ForArgyll on Pause
For the last few weeks nothing has been published on ForArgyll. Not because the scammers have the better of us, nor because there has ...
12 months ago
Here’s how the ‘BT Broadband Security’ scam works – a victim’s narrative
The main reason why there has been no recent activity on For Argyll is because the editor became the victim of a very sophisticated ...
1 year ago
Dunoon Burgh Hall team offers restored chairs for sponsorship
A limited number of elegant cast iron and plywood chairs are being restored before their reinstatement on the balcony of the main hall ...
1 year ago
Police Service for Scotland Lochgilphead: police reports fo week to 1st August 2016
Theft of Electricity
About 11.55am on Thursday 28th July, an Electricity Meter Bypass device was discovered at a flat in Lochgilphead. ...
1 year ago
Lochaline Community Marina adds new moorings
The community run marina at Lochaline on the Morvern coast on the north side of the Sound of Mull, has expanded its capacity with the ...
1 year ago
South Kintyre artist’s studio shortlisted in 2016 Structural Awards
The Structural Awards are held every year in London to recognise the world’s most talented structural designers, showcase the ...
1 year ago
Inverarary & District Grade 1 Pipe Band win Scottish Championships with the perfect score
[Updated below with other Argyll bands’ performance results] Inveraray and District Pipe Band won Grade 1 at the Scottish Pipe ...
1 year ago
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival LIVE exclusively on BBC ALBA
BBC ALBA as The Tartan Heart Festival returns to our TV screens with is airing three exclusive programmes live from The Tartan Heart ...
1 year ago
Mary’s Meals responds to hunger crisis in Malawi – and needs your help in their effort
With an updated figure of 6.5 million people in Malawi now facing chronic hunger, global school feeding charity Mary’s Meals today ...
1 year ago
With Heb Isles in for repairs, CalMac charters replacement vessel to reduce underprovision for Islay
[Update below – 29 July] Ferry operator CalMac has chartered a freight vessel for the next six days to ease disruption on the ...
1 year ago
Luss Estates opens unmanned 24 hour filling station in Luss car park – and Arrochar Mountain Rescue was first user
On 25th July Luss Estates announced the opening of Luss Filling Station – an unmanned 24 hour filling station developed with ...
1 year ago
Jellyfish blooms on increase as coastal waters warm
The Marine Conservation Society [MCS], the UK’s leading marine charity, says the number of jellyfish blooms – when jellies ...
1 year ago
Supreme Court finds for appellants on Named Persons
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has just handed down its unanimous judgment on the appeal against the Scottish High Court ...
1 year ago
All systems go for Mull’s Ulva Ferry Housing Project
The indomitable Ulva Ferry Housing Project – designed to secure the long-term sustainability of the Ulva Ferry area on the Isle ...
1 year ago
South Scotland Golden Eagle Project secures £1 million Heritage Lottery Fund boost
A new project to help golden eagles in the South of Scotland has received initial support of more than £1 million from the Heritage ...
1 year ago
Mark Beaumont in book signing at Kilmartin Museum tomorrow
Endurance athlete, Mark Beaumont, is doing a signing of each of his three books today – Wednesday
27th July – at Kilmatin ...
1 year ago
3 finalists selected in HIE ‘Selfies with the Kelpies’ competition
During their three-week stint at Inverness Campus, which ended at the weekend, thousands of visitors are estimated to have been drawn ...
1 year ago
Inverclyde students thrilled with engineering work placement opportunities
Two students from Inverclyde have been given an opportunity to gain valuable engineering skills with ferry operator, CalMac. thanks to ...
1 year ago
Bute refugees suffer from inadequately considered placement
Today’s, 25th July, edition of the Scottish Daily Mail reports that some Syrian families in the cluster brought to the Isle of ...
1 year ago
SNP Deputy Party Leader contest sees post-Brexit carpetbagger challenge Angus Robertson
The contest to be SNP Deputy Party Leader triggered by the standing down of the former incumbent, Stewart Hosie [whose white y-fronts, ...
1 year ago
New addition to Dunoon Burgh Hall photographic archive
Dunoon Burgh Hall‘s Heritage Project is continuing to uncover more great stories from the Burgh Hall’s past.
Most ...
1 year ago
Forest Open Day at Tighnabruaich on Saturday
Kilfinan Community Forest [KCFC] and Kyles Allotment Group [KAG)] are holding a joint Forest Open Day in Tighnabruaich on Saturday ...
1 year ago
Police Service for Scotland, Lochgilphead: police reports for week to 25th July 2016
Vehicles Damaged
Between 1.00pm on Saturday 16th and 7.00am on Monday 18th July, the Gate of a Storage Tunnel at the Power Station at ...
1 year ago
Petition on Blair’s misleading of parliament before vote on Iraq War passes first procedural milestone
Parliamentary petition calling on the House of Commons to hold former Prime Minister Tony Blair to account for misleading statements ...
1 year ago
CalMac staff get down to beach clean at Lunderston as Islands Book Trust prepares to launch book on MV Isle of Lewis
A group of community-spirited staff at west coast ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne [CalMac], is carrying out a clean-up at ...
1 year ago
Marie Curie looking for manager for new service for Argyll
Marie Curie, the charity for people living with a terminal illness, has launched a search for a manager for its new service supporting ...
1 year ago
Oban lifeboat out early this morning
Oban lifeboat was requested to launch by Stornoway Coastguard at 00.59 this morning to rendezvous with a motor boat in the vicinity ...
1 year ago
Line up of top highland dancing judges for 2016 Cowal Gathering
Some of the world’s most respected Highland Dancing experts are getting ready to head to Dunoon at the end of August to judge the ...
1 year ago
Post-event report on Kintyre’s 2016 Mach 1 Stages motorsport challenge
The 2016 Mach 1 Stages event at the fomer RAF base at Machrihanish, outside Campbeltown in Kintyre, ran on
2nd and 3rd July.
The third ...
1 year ago
UK Supreme Court to hand down judgment on Named Person provision next Thursday
On Thursday 28th July 2016 at 9.45 the UK Supreme Court will issue its judgment on whether the Scottish Government’s ...
1 year ago
Attempted abduction at knifepoint of serviceman at RAF Marham
Yesterday afternoon, 20th July 2016, Norfolk’s frontline RAF base – soon to host two squadrons of the most advanced ...
1 year ago
HMS Ambush ambushed off Gibraltar
The Astute class nuclear powered [but not nuclear armed] British submarine, HMS Ambush has had a coming together, while submerged, ...
1 year ago
Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs brings launch of report on Scotland’s renewable energy sector to Edinburgh
The Scottish Affairs Select Committee is to launch their report on the renewable energy sector in Scotland at the Edinburgh Centre for ...
1 year ago
Danny MacAskill’s 2016 Drop and Roll Tour coming to Portavadie
A surefire diary date has to be 20th August at Portavadie.
The superb resort in south west Cowal is hosting the 2016 Drop and Roll ...
1 year ago
Marine science student recognised for Arctic research
A PhD student from the Oban-based Scottish Association of Marine Science [SAMS] has been named as the University of the Highlands and ...
1 year ago
BBC ALBA screening 2016 Tiree Music Festival from Saturday
BBC ALBA ushers in rays of summer sunshine and a splash of great music to television screens as the Tiree Music Festival returns to ...
1 year ago
Ritual expressions can find their moment
Two pilots in charge of an Air Transat flight from Glasgow to Toronto due to take off at 1pm yesterday, 19th July were taken off the ...
1 year ago
Charity seeks volunteers for 2016 Great British Beach Clean
The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society [MCS], is looking for volunteers to register for a trip to the ...
1 year ago
Police Service for Scotland, Lochgilphead: police reports for week to18th July 2016
Theft from Motor Car – Witness Appeal
Between 7.00pm on Wednesday 13th July and 7.00am on Thursday 14th July, some Tobacco and a sum ...
1 year ago
Turkey’s military coup raises issues to be confronted here in Britain
The overnight attempted coup on 15th and 16th July 2016 by sections of the Turkish armed forces against the Turkish government under ...
1 year ago