Author: sandyneil
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‘It will happen again, often’: MSP calls Argyll travel summit before next disaster
Argyll & Bute MSP seeking greater forward planning and joined up communications following serious weather disruption
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‘Not all heroes wear capes’
The driver of Saturday morning’s Oban to Glasgow bus has been praised by passengers, after it got stuck in Inveraray due to landslips and flooding closing the roads
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‘Get out the car and run!’
A mother and daughter from Campbeltown say they are lucky to be alive after escaping their car moments before it was swept away in a landslide on the A83 during Saturday’s torrential rain
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‘It’s amazing no one was killed’
One of the worst areas hit by the weekend’s torrential rain was the A816 between Oban and Lochgilphead, causing a massive landslide at the Bealach by Ardfern, a helicopter rescue for motorists trapped by a raging river at Kilmartin, and Ford being cut off from the outside world
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A83 reopens, and ferry fixed for Islay and Jura
The A83 and A815 reopen, but the travel chaos continued in Argyll with two ferry breakdowns
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Secrets of Estonia’s ‘smoke sauna’ revealed at Oban cinema
No story too shameful, no burden too heavy to carry when you share it with your sisterhood…
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School champions take on period stigma
A peer-led support project across five secondary schools in Argyll and Bute is helping to remove the stigma around period products and ensure everyone can access products in school, in their community and online
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Roads begin to reopen, as Argyll checks and clears the flood damage
The rain is easing, but the risk of further flooding remains high, warned the Scottish Government on Sunday afternoon.
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8,000 historic objects to be made public at Dunollie
Two significant historic collections previously held in storage at Dunollie are to be fully catalogued and made available for study and exhibition thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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A week until biggest Gaelic cultural celebration lands in Paisley
In just a week’s time the world’s biggest celebration of Gaelic language and music, the Royal National Mòd, will return to the town of Paisley for the first time in a decade