For Argyll

Only 40% of people under 65 and eligible for a free flu jab made sure they got it last year. This time around, the Scottish Government’s annual flu and pneumcoccal immunisation campaign has been running since the end of September. Jim…

Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment spoke at Oxford University’s prestigious Oxford Farming Conference to an audience including Jean-Luc Demarty, the EU’s Director-General for Agriculture and Development and Westminster Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn MP. In outlining…

It has been announced that Bord na Gaidhlig is spending £250,000 on setting up a Gaelic version of the social networking site, Facebook - mygaelic.com. The site is to be online by the end of this month and is said…

Scottish Water has completed a £310,000 project upgrading the Arinagour Water Treatment Works on the Isle of Coll and increasing its capacity. The system serves Coll’s 150 residents and the many tourists who visit the island, particularly in the summer,…

Campbeltown has long been plagued - indeed intimidated - by what is referred to as ‘anti-social driving’ in and through the town.

Argyll’s MSP, Jim Mather, has been in touch with the Chief Constable’s office and has now been assured by…

[ January 15, 2009; 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm. ]

The traditional launch event of the Celtic Connections musioc festival each January - this years is at 4.45pm onThursday15th January. The Scottish Power Pipe Band will lead a forest of blazing torches from George Square to…

It’s a great combination - music and a dram - even in the imagination. The annual Celtic Connections music festival in Glasgow (keep an eye on the For Argyll Events Calendar for its torchlight launch parade on 15th January) has…

The Resolution  Committee of the former Kaupthing Bank, now nationalised by the Government of Iceland, has decided to sue the British authorities. It will sue on the basis of the Financial Services Authority’s action in seizing the deposits of Kaupthing’s…

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has set up a telephone advice service staffed by business experts ready to help any size of business in any industry sector seeking advice on responding to the current recession.

The number is: 08000 884 884.…

The  35ft fishing boat Dalriada sank a few days ago in the picturesque fishing port of Tarbert in Kintyre and polluted the surrounding waters with an diesel oil spill.

Several swans were contaminated by the oil and coastguards say up to…