Category: News
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Bill re-elected community council chairman
Bill Calderwood was re-elected unopposed as chairman of the Arran Community Council at their agm last week.
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Council seeks new contractor to complete island road markings
North Ayrshire Council has revealed that it is struggling to secure a contractor to paint the road markings on Arran’s roads owing to the difficulties firms face in booking accommodation and travel.
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Island takes a battering from Storm Ciarán
While Arran may have escaped the worst of the ravages of Storm Ciarán, compared to those living in the east coast of Scotland and other parts of the UK, the combined high tides and high winds still left a trail of destruction across the island.
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WHOA help raise funds for new picnic bench
To help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the live What’s Happening on Arran (WHOAH) show, the producers have started a crowdfunding campaign to reinstate a picnic bench that used to provide respite on the Glen Rosa loop trail, near Cnocan Gorge.
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Keep warm advice in Brodick
Home Energy Scotland will be on Arran today (Friday) offering free advice on how to keep warm this winter.
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The final chapter
Two long-serving Arran ministers – the Reverend John G Webster and the Reverend Dr Ian Macleod – together at the doors of Kilmory Church after they preached the last service on Sunday. Kilmory is the fourth and final Church of Scotland to close on the island this year in a restructing plan. 01_B45front01_kilmory_church
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End of an era for Rotary Christmas post
Rotary have decided not to carry on as they no longer have the resources to deliver about 4000 items across South Kintyre.
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Hope of settlement to end school strikes
All school strikes in Scotland have been suspended while local government union, Unison ballots its members on the latest pay offer from council body Cosla.
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Hip operation waiting times triple in Ayrshire and Arran
Residents on Arran are waiting three times longer for a hip operation than they did five years ago, research released by Reform Scotland has found.
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Auroras light up the night sky
Photographers, hoping to catch the fireworks and bonfires on Sunday night, got more than they bargained for and were treated to one of nature’s rare spectacles when their photographs inadvertently captured the aurora borealis.