Barra's beach airport spotted from space by NASA
The airport appears in a selection of images released by the American space agency, one of only five locations ever shown from Scotland.
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Barra Airport’s beach runway captured by NASA
A rare picture from space of Barra Airport’s iconic runway - renowned as the only scheduled beach runway in the world - has ...
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Islanders call for access to mainland healthcare
There is another small hospital in Benbecula, a trip by road and ferry north of Barra. It provides care of older people, GP acute care services and midwifery-led maternity services. The two hospitals ...
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
Travelling 2.7 billion years back in time on the search for the UK's oldest rock
A Natural History Museum scientist, a professional rock wrangler and four creators of our new gardens wait at a tiny airport. They’re waiting for the tide to recede on the island of Barra in the Outer ...
Business Insider1 年
I'm a city girl who went island-hopping for the first time. Here are 4 things I loved and 2 ...
Back in September, my partner and I took a break from city life and went island-hopping in Scotland. My partner and I traveled to the islands of Barra, Seil, and Easdale for a weekend break in ...
BBC2 年
Sniffer dogs to search for rogue island hedgehogs on Barra
Sniffer dogs are to be used to search for hedgehogs on Barra after one of the non-native animals was found on the island for the first time. Their presence on the neighbouring islands of South ...