Author: sandyneil
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Peninsulas vote for fixed link over new electric Corran ferry
A survey of peninsular residents has found most want a bridge or a tunnel across Loch Linnhe instead of an electric ferry
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Glengarry Games in “jeopardy”: volunteers “desperately” needed
Following its Annual General Meeting in November, the Glengarry Highland Games Association is in “dire need of volunteers” to organise the 52nd Glengarry Highland Games
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Isles cancer charity helps create research facility
The Hebridean Men’s Cancer Support Group, popularly known as “The Cancer Club”, has seen one of its charitable donations help bring to fruition a cherished hope for the creation of a major bowel-cancer research facility in Scotland
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Kinlochleven – Have your voice heard!
Kinlochleven community groups have secured funding to create a community-led plan and want everyone to have their say
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Rumble on Lismore
Few would have known it, but Morvern has been struck by a series of minor earthquakes over the last month, culminating in a “loud rumble” on Saturday afternoon
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Highlands Rewilding sells land to the community at Tayvallich
Highlands Rewilding has taken a leap forward with its progressive model for community engagement, completing the sale, at cost, of 19 hectares of Tayvallich Estate to the local community body Tayvallich Initiative. This development comes six months after Highlands Rewilding and Tayvallich Initiative developed and signed a first-of-a-kind land management Memorandum of Understanding and represents…
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FM to examine Oban cancer care cut
The First Minister has been urged to intervene after blood cancer patients as face lengthy journeys due to a specialist shortage in Oban
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“No info extracted or published” after council victim of cyber attack
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is making “”steady progress” in its work to restore the full delivery of services following the attack on November 7.
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The potential of peat
Peatland restoration could be a new rural industry, the Highlands and Islands’ Green MSP said, hosting a Holyrood exhibition to enthuse MSPs about the importance of this “globally rare habitat and vital carbon store”
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Asset transfer reinvigorates Lochaber community
Communities on the eastern side of Loch Linnhe are the latest to benefit from a successful completion of another Forestry and Land Scotland community asset transfer.