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DisCHORD: Council has serious questions to answer on Oban marina project

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Oban Bay What follows adds up to a picture  - so unprofessional, so bizarre and so illogical, so utterly and determinedly devoid

Another accident on the ‘safe’ walking route at Tarbet as Arrochar parents attract Herald coverage

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Another A83 accident at Tarbet The national daily newspaper, The Herald, yesterday carried a substantial article on the campaign by parents

Furnace at play

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Oldies pack the goal in Furnace Football Match Hillary Clinton once wrote a book with a telling title, It takes a village - and it does. The Loch Fyneside village of Furnace,

Watch Argyll’s west coast beaches for the St Kilda Mailboat

Monday, August 30th, 2010
NTS St Kilda mailboat 2010 Some mailboats are bigger than others. Some need a serious infrastructure to enable them to deliver. Others can land anywhere.

City of Adelaide to go to… city of Adelaide

Sunday, August 29th, 2010
City of Adelaide at Irvine May 2009 The rotting hulk on an Ayrshire shore at Irvine, known as The Carrick, is, at 145 years old, the last surviving clipper

2010 Cowal Championships: inspiring Argyll pipe band results

Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Dollar Academy Pipe Band with Sylvester McCoy at 2010 Cowal Gathering Thousands flocked to Scotland’s biggest highland games, Cowal Highland Gathering in Dunoon on Saturday 28th August.

Young in Argyll: Ellis Cameron on night, day and (great) tips on eBay

Sunday, August 29th, 2010
Cakes at Benderloch Fairat Sticking it on Last week I was working as usual, playing about and discovering new things. I've recently found a flat to live in

Record results: the 2010 Stormcats Islay Tope Fishing Competition

Friday, August 27th, 2010
Islay tope Fishing Winner The annual StormCats Islay Tope Fishing Competition took place on Lochindaal last weekend - in variable conditions.

Round Kerrera: the inaugural Oban Sea Kayak Race

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Sea kayakers off Dunollie Castle The first thought here is 'Oh bliss'; the second 'But an Eskimo Roll?'; and the third 'Envy'. The vital spark is 4th September 2010.
Attorney General calls for Kelly files Hutton locked up for 70 years
September 2nd, 2010
UK Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, has called for the files on the post-mortem
Stewart Stevenson could single-handedly lose Argyll for the SNP
September 2nd, 2010
Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson's blithe announcement
Secretary of State for Defence replies to McGrigor on Kintyre Chinook crash review
September 2nd, 2010
Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence has replied to Jamie McGrigor,
Oban Lifeboat on short medevac to Kerrera
September 1st, 2010
The Oban lifeboat launched late last night
Woman’s body recovered from Kyles of Bute
September 1st, 2010
We understand from Strathclyde Police that, at 13.20 yesterday -
Strange Council announcement of rejection of Oban marina plan
August 31st, 2010
Argyll and Bute Council has decided not to part-fund a yacht berthing facility i
Mid Argyll Pipe Band: the next generation going boldly
August 31st, 2010
There was the Mid Argyll Collection book launch event and the unique Random Aspekts
Luing at war: is this the shortest AGM on record?
August 31st, 2010
In the continuing ranks of division over the proposal to build
The aircraft carriers: flog one, share one?
August 31st, 2010
The Strategic Defence Review is offering us a positively gladiatorial sport -
Mather plays Home Rule card against anti-Independence Referendum Lib-Dems
August 30th, 2010
Media reports over the past weekend suggest that the Tavish Scott, Leader of
Shellfish warning: rise in algal toxin levels in Argyll waters
August 30th, 2010
Raised levels of naturally occurring algal toxins have been identified
Hitler can’t get to Barrafest: is this the best promotional video?
August 30th, 2010
This comes by courtesy of Bill Jardine, distingjuished former editor of the Dunoon Observer
Rothesay Academy librarian in final shortlist for UK award
August 30th, 2010
Shiona Lawson, who works for Argyll and Bute Council at Rothesay Academy on Bute,
Funding go-ahead for start of SAMS Marine Science Park at Dunstaffnage
August 30th, 2010
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) as taken a lead role in the establishment
Team Bruichladdich finish in top 5 at Hungaroring
August 29th, 2010
Islay's Team Bruichladdich have scored their second successive top-five finish in the Le Man Series
Today: commemorative service from St Kilda to mark 80th anniversary of evacuation
August 29th, 2010
Today, Sunday 29th August 2010 at 3.00pm, Radio na Gaidheal is broadcasting
Argyll and Bute Concert Tours commissions composer to create the Argyll Suite
August 28th, 2010
Here's a first of some moment. The 2010-2011 season of chamber music concerts
RNLI Sea Safety Roadshows at Sandbank and Portavadie Marinas
August 27th, 2010
Te RNLI Sea Safety Radshow, with former Coxswain of Oban Lifeboat,
First Minister announces funding for Film G’s Gaelic shorts
August 27th, 2010
And we're not talking boxers here - or only if they're Gaelic speaking pugilists. Alex Salmond, visiting today (27th August) the inspiring and wonderfully located Gaelic College on Skye, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, announced funding to help train aspiring film-makers. The First Minister  ...
Argyll and Bute Planning Applications for week to 27th August 2010
August 27th, 2010
Argyll and Bute Planning Applications for week to 27th August 2010.
More vision for Bute 2020
August 27th, 2010
Bute has held a follow-up session, building on the Bute 2020 event held in January,
Maersk donates £500 to Tony Greener’s swim for Calum’s Cabin
August 27th, 2010
Tony Greener, Maersk's manager of the UK Fleet Group, last Sunday, 22nd August, swam 10.5km
Buteman’s owner improving performance but crippled by bank costs
August 27th, 2010
Johnston Press, owner of one of Argyll'spectrum of  great local newspapers, The Buteman,
Advertising Standards Authority bans BT’s new broadband ad for misleading claim
August 25th, 2010
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned BT
5 star inspection report for Helensburgh’s Hermitage Academy
August 25th, 2010
An official inspection of Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh has praised the school for every aspect
Fiddle free at Strachur
August 25th, 2010
Mike Vass, Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop’s new tutor and
Ardmaleish Boatbuilders exemplifies small business benefit from rates relief
August 25th, 2010
Figures published this week show an estimated 18% rise in Scottish small business
Ian Hosack 17.6.1905-21.8.2010: tribute from Jim Mather
August 25th, 2010
Grand Old Man of Argyll & Bute SNP, the sudden death of Ian Hosack in Dunoon Hospital on Saturday
Mid Argyll Camera Club Dalriada Exhibition
August 25th, 2010
The Mid Argyll Camera Club is exhibiting photographs of Dalriada
More road works and road closure on A83
August 25th, 2010
Scotland Transerv has announced more roadworks to two stretches of the A83

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