On the night of 11 January 2005, a family of five attempted to escape a violent storm battering their home on the island of South Uist. Winds gusting to 124mph had coincided with a high tide ...

In 1926 crofters living on the small island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, welcomed a rather strange, exotic visitor. I wondered what these songs sounded like when they were first heard.

This evening will see cloud thicken from the west again, with heavier and more persistent rain moving in. This will turn patchier through the night, but it will remain largely cloudy. Turning ...

On the night of 11 January 2005, a family of five attempted to escape a violent storm battering their home on the island of South Uist. Winds gusting to 124mph had coincided with a high tide, and a ...