Category: Oban
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Lorn Healthy Options weekly health tip: The final destination of a doughnut
Like an overflowing sink with the tap turned on and the plug in, excess energy must go somewhere.
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Oban War Memorial – 100 years
The second week of November has been set aside traditionally for remembering the fallen of the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts, writes Mhairi Livingstone. Armistice parades, ceremonies of wreath-laying and the playing of pipe laments have been organised annually for as long as anyone can remember. Gatherings around cenotaphs and memorials, great and small,…
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Emergency fund activated
Although there will be emergency funding help from the UK Government’s Bellwin Scheme, Argyll and Bute will still have to fork out the first £529,000 for repairs and rebuilds after severe rainfall took its toll on the region’s roads network and services.
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Glasgow Letter – 26.10.23
Readers may recall my recent preview of Gun Sireadh Gun Iarraidh. Well, the concert in Paisley Town Hall did not disappoint.
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Thought for the Week – 26.10.23
Over the years, I have read many accounts of the justice-seeking, peace-making efforts of (un)common folk, every day citizens in the Middle East. With you, I was discouraged by the terrible violence in Israel and in Gaza that has, in a matter of days, seemingly wiped-out years of peace-making effort. It starts young. A little…
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Brodie beats off competition to be crowned overall champion
Glasgow student is this year’s winner of prestigious Lochnell Intermediate Piping Championships for professional solo pipers aged under 22.
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Body found in Glen Etive in search for missing hillwalker
Police say it has informed the family of Charles Kelly. The body of the man has yet to be formally identified.
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The harp’s delight
Magic often happens at the Mòd, and the ‘clàrsach intermediate 2 for grades 3-4’ was one of those moments
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Clean sweep for West Coast choirs
Congratulations to Islay Gaelic Choir who won the puirt, Lochs Gaelic Choir who won the Lorn Shield and Bùrach who won the Sheriff