Now available in digital format, The Oban Times has been bringing its readers all of the most up to date coverage of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland for over 150 years. Reporting issues from the Mull of Kintyre to Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland, to the Inner and Outer Hebridean Islands with Argyll and Lochaber at its heartlands.
This digital version of The Highlanders’ Bible, as The Oban Times has been affectionately known, provides a contemporary and accessible platform for all to enjoy. Allowing those living in, and those who have moved away from the area, to stay informed, through comprehensive coverage, about their home towns and villages and their friends and family.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Oban Times & Lochaber Times 18th August 2016.
Road safety campaign launched early
POLICE have launched a road safety campaign three weeks earlier than the rest of the country after new figures show an increase in the number of people who have been killed and seriously injured on r...
Exciting discovery could rewrite Iona’s history
EXCLUSIVE LOUISE GLEN lglen@obantimes.co.uk THE SITE of a potential prehistoric village has been found on the island of Iona close to the site of the primary school. Pottery, flints and other prehist...
Hospital beds ‘reconfigured’
TIMESLINE FOUR beds in Lorn and Islands hospital are being ‘reconfigured’ as ‘short-term assessment beds’. The four beds have been medical beds, on ward B. Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Part...
SAS says response times improving
THE SCOTTISH Ambulance Service has assured people it responds to life-threatening calls within seven minutes within the Oban area. The assurances were given after a woman waited for more than one hou...
Oban Live confirmed for 2017
SKERRYVORE took some time out from their seven week tour of the USA to confirm that Oban Live will return in 2017 on the June 2 and 3 at Mossfield Stadium. The band’s international success will also ...
Tralee chippy takes home a good food award
A BENDERLOCH fish and chip shop beat off more than 10,000 nominees to win a Good Chippy Award, one of only 300 establishments in the UK to do so, writes David McPhee. Tralee Bay Fish and Chips receiv...