Ferry skipper warns ‘ludicrous old law' could sink historic Skye service

THE skipper of a historic Scottish ferry facing an uncertain future due to an absentee landowner has called for a change in the “ludicrous old law” that means they must pay him thousands of pounds each year just to be allowed to run ...

Campaigners have called on politicians to step in to help a tiny West Coast community which has to pay thousands of pounds each year to an "absentee landowner" to operate a historic ferry route.