Sabbath observance dwindling on the islands of Outer Hebrides

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The Outer Hebrides, off the north-west of Scotland, are a remote, beautiful and sometimes awe-inspiring place. Also known as the Western Isles, they’re the UK’s last bastion of old-fashioned Christian Sunday observance, with strictures against working, shopping and even leisure activities on the Sabbath. But … things are changing. DW’s Richard Baynes sent us this report from Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis and Harris.

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