Category: News
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Early evening light show spreads a little ‘star dust’ over Gigha
The UK Meteor Network confirmed that it had received numerous reports about sightings over Scotland on November 7.
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Ministers say no to funding new Screen Machine
The at-risk Screen Machine, a popular mobile cinema bringing films to rural areas, will not receive financial help from the Scottish Government. The lease of the current lorry runs out in April 2024 and there is a real possibility it will no longer be able to provide the service to places including Lochgilphead, Tarbert and…
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Christmas postal service returns in new guise
Kintyre’s Christmas postal service is making a welcome return this year, thanks to Campbeltown youth support group The Hub
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Man arrested for stealing camera
Police on the Isle of Barra have charged a man with theft after a camera was stolen at Barra Airport earlier this year.
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An Introduction to the Cameron of Lochiel collection
On the Wednesday November 22 members of the community are invited along to a curated display of some of the collection’s highlights.
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Taking a dive for RBLS
Six Royal British Legion Scotland (RBLS) associates have boosted the charity’s coffers by £2,000. The adventurers took part in tandem sky-dives at Fife Airport last month, including two members of the Inveraray and District branch, Ian Lindsay and Alex Wallace. While the original sky-dives were due to take pace in September, bad weather meant the…
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Seven months in prison after Islay incident
Sheriff Euan Cameron sentenced a man to seven months in jail for violent, abusive and drunken behaviour in a hotel on Islay.
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Author gives lowdown on Highland landscapes
Highland landscapes will give the lie of the land at a special event on Luing this month celebrating Book Week Scotland. Seil author James Fenton will be at the Atlantic Islands Centre from 1.30pm to 3pm this Saturday, November 18 to talk about his new book Landscape Change in the Scottish Highlands: Imagination and Reality …
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‘Skye is not for sale’: councillors object to power line upgrade
In the closest of votes, Highland councillors have objected to SSEN’s proposals to build a “massive” power line from Fort Augustus to the Isle of Skye