Silver-lining for Arlo at national athletics championships

‘Terrifying’ cuts feared as Argyll struggles with health ‘crisis’

‘Terrifying’ cuts feared as Argyll struggles with health

Benderloch and North Connel sweep the boards at festival

Benderloch and North Connel Drama Club cleaned up at

Warning Argyll could lose GPs in new contract

NEXT month’s new GP contract will lead to rural practices

Appeal to support Earth Hour 2018

HIGHLANDS and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has urged

Fisheries sectors gather in Uist

A HIGH profile fisheries conference was organised by

New boat for cruise firm

Scottish small-ship cruising specialist The Majestic

Holyrood grants £4.4m for Ulva community buyout

A COMMUNITY bid to buy the Isle of Ulva has been granted

Planning application submitted for South Uist project

THE CULTURE and education Cnoc Soilleir Project has

New Uist economic taskforce meets

THE FIRST meeting of the Uist Economic Taskforce (UET)

Western Isles lands £2.3m funding

COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar has been awarded £2.3 million

MP seeks clarity on Brexit

WESTERN Isles MP Angus Brendan MacNeil, the SNP fisheries

Hugh Smith’s letter from Islay

THERE are more than 80 hill forts and fortified sites

POLICE FILES

With Sergeant Iain MacNicol

DNA detective’s mission to re-unite MacIntyres

OBAN B&B owner Val Bichener has turned DNA detective

Pensioner challenges CalMac over free ticket EU rules

HUGE numbers of companions travelling with disabled

Concern over dogs in Dunbeg playpark

DOG OWNERS in Dunbeg are being asked to keep their

Drivers warned of more traffic delays in Oban

DRIVERS in Oban are being warned to expect delays starting

‘Exposed wires put lives in danger’

EXPOSED wires sticking out of a power unit on Oban’s

Villagers warn campers to behave or face police

TAYNUILT is bracing itself for the expected Easter

Oban care home still in isolation after flu outbreak

OBAN’S Eadar Glinn care home is still in isolation

Rugby coach Lucy tackles fundraising mission

RUGBY Union coach Lucy Stewart is raising funds to

Discrimination claim as pupils denied transport

PARENTS at a Catholic school in Oban have accused Argyll

Oban litter busters pick up a welcome donation

KEEP Oban Beautiful has ‘picked up’ 20 litter grabbers

Doors open on creative Lego building at The Rockfield Centre

Doors open on creative Lego building at The Rockfield

Oban man’s marathon bike ride for charity

AN OBAN man is preparing to embark on a 737-mile cycle

Defibrillators in Oban to be listed

THE ROTARY Club of Oban wants to publicise the location

Old Oban Slide Show helps ambassadors in training

I CAN’T believe how lucky we’ve been with our weather

Still no answer on First Responders

TAYNUILT villagers are hanging on to plans to set up

Mental health volunteers sought

A PROGRAMME aimed at changing the lives of people struggling

School’s Harry Potter record bid

THIS time next week Oban High School could hold a world

Dismay as £180,000 playpark closed after safety inspection

OBAN’S £180,000 community playpark for children aged

Cycling legend saddles up for Oban Sportive

CHALLENGING routes, spectacular views and the chance

New harbour building due to open

OBAN’S new maritime centre, which is due to open this

Loch Fyne caviar farm faces decision

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a £4m caviar farm – Scotland’s

Argyll and Bute landscape’s leading role in investment

THE LANDSCAPE of Argyll and Bute is to play a leading

Mayday! Help needed to steer Oban lifeboat fundraising group

Mayday! Help needed to steer Oban lifeboat fundraising

Indie cafe appeals for help to kickstart business

OBAN cafe owner Joolz Goodman is crowdfunding £1,000

Scotland’s first female fish farming director keen to build more links with Taynuilt

Scotland’s first female fish farming director keen

Cash boost for ‘grow your own’ project

AN ISLAND project turning fish farm waste into wind-break

Oban whisky tasting raises over £1,000 for charity

A CHARITY tour and tasting session in Oban Distillery

WHAT’S ON in Lochaber

■ Lochaber Piping Society holds its annual youth competition

44th Lochaber Music Festival proves a major musical hit

44th Lochaber Music Festival proves a major musical

View from the Chamber

LOCHABER Chamber of Commerce was delighted to attend

Scout swaps Ballachulish for Nairobi

A YOUNG scout leader from Ballachulish is getting set

Liberty sets wheels in motion for French buyout

IF SUCCESSFUL, a formal bid by the Lochaber smelter’s

Radio One DJ Greg James completes Ben Nevis challenge

RADIO ONE DJ Greg James finished his Pedal to the Peaks

First for Highlands as marine conference comes

FORT WILLIAM played host to the Scottish Marine Tourism

Minister in Corran ferry mix-up

THE SCOTTISH Government was left red-faced following

Caol and Mallaig council hustings

COMMUNITY hustings for the upcoming Caol and Mallaig

Speeding near schools targeted

ROAD policing officers will be focusing their efforts

Skye MSP welcomes funding for mobile ‘notspots’

KATE FORBES MSP has welcomed news that the south end

Skye half marathon set for record entry in 2018

RACE organisers are expecting entries for the 2018

Portree on course for new glamping resort

PLANS to transform the former golf course in Portree

Tenders sought for Staffin viewing platform

TENDERS for the construction of a viewing platform

Cash boost for youth summer activities outdoors

MISTY ISLE Youth Forum on Skye will receive funding

Travel scheme for Hebridean athletes

ELITE athletes from the Outer Hebrides are set to benefit

Lochaber businesses to benefit from digital boost

BUSINESSES in the Highlands are set to benefit from

New boat for cruise business

SCOTTISH small-ship cruising specialist The Majestic

SEPA officers return to Fort over illegal fly tipping

OFFICERS from the Waste Crime Team of the Scottish

Salen’s Mona Brown celebrates reaching 100

JUST A month after women over 30 got the vote for the

Inverlochy school praised after toy gun scare

STAFF and pupils of Inverlochy Primary School at Fort

MSP praises Mallaig school

LOCHABER MSP Kate Forbes has congratulated Mallaig

Community council minutes

Notes from Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge and Achnacarry meeting

Crufts win for Fergus

IT WAS a case of every dog having its day for Grand

Taynuilt Tiddlers get hands-on with loch life

TAYNUILT Tiddlers have been learning about loch safety.

Radio 1 presenter enjoys pit stop in Tyndrum

BBC RADIO 1 presenter Greg James made a pit stop at

New centre for Cairndow Community Childcare

A FAMILY and early years centre will be built at Loch

Fly-tippers dump waste on shores of Loch Etive

FLY-TIPPERS are spoiling the shores of Loch Etive near

At Random

Recycling still not good enough

Lochaber

MORE than 150 pupils from Lochaber primary schools

Plockton

TWO PLOCKTON couples have been celebrating decades

Primary schools mark Fairtrade Fortnight

TWO Lochaber primary schools held special events this

Mallaig nursery pupils saddle up on new bikes

MALLAIG Primary School nursery children are developing

Society hosts 32nd fiddlers rally

Lochaber Strathspey and Reel Society staged its 32nd

MSP urges Earth Hour support

HIGHLANDS and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has urged

RETRO Roamer

At long last, a ‘town hall clock’ has made a comeback

Recalling a road-mender and scholar

THOSE who travelled along the highways and byways of

New book chronicles Scotland’s fishing boats

A NEW book on the history and evolution of Scottish

Viewpoint

Argyll is facing a health crisis of that there is no

MacPhail

THIS article marks a happy ending to a thread that

Social media

Work to fill potholes in Oban caused a mixed reaction

Press policy

WE AT The Oban Times endeavour to ensure that all our

Ambulances are in need of urgent funds

The recent announcement by Connectivity Secretary Fergus

How can we trace litter louts?

As one who volunteers to pick up litter, I came across

BBC Scotland coverage concerns

A mass protest against weapons of mass destruction

Children have right to free travel to GMU

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the

Litter pickers to be thanked

Congratulations to the team of litter pickers who are

Annual Killin Community auction

The annual Killin Community Auction, will be held on

Beachd Ailein

ABAIR DEIREADH SEACHDAIN dha sgiobaidhean rugbaidh

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THE EDITOR welcomes letters of approximately 300 words

Viewpoint

IT IS clear NHS Highlands has a fight on its hands

Days gone by – 1995

Our photograph this week comes from December of 1995

Social media

Work to fill potholes in Oban caused a mixed reaction

Press policy

WE AT The Oban Times endeavour to ensure that all our

Ambulances are in need of urgent funds

The recent announcement by Connectivity Secretary Fergus

How can we trace litter louts?

As one who volunteers to pick up litter, I came across

BBC Scotland coverage concerns

A mass protest against weapons of mass destruction

Children have right to free travel to GMU

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the

Litter pickers to be thanked

Congratulations to the team of litter pickers who are

Annual Killin Community auction

The annual Killin Community Auction, will be held on

Beachd Ailein

ABAIR DEIREADH SEACHDAIN dha sgiobaidhean rugbaidh

Your letters

THE EDITOR welcomes letters of approximately 300 words

Happy Easter

After a long, cold, winter isn’t it wonderful to welcome

Slàinte

THEY say that newspaper men and women like a drink

Plan launched to widen access to national park

ENVIRONMENT Cabinet Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has

Mystery surrounds disappearance of golden eagle

CONSERVATIONISTS are concerned about the safety of

Appeal aims to help red squirrels return to Morvern

TREES for Life has launched an appeal to raise £22

Nature projects share £20,000 in new funding

ELEVEN projects from across Scotland, designed to encourage

THIS WEEK’S WALKS

The walk leader is to be contacted beforehand for meet-up

Ceòl Cholasa 2018 line-up

CEÒL Cholasa, nicknamed the best wee festival in the

James to play Oban

THE BAND James are planning a seven-date UK tour in

Beginners ballet class to keep adults on their toes

DANCERS from Scottish Ballet are to run a one-off absolute

Your local radio listings

Tune in to 103.3 or listen live at www.obanfm.com For

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Glasgow Letter

Ceòl ‘s Craic stage Gaelictronica event for third year

All the best photographs from the Lorn Drama Festival

WORLD leaders such as Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin

Winter to remember for the wrong reasons

IT LOOKS like this winter is going to be one that we

Mull stalwart Ronnie is honoured by the NFUS

MULL crofter Ronnie Campbell was presented with the

Ploughing match off

The event was scheduled to have taken place on Saturday

Around the markets

DALMALLY – United Auctions held its annual March sale

THE STATE OF THE NATION’S ROADS: POTHOLES COST DRIVERS £915 MILLION IN REPAIRS

THE STATE OF THE NATION’S ROADS: POTHOLES COST DRIVERS

Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien dies at age of 80 after fall

Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien dies at age of 80 after

Thought for the week

THE DIGNITY of silence is Jesus’s great lesson for

Lochaber club lotteries

THIS week’s Fort William Golf Club lotto numbers were

Glenfinnan shoot results

The weather was cold and dry as 24 guns took part on

Fort fall short in two home Highland League fixtures

NAIRN County took all three points in the swirling

Lochaber swept aside by league leaders in 60-point victory

Lochaber swept aside by league leaders in 60-point

Bowlers finish season on a high

TEN-PIN bowlers gathered at the bowling alley at the

Lochaber Yacht Club push the boat out this summer

LOCHABER Yacht Club in Fort William is pushing the

Thistle put seven past Islay

DUE TO a cancellation of their league game, South Lochaber

Helen helps Scotland to Six Nations win over Ireland

GLENCOE girl Helen Nelson who plays for Murrayfield

Oban pupils take part in Warriors Championship

PUPILS from Oban High School competed in the 2018 SP

Mull Rally organisers working hard behind the scenes

Mull Rally are working hard behind the scenes to ensure

Game abandoned after injury to referee

OBAN Lorne and Kilmarnock will meet again at the end

Road to the Isles Half Marathon set for bumper turnout

THE ROAD to the Isles Half Marathon is set to be bigger

Oban Lorne host first Mini Rugby Dalriada Festival of the season

Oban Lorne host first Mini Rugby Dalriada Festival

Saints lose out in seven-goal thriller

‘We’ve played 23 games so far this season and haven’t been able to name the same starting11 twice which is not ideal at this level of the game’

Close encounters in the Premiership

THERE were top flight wins for Kinlochshiel and Newtonmore

John McPhee back in action

CONNEL’S John McPhee got back in action at the Losail

Oban Hockey Club move closer to winning league title

OBAN men’s hockey team met second placed Hillhead VIIs

Atlantis to host Argyll Sports Hall Athletics final

ATLANTIS Leisure in Oban is the venue this Sunday,

John McPhee back in action

CONNEL’S John McPhee got back in action at the Losail

Oban Hockey Club move closer to winning league title

OBAN men’s hockey team met second placed Hillhead VIIs

Atlantis to host Argyll Sports Hall Athletics final

ATLANTIS Leisure in Oban is the venue this Sunday,

Scottish Amateur FL results and fixtures

LAST Saturday’s results: Premier Division – Inverclyde

Saints’ youth team results and fixtures

LAST weekend’s results: Under 13s 11, Ardencaple 1.

Care home petition attracts significant support in hours

Care home petition attracts significant support in

Lochaber Music Festival hits high notes

The 44th Lochaber Music Festival, which got under way

Fishing communities feel ‘betrayed’

COMMUNITIES around Mallaig and along the West Coast

Osprey web-cam set for switch-on

THE OSPREY nest camera at Loch Arkaig, watched by thousands

Silver-lining for Arlo at national athletics championships

STRONTIAN athlete Arlo Van de Peer is the second fastest

Lochaber club lotteries

THIS week’s Fort William Golf Club lotto numbers were

Glenfinnan shoot results

The weather was cold and dry as 24 guns took part on

Fort fall short in two home Highland League fixtures

NAIRN County took all three points in the swirling

Lochaber swept aside by league leaders in 60-point victory

Lochaber swept aside by league leaders in 60-point

Bowlers finish season on a high

TEN-PIN bowlers gathered at the bowling alley at the

Lochaber Yacht Club push the boat out this summer

LOCHABER Yacht Club in Fort William is pushing the

Thistle put seven past Islay

DUE TO a cancellation of their league game, South Lochaber