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Monthly Archives: August 2010

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Jim Mather pays tribute to socalist hero Jimmy Reid

Posted on August 12, 2010 by newsroom

Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP and Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, has paid tribute to Jimmy Reid, Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, People, Politics | Tagged Argyll, Clyde, died, Jim Mather, Jiummy Reid, lock in, ship building, trade unionist, tribute, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders | 5 Comments

Piping Live 2010 exclusively on BBC ALBA

Posted on August 11, 2010 by newsroom

With Piping Live! 2010 taking Glasgow by storm this week, Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Gaelic Culture, Music | Tagged Argyll, BBC Alba, coverge, Gaelic, Glasgow, piping, Piping Live, world piping championships | Leave a comment

Suzanne Pilley murder: Glen Croe to see major search this weekend

Posted on August 11, 2010 by newsroom

Following new information, Lothian and Borders Police are mounting a major Continue reading →

Posted in Community News | Tagged Alison Gilroy, Argyll, David Gilroy, glen croe, Lothian Borders Police, mountain rescue, murder, murder charge, search, Suzanne Pilley | Leave a comment

Live music to care

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

In an imaginative initiative, patients and residents at six different Argyll care units Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Music | Tagged Ardrishaig, Argyll, campbeltown, care homes, charity, live music, Lochgilphead, music in hospitals | Leave a comment

CalMac curries favour: Tiree a Coll curry from Barra

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

Let no one say your choices are limited if you live on an island Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Hebridean islands | Tagged Argyll, Barra, Coll, curry, golf, tiree | Leave a comment

Oban LIfeboat launches to emergency beacon

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

The Oban Lifeboat, the Mora Edith Macdonald, was called out at twenty past midnight Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, defence | Tagged Argyll, digital signal, emergency beacon, GLONASS, GPs, Kerrera, Oban Marina, ObanLifeboat, SAR | Leave a comment

Argyll and Bute: connected, competitive and collaborative………

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

This is one of those come-to-me-go-from-me moments. Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Local Government, Renewable Energy | Tagged action plan, Argyll, Argyll & Bute Council, Economic development, infrastructure, Renewable Energy, slogans, sustainable, template, Wendy Alexander | 5 Comments

The Arrochar school bus saga: If you can pay your child will be safe

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

It has now emerged in correspondence from a spokesperson for Argyll and Bute Council Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Local Government, Schools | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute Council, Arrochar school bus, child safety, payment, private, social justice | 13 Comments

Dutch angler lands SSACN’s 1,000th tagged shark

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

!,000th shar taged for SSACN

The Scottish Shark Tagging Programme (SSTP), run by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network Continue reading →

Posted in Angling, Marine Environment, News, Tourism activities | Tagged 1000th shark, Argyll, ban, conservation, data gathering, shark finning, shark tagging, SSACN, Tope | Leave a comment

Three Wee Crows in Summer Season at St Conan’s Kirk Lochawe

Posted on August 10, 2010 by newsroom

Three wee crows August 2010

The Three Wee Crows Theatre Company  – whose work really does have to be seen – has resumed its summer season Continue reading →

Posted in News, storytelling, Theatre, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, folktale, Lochawe, St Conans KIrk, storytelling, Theatre, Three Wee Crows, Wildlife | Leave a comment

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