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Dramatic 20th April rescue on Staffa by HMS Gannet SAR

Posted on April 30, 2011 by newsroom

On 20th April a tourist boat with two adult crew, was making Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community News, Hebridean islands, Rescue, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, capsize, charter, dog Jess, Fingal's Cave, helicopter, HMS Gannet, rescue, SAR, Staffa, surviv, Tobermory lifeboat | Leave a comment

Major rescue services search for missing Furnace person

Posted on July 20, 2010 by newsroom

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(Updated below) Rescue services began a search for a missing person in the Mid Argyll village of Furnace on Loch Fyne Continue reading →

Posted in Mid Argyll, News, Rescue | Tagged Argyll, Furnace, helicopter, HM Coastguard, missing man, police, police dogs, rescue services, search | Leave a comment

Helicopter ditches in Loch Long as pilot searches for stolen motor boat

Posted on June 1, 2010 by newsroom

We describe the process of life as: ‘Some you win. Some you lose’. Now, in a win-one-lose-one Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Tourism activities | Tagged Argyll, arrest, ditched, helicopter, Loch Long, motor boat, search, theft | 2 Comments

West Highland line avalanches inspected today

Posted on March 4, 2010 by

Thanks to an alert site visitor, we understand that Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, hallowe'en | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute, clearance, closures, helicopter, inspection, safety, scotland, Transport, Tyndrum, weather conditions, West Highland Line | Leave a comment

Weather conditions bring dramatic Medevac for Oban Lifeboat

Posted on February 26, 2010 by

Oban’s RNLI  Lifeboat, the Mora Edith Macdonald, launched Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Rescue | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute, berthing, CalMac, coxswain, crew, ferry, helicopter, launched, lifeboat, linkspan, MedEvac, Mora Edith MacDonald, rescue, RNLI, Ronnie MacKillop, Scotlnad, transfer | Leave a comment

Oban Lifeboat launch as NHS helicopter unable to land on Mull

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

NHS helicopter rescue 177 was summoned to Mull last night Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Rescue | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute, Craignure, helicopter, islay, MedEvac, NHS, Oban, Oban lifeboat, rescue, RNLI, scotland | Leave a comment

Helicopter rescues canoeist off Dunoon

Posted on February 16, 2010 by

A member of the general public made an emergency phone call Continue reading →

Posted in Canoeing/Kayaking, Community News, Cowal, Rescue | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute, canoeist, Clyde Coastguard, Cowal, dunoon, exercise, Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, helicopter, rescue, Royal Navy, scotland, Southern General Hospital | Leave a comment

Scot sees off international rivals to buy Kerrera’s Rubh a’ Chruidh island

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

Everyone who’s sailed in and out of Oban Bay Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Property | Tagged Argyll, Argyll & Bute, boat, CalMac, closing date, competition, ferries, Ganavan Sands, helicopter, international, Island, Kerrera, Lanarkshire, marina, Oban, Oban Bay, purchase, sailing, sailing grounds, seaplane, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Blair’s penchant for back doors

Posted on January 30, 2010 by

Families of armed forces personnel killed in Iraq – Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, Politics | Tagged address, Argyll, Argyll & Bute, contempt, families, gathering, Glasgow Green, helicopter, personnel, scotland, Tony Blair | Leave a comment

Upset as Brown said to have refused review of Kintyre Chinook crash

Posted on January 17, 2010 by

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Continue reading →

Posted in Community News, defence, Kintyre | Tagged Argyl Bute, Argyll, Chinook Mark 2, crash, helicopter, high level, intelligence, Jim Mather, Jonathan Tapper, Kintre, Machrihanish, MSP, Mull of Kintyre, police, Rick Cook, scotland, Water, Wildlife | 1 Comment

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