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Regular readers will be delighted to learn that MG Alba, which, with the BBC, brings you BBC Alba, is to get more taxpayer funding. The Minister for Scotland’s Languages, Alasdair Allan, has announced that the MG Alba new media hub in Seaforth Road, Stornoway will benefit from an additional £300,000 investment.

Dr Allan (Ph D in Sottish languages) said: “BBC ALBA’s viewing figures among Gaelic and non-Gaelic communities have continued to build and have long been an encouraging indicator of the interest in the language – even before the latest census figures showed that the decline in speakers has been dramatically slowed".

Dr Allan was Gaelic journalist of the year in 2006, and when not governing, sings with Back District Gaelic Choir in Lewis, here on BBC Alba.