Author: Colin Smeeton
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Are you ready for the panto? Oh yes you are!
Staring on Thursday December 7 until Saturday December 9, with an additional matinee show at 2pm on Saturday, the show is billed to be enormously entertaining and good fun.
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Tiny tots get into the festive spirit
Young Erica and Angus MacHale enjoyed an early start to the festive season when they met with Santa in his grotto at the craft market held at Arran High School. While the usual parade and other ancillary events were cancelled this year, the craft market and visit from Santa still went ahead with more than…
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West Scotland MSP wins Debater of the Year award
The local MSP was nominated for the Donald Dewar Debater of the Year award at the Herald’s Scottish Politician Of The Year Awards 2023, which was held at Prestonfield House last week.
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Community spirit saves the day after Screen Machine failure
Arran resilience came to the fore last weekend to save the films on show at the Screen Machine in Brodick.
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Hockey match called off after pitch freezes over
A Women’s West District 4th Division hockey match between Arran Hockey Club and Glasgow University Vs had to be called off after the pitch at Pollock Park froze over.
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Arran’s poison mystery
By Colin Smeeton It is just over 112 years ago that a popular store and bakery in Lamlash was the subject of a murder investigation. This little-known story was reignited 20 years ago when relatives of the people involved in the investigation visited the Banner office with newspaper clippings and photographs taken at the time.…