Barra facing empty shelves and expired food amid ferries crisis
SNP MSP Alasdair Allan has called for action to restore ferry service to Barra ISLANDERS are facing empty shop shelves and out of date food after a community has only had one ferry to its mainland ports in 10 days. An SNP MSP has called on the Scottish Government to intervene after islanders on Barra have faced a host of interruptions to lifeline ferry services, warning over "economic and human" impacts. CalMac, which operates the routes, has apologised after poor weather conditions and a string of repair works needed on vessels has meant Barra has gone 10 days with one one ferry run to...
Source: heraldscotland.com