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Online Condolence Register for families and friends of Dougald and Jamie MacTaggart and Neil MacFadyen on Islay Weblog

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:40:44 +0000

The Islay Weblog, a site for a community has taken action for that community at a time of communal grief.

It has created an online Condolence Register where those who knew Dougald MacTaggart, his ten year-od son Jamie and his farming colleague…

Tribute website collecting information and memories of the Clydebuilt QE2

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:13:10 +0000

A new website has just been launched for the QE2, as the grand old Clydebuilt lady docks in Dubai for a new life. She’ll have spanned a wide spectrum of experience from having a highly functional refit to enable her…

Tailormade Productions’ location filming of Jane Rodgers novel boosts Mull economy

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:01:56 +0000

London-based Tailormade Productions, whose background is largely in video and short films, are making their first feature film based on Janet Rodgers’ novel, Island. Called The Sea Change, the plot is described as: ‘Part myth, part mystery… a tale of…

Christmas Craft Fair - and therapies - at Kilmartin Museum this weekend

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:45:49 +0000

Kilmartin Museum is hosting its Christmas Craft Fair this weekend - 6th and 7th December 2008 from 11.00am - 4.00pm daily.

On display and for sale will be homemade cards, soaps, wreaths, felt gifts, bric a brac, wood crafts, jewellery, knitted goods,…

Argyll takes worst hit on Revenue office closures

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:12:54 +0000

It has been confirmed today (4th December 2008) that 20 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices across Scotland are to close. Three are in Argyll - the worst hit of any Scottish local authority.

Argyll revenue offices now confirmed for closure…

Jamie Laval Concert, Lochgpilhead

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:58:46 +0000

At 3.30pm on 6th September 2009 Jamie Laval is in concert at Lochgoilhead Village Hall. A perennial favourite with Cowal audiences, Jamie was the U.S. 2002 Scottish Fiddle Champion.

He has played and taught at Edinburgh Fiddle Festival, Alistair Fraser Fiddle School in…

BT lets Jura down on broadband service - no connection for almost a week

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:53:19 +0000

Argyll’s Isle of Jura has had no broadband connection for almost a week. The fault is proving difficult to trace and BT’s so-called Customer Services have pronounced that the problem lies with individual homes and is not a matter for their…

Trump’s answer to concerns about Balmedie Golf Resort project

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:15:48 +0000

For Argyll has reported on the liquidity problems some of Donald Trump’s enterprises are facing - such as his gambling complex on Atlantic City, the US east coast’s answer to Las Vegas. Like everyone else, the bite on credit is…

Kintyre Cultural Forum development seminar

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:25:12 +0000

Kintyre Cultural Forum are hosting a development Seminar on 19th March 2009. This will focus on the result of the audit the Forum has conducted into the possibility if establishing a Cultural Centre in Campbeltown to serve the area.

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Kintyre Cultural Forum hosts development seminar on 19th March

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:19:46 +0000

One for the diary - Kintyre Cultural Forum are hosting a seminar on 19th March 2009, focused on cultural development plans for the area.

The heart of the plan is the exploration of the feasibiity of establishing a Cultural Centre in Campbeltown for…

Argyll’s Starship Enterprise - Council publishes revised draft of Plan to take Argyll to 2011 and beyond

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:59:26 +0000

There’s something about the phrase ‘…to 2011 and beyond’ that conjures the Starship Enterprise boldly going where no one has gone before - and it’s not inappropriate. With the economy in its current state we’re all going where we’ve never been…

New Editor-in-Chief of The Herald and Times Group starts by making all journalist and publishing staff redundant

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:20:22 +0000

Yesterday (3rd December) new Editor-in-Chief of The Herald ,and Times Group of newspapers, Donald Martin, kicked off by threatening to kick out. He made all 250 journalist and pubishing on the group’s newspapers redundant. The papers concerned are The Herald,…

This weekend from Friday 5th December - traffic disruption on Erskine Bridge

newsroom — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:01:34 +0000

This weekend, starting on Friday 5th December, traffic on the Erskine Bridge will be disrupted because of painting trial and welding repairs. The Bridge will operate with one lane running in each direction.

Apart from this, traffic from Argyll running into and…

Strathclyde Police numbers reach target rise

newsroom — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:19:49 +0000

Figures show that the numbers of officers in Strathclyde Police area have risen from 7,619 in the quarter ending March 2008 to 7,824 in the latest figures at end September 2008 –an increase of 205 officers.

This is of course a…

Crofters and SNH agree project to investigate causes of lamb mortality

newsroom — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:52:47 +0000

The issue of lamb mortality in crofting areas flown by the Sea Eagles re-introduced to Scotland has been a contentious one.

Now a meeting between Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), crofters in Skye and Gairloch, the Scottish Crofting Foundation, the Scottish Government and…