRS website.
