Category: News
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Hundreds raised for Longsdale football pitch after vandals destroy goals
An Oban teenager and his pals have smashed a fundraising target to buy goals for their local football pitch in Longsdale, after a set was vandalised – twice
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West Lochfyneside church introduces mid-week service
A new, mid-week service is being introduced by West Lochfyneside Parish Church of Scotland. The trial day, starting on November 22, is to provide a service for people who cannot get to the usual Sunday service and will take place in Inveraray Church Hall. The Rev Dorothy Wallace explained: “Since I arrived in West Lochfyneside,…
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Argyll Beaver Centre in community ownership
Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation (HAWO) has taken over the ownership of Barrandaimh farmhouse – home of the Argyll Beaver Centre. Originally owned by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), the sale was recently completed to Mid Argyll community group. The group’s successful asset transfer request centred on the purchase of 0.52 hectares of land in…
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Remembrance in Tarbert
Tarbert paid its respects on both November 11, Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday November 12 at the cenotaph overlooking the harbour. A short service took place on Saturday at the war memorial, followed by the parade from the quay to the cenotaph, led by Loch Fyne Pipe Band, on Sunday. As well as representatives from…
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Bid to erase Savile’s Glencoe home with new design in memory of mountaineer
A plan to demolish paedophile TV presenter Jimmy Savile’s holiday house in Glencoe and supplant it with a family home honouring a different famous resident has been revealed in an application to Highland Council. Savile, who was unmasked as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders, owned Allt-na-Reigh cottage by the A82, overlooking the Bidean…
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Biggest Map of Scotland visits Oban
The puzzling skills of Oban youngsters were put to the test on Saturday November 13 as they tackled a jigsaw of the largest map of Scotland.
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Traffic lights in place after A83 ditch washout
A roadside ditch between Cairndow and the Rest & Be Thankful viewpoint has overflowed, causing some traffic disruption in the area.
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New Lochgilphead store packed
Morrison’s opened for its first day of trading on Friday. The newly-refurbished store on Argyll Street, Lochgilphead, was packed all day as folk came to see what had happened to the former RSMcColl shop. The supermarket giant group saved McColls from administration in May last year in a £190million rescue deal. Some of the McColls…
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Police officer who relocated to Argyll shortlisted for national award
A police constable who relocated to Argyll after being injured in a car crash has been shortlisted for a national awards ceremony. PC Laura Evans devotes her time to helping elderly and vulnerable people in Argyll after moving from the central belt where she held national roles in Glasgow and Lanarkshire. The officer, who has…
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Sun shines on Oban’s poignant Remembrance Parade
Hundreds of people gathered on a beautiful and calm day to take part in the Oban Remembrance Parade’s journey from the Corran Halls to the war memorial at the entrance to Oban Bay.