Western Isles
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Gaelic name: Eilean Siar. an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop: 26 100 (2003 est). Area: 2900 sq km (1120 sq miles)
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Also called: Western Islands. another name for Hebrides
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The other 15 locations vary from an empty retail unit in East Ayrshire to the island of Benbecula in the Western Isles.
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In a new study, published in the journal Nature, scientists suggest people from the Western Isles and north-west Ireland are at the highest risk of developing the disease.
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A football club in the Isle of Lewis has started turning an overgrown area into a new training pitch with funding from NHS Western Isles.
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It is understood that military aircraft landed at Benbecula Airport in the Western Isles and Wick John O'Groats Airport in the Highlands during the operation, which was supported by the British military.
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But improving conditions in some areas mean schools in the Western Isles and Shetland as well as some in Orkney will reopen.
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