Meanwhile, a cluster of small islands in the Inner Hebrides are being sold on the open market.

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Tiree in the Inner Hebrides recorded 129mm of rain - again more than had fallen in July in any other year this decade.

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Taken as a whole, it has grown to become an almost indispensable resource for planning a trip to Scotland, with dispatches from Edinburgh to the Inner Hebrides.

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Islands in community ownership include Gigha in the Inner Hebrides.

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He said he was supportive of the DUP's recommendations for the implementation of a scheme similar to the rural fuel duty relief scheme recently introduced for the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, the Islands of the Clyde and the Isles of Scilly.

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