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Tag Archives: islay
Power cuts strike across Argyll & Bute tonight
(Update below 23.30) Tonight (20.30pm) powercuts are affecting communities Continue reading
Islay’s uninhabited Mackenzie Island sold
A 43 acre rocky island that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Continue reading
Kintyre Express on a buzz: charters take off as well as ferry service
Campbeltown’s Kintyre Express team has been taken by surprise Continue reading
Five Argyll and Bute finalists in 2012 Scottish Education Awards
The finalists have been announced for the 2012 Scottish Education Awards Continue reading
Ardbeg in orbit
With its signature peatiness, Islay single malt whisky Continue reading
Affordable housing agreed for Ardfern, Iona and Port Ellen
Argyll and Bute Council has agreed to contribute £953,532 Continue reading
Islay’s quakes ripple on to Fair Isle
The series of earthquakes felt on Islay – with the most recent of them being the five shocks on Wednesday (29th February) – seem to have been passed on up the line from Argyll and the Isles to Fair Isle - with interest.
Lying between Orkney and Shetland, the island everyone knows for the instantly recognisable pattern of its knitted jumpers, was jumping to a subterranean beat yesterday, with one of the strongest recent quakes to shake UK. Continue reading
Islay quakes again
Following a cluster of small earthquakes felt on the Isle of Islay earlier in February, Continue reading
CalMac get their ferries back in place
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne reports that the MV Caledonian Isles Continue reading