It is an ancient way of life brings with it certain historic rights. But one group of crofters are involved in a bizarre row ...

The soaring price of fuel is leading cash-conscious crofters in the Outer Hebrides to revive the ancient tradition of cutting peat to fire their kitchen stoves and central heating. Over the past few ...

Further payments are to be made to crofters in the Highlands and Western Isles Dozens of crofters in the Highlands and Islands could now benefit from a funding scheme after the Scottish government ...

Crofters in the Western Isle have said huge numbers of greylag geese are damaging coastal meadows they depend on. The Scottish Crofting Federation said numbers of the birds in parts of the isles had ...

Energy giants hope Scottish court will permit development of 36 turbines on moorland Hundreds of crofters are fighting an attempt by the energy giants EDF and Wood Group to build a windfarm on the ...

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It is a lifestyle championed by Prince Charles which has aimed to attract more young people to keep the ages-old tradition alive. But it seems crofting really is an ancient way of life. For there are ...

It's been 25 years since the Assynt Crofters captured the public's imagination with their audacious bid to shake up centuries of Highland history and buy the land where they worked and lived. Did you ...