Category: Campbeltown Courier
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Renewed appeal for missing Lanarkshire man
Police have renewed an appeal for information to help trace a Lanarkshire man that has been missing from the Arrochar area for more than a year.
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Argyll could end up ‘bankless’
A study by AI and analytics SAS has found that Argyll and Bute could be ‘bankless’ in the future. The study of seven of the country’s major banks found that Argyll had lost 94 per cent of its branches in the last three years and if that rate of closures continues, the area will have…
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Health inspectors not visited hospitals for five years
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has only visited Campbeltown Hospital once and Mid Argyll Argyll Community Hospital twice since the quango was set up in 2011. The organisation was set up to inspect Scotland’s hospitals but in some hospitals have been never visited, says Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron. Many others, including Campbeltown and Mid Argyll,…
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Spotlight on protecting women and girls from violence
Buildings throughout Argyll and Bute will be illuminated in green, white, purple and orange in support of UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (VAWG) campaign
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Council tax move could help tackle housing emergency
Argyll and Bute councillors have approved proposals to tackle the area’s housing emergency by using new Scottish Government powers on council tax charges
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Bid to bring empty business buildings back to life
Councillors have approved plans to boost Argyll and Bute’s economy by bringing empty business properties back into use throughout the area
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Councillor in awards final
A councillor for Kintyre and the Islands recently reached the finals of the annual councillor awards for Scotland. Alastair Redman, from Islay, was on the short leet of five for the community champion prize, which recognises the hard work and dedication to community by councillors. He lost out to Councillor Ruairi Kelly of Glasgow City…
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Council tax set to double on second homes in Argyll
In a bid to tackle Argyll and Bute’s housing emergency, councillors have voted to double council tax on second homes from next spring, if MSPs pass legislation as expected, and it may be tripled in the future
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Thought for the Week, November 24 2023
It is not the ‘commandments’ of religion that have been the cause of atrocities and violence in recent weeks, but their transgression in pursuit of power, land, provocation, revenge, hatred and, to put it bluntly: all that is evil.