2022 COPY DEADLINES
October issue: Friday 16 September
November issue: Monday 17 October
December/January issue: Monday 14 November
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CORRESPONDENTS
Back
Katie S. Matheson (catherinemathesoncm32
​@gmail.com)

Vatisker
Katy Graham (katygraham_96@
hotmail.co.uk)

Coll
Inner Coll: Joan Macleod (alexjmoley@hotmail.co.uk); Out End Coll: VACANT (email the editor: latneditor2@outlook.com)

Gress
Donalda Murray (donaldamurray5@gmail.
​com)

Tong
Helen Macaulay (helenmacaulay5@
gmail.com)

Upper Coll
Louise Reeves (lreeves1a@gmail.com)
Joan Maclean (joanmac50@
hotmail.co.uk)

Background image Courtesy Steven Stewart, from the June 2018 issue.

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Meet the Team

Editor
Jayne MacArthur (click here to contact)

Chair
Mary Ann Graham

Vice Chair
Louise Reeves

Treasurer
Mairi Macleod

Secretary
Gill Thompson (click here to contact)
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Typesetting/Issue Design 
Helen Smith (click here to contact)

Subscriptions
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Advertising
Donald A. Stewart (click here to contact)

Distributor 
Colin Tucker (click here to order back issues)

Stockists

Gordon Diesel's (Back)
Buth Tholastaidh (Tolsta)
Nicolson's (Stornoway)
Roddy Smith's/Baltic Bookshop (Stornoway)
Engebretson's Filling Station (Stornoway)
Campbell's Filling Station (Stornoway)
Spar (Stornoway)
Hospital Shop (Stornoway; not currently available here due to COVID-19 restrictions)
Co-Op (Stornoway: Macaulay Road and Cromwell Street)
Buth an Rubha (Point)

Our Story

Loch a Tuath News (LATN) is a regular publication, established in 1997, run mostly by volunteers. It covers the villages of Tong, Upper Coll, Coll, Vatisker, Back and Gress, on the east cost of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. We produce 10 issues a year, with double issues in July/August and December/January.

In 2022, we were awarded the coveted title of 'Community Newspaper of the Year' at the Highlands and Islands Media Awards, and we were also awarded a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the hard work and commitment of all our volunteers, past and present.

LATN is an eclectic mixture of community news and other relevant news, views and notices. We often include historical articles and photographs, and welcome opinions and Letters to the Editor. We encourage people to submit their village news, ideas for stories/articles, photographs and details of community events to us. The magazine is usually available in local shops on the first Friday of the cover month, priced at just £2.