Category: Oban
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Launch! Film night swells RNLI funds
A film night at Seil Community Cinema raised more than £250 for the RNLI. After the screening of the archive film Launch! on Saturday November 4, there was a Q&A session with some of Oban lifeboat’s crew. The film coincided with Covid when it first came out and and never made it to Oban. Topics…
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Wreath-making in Gaelic
Mull and Iona Gaelic Partnership is running two Christmas wreath-making workshops at Tobermory Scout Hall on Saturday November 25.
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At Random – 9.11.23
Challenging times These are concerning times for a number of businesses in Oban, the details for which were amply illustrated in last week’s paper after flood-hit firms pleaded for a council amnesty on rent and rates. Argyll and Bute Council was fairly non-committal but I would urge those local authority officers with the power to…
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Oban man rebuilt life after car crash to become top author in America
Oban man Robbie Sheerin overcame loss of friend and beat dyslexia to become award-winning writer.
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Loch Lomond conservationists feel wind of change
A national park conservation charity, Friends of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, has changed its stance towards large scale renewable energy projects due to the climate crisis
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No more hiding in corners for Mr BearScots 2023
Campbeltown’s Sean Beasley took the title at October’s annual BearScots Festival in Edinburgh.
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Have you got your ticket for Oban’s Big Quiz Night?
The event will see teams from around Argyll taking part in the biggest nationwide quiz in aid of Tearfund.
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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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Arran skies light up on bonfire night
The skies all over Arran were lit up with bonfires and fireworks last weekend.