Category: Argyll and Bute
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‘It will happen again, often’: MSP calls for travel summit before next disaster
Argyll’s MSP has called for a travel summit after last weekend’s extreme rainfall caused severe disruption and damage to the road network
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“Keep on singing. We need you in the Gaelic world”
For every competitor, reaching the Royal National Mòd is a great triumph to make them, their families and their communities proud
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Young singers strike the right Gaelic storytelling notes
It was a successful day for West Highland singers at this year’s Royal National Mòd on Monday, with talented youngsters enthralling spectators in Paisley.
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Warming seas and jellyfish blamed for “record” farmed salmon deaths and harvest drop
Salmon farming, one of the Highlands and Islands’ largest employers, suffered a “record” rise in fish mortalities and fall in production last year, blamed on climate change and jellyfish blooms
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Appeal following Tarbet housebreakings
Police are appealing for information following break-ins in the Ballyhennan Crescent area of Tarbet near Arrochar.
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O’Hara confirmed as SNP candidate for Argyll and South Lochaber seat
Argyll and Bute’s current SNP MP Brendan O’Hara has been selected to represent the party again at the next general election, for the newly expanded seat of Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber. Mr O’Hara, who was first elected to the Argyll and Bute constituency in 2015, said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been selected…
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Alcohol byelaws unchanged
Council chiefs are set to continue with byelaws on the consumption of alcohol in Argyll and Bute, a report has revealed
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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