Category: Oban
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SuperDraw raises £5k in first year for Oban Hospice
The Oban Hospice SuperDraw celebrated its first birthday last Friday at the Dove Centre on Stevenson Street, Oban. This month’s winner of the £200 prize was Carol MacIntyre, with the second prize of £50 going to Hazel Evans. Picking the winning numbers was Nan Johnstone, who won the top prize of £200 in the first…
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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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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.
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Rural migration in an independent Scotland
A new paper has set out how a new Live in Scotland Visa would help to address depopulation in rural areas.
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Sun fails to shine on Bob as disappointing display dents pursuit of top 50 place
Oban man will need to galvanise himself for season run-in after poor South African showing.
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Get your trad votes in
With more than 110 artists and organisations in the running across 22 categories in the MG Alba event, public voting is open now until November 19.
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Travelling tartan suit on fundraising quest for MND
The eye-catching two-piece is embarking on a fundraising odyssey throughout the UK – and possibly worldwide – for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
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The Rocks Leisure Group named Independent Multiple Operator of the Year
Highlands and islands hospitality group awarded major accolade at industry awards
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Allan Campbell – 9.11.23
Air an deireadh sheachdain seo chaidh bha e na thoileachas dhomhsa cothrom a ghabhail air dà thachartas a dhùisg mòran cianalais a thaobh Eilean m’ àraich. B’ e fear dhiubh sin taisbeanadh de sheallaidhean às an Eilean Sgitheanach bho dhealbhadair ealanta. Am fear eile, òraid inntinneach aig Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis mu bheagan de dh’eachdraidh…