For Argyll

The Argyll Isle of Coll is included in the Scottish Government’s thirty month Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) pilot scheme focused largely on the Wester Isles. RET subsidises ferry fares to islands in the scheme, reducing costs to the equivalent of…

The recent Half Marathon run on Coll has raised £5,000 towards the island’s fundraising efforts for the building of a new community centre. They hope to start building in 2010, raising an estimated £2.5 million from their own activities and…

Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has announced that it is dropping carriage charges for bicycles on some routes. The move has been welcomed by, among others, Cycling Scotland’s chief executive. Mr Wilkie said: “The removal of charges for cycles on CalMac ferries…

For Argyll had put a series of questions to Stewart Turner, Argyll and Bute Council’s Head of Roads and Amenity Services, which he has now answered. The questions related to islanders’ disappointment at the failure of the operator, Highland Airways,…

More marathon than half marathon - the weather did all it could to test the spirits and strengths of this year’s competitors in Coll’s annual race. First it all looked good. Then came the wind - blowing hard into the…

Secondary pupils from Argyll’s Isle of Coll have lost two school days over the twenty-four hour local authority workers’ strike on Wednesday. Glencruitten Hostel in Oban, which accommodates them during the week in term time, enabling them to attend Oban…

Islanders on the Isle of Islay are petitioning the Scottish Government to review the ferry service from Kennacraig on mainland Argyll to Islay. They join another of their island group - Colonsay - in expressing concern over the exclusion of…

Oban Airport had its official opening yesterday by Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport in the Scottish Government. The new airport, upgraded from a private flying strip at North Connel, north east of Oban, flies services to the islands of Tiree…

Argyll’s islands of Mull, Islay, Jura and Colonsay - with strong support from the Isle of Bute and the Cowal peninsula - have decided to launch an ipetition on the Scottish Government’s website, calling for a 40% reduction in ferry…

No one can fault the commitment of the residents of Argyll’s Isle of Colonsay to seizing all development opportunities with inventiveness in the interests of their communal sustainability. The launch of the new air service, operated by Highland Airways out of…