Today’s travel updates

Friday, January 27th, 2012
(Updated 12.30) Weather. Roads.  Ferries. Information sources.

Costa Sneddonia refloated: council submission to Rural Education Commission

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Kilmory on 5th Jan 2011 Education Director Cleland Sneddon's cruise to close rural schools in Argyll was given to sailing too close

Transport Minister receives road safety petition from Dalmally

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Keith Brown and Michael Russell at Dalmally Argyll and Bute's MSP, Michael Russell, has presented a petition to Transport Minister, Keith Brown,

Muirfield Action Group lays bare derelict Angus Council case

Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The latest revelations on Angus Council's presentation of its case to close Muirfield School have borne fruit.

MOVE at warp speed in Celtic Connections

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
MOVE1 The lights dim. Sharp light picks out a single piper - and the bagpipes sing as few of us have heard them sing.

Ellis Cameron: Save, save, save

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
So it’s early days in 2012, but it’s the time of year that my spending needs to be curbed a little, as I’m not quite as flush

Kilmodan School’s Play Scotland design success

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Kimodan success In 1991 the UK Government signed up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  There are 42 articles set out entitled rights for children. In order to celebrate 20 years of children's rights in Scotland, Play Scotland asked children to design a birthday card and  were overwhelmed - with over 900 entries received. The ...

Council safety assurances also victim of Arbroath Westway crash

Saturday, January 21st, 2012
westway crash © Arbroath Herald You are looking at what was a bus shelter. It was - and what was left of it still is - on the footpath on the Westway,

Ewan Kennedy: Legal issues for environmentalists

Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Parliament House, Edinburgh, by Maccoinnich GNU Free Documentation I thought it would be helpful to have a look at the sort of legal problems individuals and campaign groups are likely

Another score for Argyll First campaign as Transport Minister details investigation to improve A83

Friday, January 20th, 2012
Argyll First's campaign, Sign for the A83, has a major score to its credit already.

RSPB Scotland says first step in new fisheries strategy must protect our seas

January 27th, 2012
RSPB Scotland has today (27th January) warned

Argyll and Bute planning applications for week ending 27th January 2012

January 27th, 2012
Argyll and Bute planning applications

Education Secretary invoved in rescue plan for Plockton Traditional Music School

January 27th, 2012
Those involved in the Scottish traditional music world and those who just love the music,

Packed Ardchattan Community Council hears Oban-Bonawe bus under threat

January 27th, 2012
At tonight’s (26th January 2012) meeting of Ardchattan Community Council,

Time for Dunoon to take stock of its ferry services?

January 26th, 2012
A lot of perspectives have come together recently, indicating that Dunoon needs

Opportunity for Argyll applications to Healthy Communities Small Grant scheme

January 26th, 2012
The Health Lottery has now raised £50 million

Bleak future for deteriorating former Rothesay Academy buildings – exclusive pictures

January 26th, 2012
It’s a shock to see the condition of the old Rothesay Academy site at Chapelhill.

Ideas on reversing SPT’s decision to axe Helensburgh’s Seabus

January 26th, 2012
Jackie Baillie, Labour MSP for Dumbarton is working to get SPT's decision to axe the Helensburgh element of the Seabus service to Kilcreggan and on to Gourock in Inverclyde. Stuart McMilllan MSP has confirmed his support for Jackie Baillie's parliamentary notion ...

Letter from Patrick Maclean, former Coxswain of Oban Lifeboat, on council plans for North Pier

January 25th, 2012
'Having just returned from holiday I have become aware of Argyll & Bute council’s proposal

First Minister launches referendum consultation

January 25th, 2012
This is the press release just issued by the Scottish Government. We will make

Council budget papers – of a kind – are to be published on 26th January

January 25th, 2012
(Updated below) Papers relating to the 2012-13 budget for Argyll and Bute are to be published tomorrow,

That 8 minute meeting and the council Executive committee

January 25th, 2012
The Argyll First group has consistently campaigned against the anti-democratic Executive

Redknapp’s accountant didn’t know of offshore bank account

January 24th, 2012
The real question is

MSP fights discriminatory Woolworths severance terms

January 24th, 2012
Dave Thompson, former Highlands and Islands MSP and now the constituency MSP

Robb concerned at change to payment requirement for Helensburgh developer

January 24th, 2012
Argyll and Bute Council's planning committee decided,

West Coast Motors MD calls for government action on A83 campaign

January 24th, 2012
West Coast Motors, a major Argyll business, has issued

Water charges frozen for a fourth successive year

January 24th, 2012
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Secretary Alex Neil today

Farmers and crofters offered free RSPB farmland bird survey

January 24th, 2012
As RSPB Scotland's Volunteer & Farmer Alliance project celebrates its 10th anniversary,

Jackie Baillie: SPT’s decision to axe Helensburgh ferry ‘must be reversed’

January 24th, 2012
Jackie Baillie, MSP with responsibility for Helensburgh and Lomond

HMS Argyll in Strait of Hormuz gambit

January 23rd, 2012
Some hours before the EU declared that, from 1st July 2012,

Cowal’s Walking Theatre Company attracts Canadian connection for a new play

January 23rd, 2012
The link with Argyll itself to this exciting development is a coincidental one through the Isle of Lismore.

Any spare accordions to help musical children on Islay?

January 23rd, 2012
(Update below, 24th January) Feis Ile, the Islay Festival of Music and Dance, has been organising accordion lessons

8 minutes: Is this the shortest and most expensive council meeting ever?

January 23rd, 2012
(Update and Council statement below) On Thursday 19th January, a meeting of Argyll and Bute Council was scheduled

Federation of Small Businesses supports Sign for the A83 campaign

January 23rd, 2012
The FSB is supporting the recently announced petition

Angus Council: What an Eassie web we weave…

January 22nd, 2012
Yesterday the Dundee Courier carried a story about the attempted closure of Eassie Primary School

Will Oban’s Ganavan Sands get the sand back for the summer?

January 22nd, 2012
The Scottish and UK national press yesterday (21st January 2012)

Primitive hounding of Goodwin says more about us than him

January 21st, 2012
This happened before in the immediate aftermath of the Treasury's rescue from collapse

Deadline extended for Ulva Community Trust job on Mull

January 21st, 2012
The deadline for applications for the post of Local Development Officer

CalMac issues warning of possible weather disruption to ferry travel over the weekend

January 20th, 2012
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) is warning of possible disruptions

Argyll and Bute Planning Applications for week ending 20th January 2012

January 20th, 2012
Argyll and Bute Planning Applications