Category: Oban
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Behind The Scenes @ Atlantis – 7.12.23
With events, clubs, sessions and activities continuing with their familiar bustle, it’s been another full month.
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Bungled start to harbour consultation
The first day of consultation was officially November 30 but that was “marred” by the incorrect version of a key document on Argyll and Bute Council’s website, says Oban Community Harbour Association.
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West Highland Line rail disruption expected
Some services travelling from Glasgow Queen Street to Fort William, Mallaig and Oban are expected to be cancelled on Thursday, with heavy rain and winds set to hit Scotland.
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Help keep Oban shining
This year’s festive lights for Oban were purchased and fundraising has gone on throughout the year but there is still a deficit to pay. so the appeal for donations continues
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At Random with Martin Laing – Thursday December 7 2023
Utter disdain I chose the wee headline tag above for a number of reasons. First: it is my instinctive and immediate reaction to the words of Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson, who said asylum seekers should be sent to Scottish islands if the government’s illegal Rwanda plan fell through. With complete ignorance of his subject,…
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Married man guilty of raping teenager in Oban
A married barman who raped a teenage girl in bushes near a music and conference venue has been jailed.
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What’s In This Week’s Oban Times – 6th December 2023
A Gofundme campaign has raised £5,155 and counting to help a Benderloch couple left homeless after a landslide flattened their new house.
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Ballet teacher cleared of having sex with students while in position of trust
Jonathan Barton, 41, was accused of a total of eight sexual offences against eight girls at a dance school on Argyll and Bute between 2004 and 2019
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Union raises Tiree care home concerns
GMB Scotland has reported that four of their union members employed at the Tighe A Rudha home in Scarinish are off work with stress after a long-running dispute.