Category: News
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Inspiring progress at Inveraray Pier
Work is progressing apace on Inveraray Pier, despite the inclement weather last week. Inspire Inveraray, the community group behind the purchase and refurbishment of the pier, said earlier this week that new ladders and railings had been installed on the stairs and pier walls. Timber runners, which will protect the ladders and slipway from being…
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Santa swoops in to visit youngsters in Kyle of Lochalsh
Santa arrived in style to this year’s Santa’s Grotto, marking the beginning of the busiest grotto the lifeboat station has ever held.
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Staff at West Highland colleges set to strike
UNISON members working at UHI Argyll, and UHI North, West and Hebrides could walkout next year in a long running dispute.
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MacPhee & Partners are a winning team
The ceremony took place in Glasgow, on November 15, and was attended by over 300 guests from across a variety of legal disciplines.
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Unanimous support for Dervaig outdoor memorial
Most communities on Mull have their own war memorial outside to show their respects but Dervaig has not – but it might in the future.
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Reopening Kilchrenan School was not a ‘viable option’
The current annual cost of mothballing Kilchrenan School is £13,317 but the council needs to allocate its resources in a way that ensures the quality of all of its services, Argyll and Bute Council’s community services committee will be told on Thursday December 14.
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NHS Highland appointments new chief executive
Ms Davies will take up post on April 1, 2024, when the current post holder, Pamela Dudek, will retire.
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Highlands Rewilding completes land sale to Tayvallich community
Tayvallich Initiative has completed the purchase of 19 hectares of land on Tayvallich Estate from owner Highlands Rewilding. This comes six months after Highlands Rewilding and Tayvallich Initiative developed and signed a first-of-a-kind land management Memorandum of Understanding and represents a unique approach to boosting community prosperity from natural capital. This Highlands Rewilding – Tayvallich…
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Gotta Love Oban vouchers!
This Oban couple were at BID4Oban’s office this week to be presented with £250 of Love Oban vouchers after being picked at random from entrants who collected three weeks worth of vouchers in The Oban Times to win the competition.