Category: Oban Times
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Rail fares increase level confirmed
Following an extended fares freeze for season tickets and flexipasses in Scotland, from April 1 all ScotRail fares will increase by 8.7 percent.
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Lundavra pupils make music at Morrisons
All money raised will help with the purchase of personalised school sweat shirts.
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Tree festival spreads joy
Lismore groups, businesses and individuals came up with imaginative designs for the island church’s Christmas tree festival.
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High Court appeal hits the buffers for Jacobite operators
West Coast Railway (WCR) challenged a decision by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to revoke an exemption which allows heritage trains to run on the main network even though they are not fitted with full central locking swing doors.
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Connel Bridge £2M walkway opens
A cantilevered walkway has been opened on the east side of the A828 Connel Bridge across the Falls of Lora at the mouth of Loch Etive
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Late journalist’s book to raise money for prostate cancer charity
A highly respected journalist whose “wonderful” weekly newspaper columns had the ability to make his readers both laugh and cry will continue to help people even after his death from prostate cancer
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Christmas message from the Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute
Each festive season brings, along with hope and anticipation, a chance to reflect on the year just past. A common theme for me each year, in this contemplation, is the tremendous community spirit that is always so evident and so characteristic of Argyll and Bute. Regardless of the demands of the occasion or of circumstances,…
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A more leisurely life beckons for Mr MacKenzie
Lochaber High School teacher Bill MacKenzie retires after 29 years at the school.
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Rockfield starts £50,000 appeal to help save centre
Oban’s Rockfield Centre has launched a £50,000 crowdfunding campaign “to keep the doors open”