Author: Kathie Griffiths
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Recycled mini Oban is a window winner
With such attention to detail and featuring Oban’s iconic McCaig’s Tower and the distillery chimney, winning Winter Festivalwindow artist Canadian Lisa Gutcher even included tiny card cut-outs of her friends on the other side of the Atlantic.
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First acts on HebCelt 2024 star-studded bill announced
Del Amitri, Sharon Shannon and Elephant Sessions among first names revealed for Outer Hebridean music festival
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Scottish child payment benefits thousands in Argyll
In Argyll & Bute, 46,175 payments worth £5,854,385 have been paid out to help tackle child poverty – with over £450 million issued across Scotland.
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Highlands and Islands urged to lead home heating transformation
Scotland offers the most generous package of support anywhere in the UK: a £7,500 grant for switching to a heat pump or other clean heating, with £9,000 for rural homes; and similar help available for households undertaking energy efficiency work.
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Partners pledge to tackle housing emergency
A collaborative commitment to increase housing supply, and targeted action to tackle Argyll and Bute’s housing emergency, are just some of the key summary points from a Housing Summit in Oban.
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Baptist church prays for new church funds
Before Covid, architects estimated the project in Oban for a new church and community building would tot up to about £1.2m but costs will have upped since then
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Special visitors bring festive cheer
Santa and reindeer – an early festive combo for residents at Oban’s Eader Glinn Residential Home
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Music legends Shooglenifty bid farewell to Banjax
The gig at Ardgour Hall this Saturday, December 9, will be banjo player Garry Finlayson’s swansong after 38 years with the band.
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Argyll seeks a share of storm funding
The Scottish Government has announced financial support for areas elsewhere in Scotland recovering from the flooding impact of Storm Babet, Argyll and Bute Council has raised our region’s need for support too.