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Proposed spaceport site at Lamma Ness, Unst
12 February: The BiFab construction yard at Arnish near Stornoway , Isle of Lewis, is purchased by InfraStrata.
11 February: Wild fires occur in Benbecula ; and at Achmore and Sildinish in the Isle of Lewis ; Horsaclete in Harris ; Brevig in Barra ; and Eubhal in North Uist .
19 January: Barra and Vatersay are put under tier-4 restrictions after an outbreak of Covid-19.
18 January: The Shetland Space Centre submits plans for a spaceport on Unst (proposed site pictured) , Shetland , including three rocket launch pads.
8 January: Distilleries in Orkney and South Uist receive government grants to research ways of reducing their CO2 emissions.
4 January: After the UK leaves the European Union , the Northern Celt , an Irish fishing boat based out of Greencastle, County Donegal , is ordered to leave the 12-nautical-mile zone around Rockall by officers of Marine Scotland .
1 January: A total of 72 cases of Covid-19 are recorded in an ongoing outbreak in Shetland .
9 December: A review by a committee of MSPs into the commissioning and building of two new dual-fuel Caledonian MacBrayne ferries, MV Glen Sannox and "hull 802 ", criticises CMAL , Transport Scotland and the Scottish government , as well as the ship builders, Ferguson Marine .
3 December: North-east Lewis , Sea of the Hebrides and Shiant East Bank are designated Marine Protected Areas , while East Mainland Coast Shetland , Sound of Gigha , Coll and Tiree , Rùm , the west coast of the Outer Hebrides , and the waters off St Kilda and Foula are designated Special Protection Areas .
30 November: Michael Russell , MSP for Argyll and Bute , and David Stewart and John Finnie , MSPs for the Highlands and Islands region, will stand down at the 2021 election .
17 November: Phytophthora ramorum -infected larch trees in Arran are to be felled over a 543-acre area, to prevent the fungus-like pathogen from spreading.
4 November: The Scottish Wildlife Trust objects to a proposed salmon farm in the Marine Protected Area of Wester Ross , near Horse Island , Summer Isles , because of the potential impact on kelp forests and maerl beds.