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New evidence revealed as Mull of Kintyre Campaign Group look at a judicial review of Chinook crash findings

Wednesday, 10th December, 2008 | Defence, News | None

For Argyll reported very recently that Defence Secretary John Hutton has refused to overturn the finding of gross negiigence against two pilots killed along with their passengers in the crash of their Chinook helicopter on Argyll’s Mull of Kintyre in 1994.

The MoD has…

Hutton refuses to clear Chinook pilots Tapper and Cook of ‘gross negligence’ for 1994 Machrihanish crash

Monday, 8th December, 2008 | Defence, News | None

Pilots Jonathan Tapper and RIck Cook died in 1994 along with their high level intelligence and police passengers. The Chinook helicopter they were flying from Northern Ireland to Inverness crashed into the hill side at Machrihanish on the Mull of…

Kintyre Cultural Forum development seminar

Thursday, 4th December, 2008 | Events | None

[ March 19, 2009; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

March 19, 2009
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm

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…

Kintyre Cultural Forum hosts development seminar on 19th March

Thursday, 4th December, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Business, Community News | None

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…

Big Cats in Argyll - talk in Campbeltown

Monday, 1st December, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Events, Wildlife and Biodiversity | None

[ January 14, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

January 14, 2009
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

On 14th January 2009, at 7.30pm in the Argyll Arms Hotel in Campbeltown, the Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society is hosting a talk on Big Cats in Argyll. Everyone interested is welcome to come.

Cape Breton’s Jerry Holland January concert and workshops in Campbeltown

Sunday, 30th November, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Events | None

[ January 16, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ]

January 16, 2009
8:00 pm to 10:30 pm

The Kintyre Music and Arts Tuition Group and the Kintyre Fiddlers are hosting a special concert and two workshops in January by the legendary Cape Breton fiddler, Jerry Holland (pictured below) who pioneered a modern sound for Cape Breton…

South Kintyre Art Market

Sunday, 30th November, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Events | None

[ November 27, 2008 to November 29, 2008. ]

November 27, 2008 to November 29, 2008

The South Kintyre Art Group is holding its annual Art Market in the Town Hall in Campbeltown from Thursday 27th (10.00am - 9.00pm to coincide with the switch-on of the Campbeltown Christmas lights) - 29th November,…

Argyll & Bute Council buys its way out of a tight spot on waterfront development funding - but Argyll’s the winner

Friday, 28th November, 2008 | Business, Environment, Local Government, News | None

Argyll and Bute Council set up competitive bidding for funding from a £10 million prize pot for waterfront development.

Council to provide video links for passport interviews

Friday, 21st November, 2008 | News, Tourism | None

From November onwards, Argyll and Bute Council buildings in Campbeltown, Lochgilphead, Crossapol, Bowmore, Tobermory, Dunoon and Rothesay will provide a secure video link to a passport interviewer.

This is an imaginative and helpful initiative, given the sprawling territory of Argyll and the islands…

Oban fishermen negotiate for new berthing facilities at South Pier

Friday, 21st November, 2008 | Community News, Fishing | None

Oban fishermen, losing facilities to the second linkspan for CalMac ferries and to planned new pontoons for yachts have, with associated businesses, had a constructive meeting with local Councillors. They are negotiating for more berths at the South Pier for…