Alison Barr, former Head Teacher at Argyll’s Iona Primary Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Inveraray & District Junior Piping & Drumming competition
The 2010 Inveraray & District Junior Piping & Drumming competition is on Saturday 1st May, with a 9.30am start at Inveraray Primary School. A total of 120 entries have been received for this year’s event.
Inveraray Pipe Band sponsored lock-in at Inveraray Jail
You may laugh – but you wouldn’t if you were there and they won’t be laughing. They’ll be asking themselves: ‘What was that?’; ‘Did something touch me?’; ‘That’s a sudden breath of cold air?’.
Would you change places with them?
You can sponsor them to stay there, though – through any of the band members of by handing in donations at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Inveraray.
The young players are doing this to raise funds to help pay the costs of their first year of competition at Grade 1, the top level, after their unbeaten World Champion run at Grade 2 last year.
Their date with destiny is 3rd April, locked in from 10.00pm to 8.00am the following morning.
Curry and Bingo night fundraiser at George Hotel Inveraray
Sunday 28th March will see a Curry and Bingo night at Inveraray’s George Hotel (6.30pm for 7.00pm) – as a fund raiser to help World Champions at Grade 2, Inveraray and District Pipe Band to meet th costs 0f their first year in competition at Grade 1, the highest level.
Pipe Band fund raisers: curry, bingo and a lock-in at Inveraray Jail
Can you take the heat of the curry and the tension of a night Continue reading
Michael Russell falls foul of the ‘how to floor a Sports Minister’ routine
The Sports Ministry is notorious for getting ministers who know little Continue reading
Court of Session rejects Government decision on Stacain windfarm
Describing a Scottish Government decision as ‘fundamentally flawed’, Continue reading
BBC Trust sits on its hands over BBC Alba
Never the most decisive or authoritative body, the current BBC Trust, Continue reading
Saltire Prize opens for applications

No small prize this – the biggest Government innovation prize in the world, Scotland’s Saltire Prize Continue reading
Mather reinforces Argyll’s concerns on Cold Weather Payments
Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP, has again contacted the Department Continue reading








