GEM MARKS NHS 70TH BIRTHDAY WITH A REMINDER TO BE ‘BLUE LIGHT AWARE’

Rally call to ‘save’ beach

A public meeting is to gauge support for a community

Shinty success for Oban Camanachd

Oban Camanachd were celebrating this week after lifting

New car park rules slammed

A large sign listing 20 rules which has been installed

Rubbish turns Ganavan beach into dump – again

Dumped bottles, a ripped dinghy, broken chairs, lilos

Oban High School prize-giving

Oban High School held its annual prize-giving last

The week Gordon, Fred and Gino came to town

Three famous faces paid a visit to Oban last week to

Oban has a new green machine

Oban is blitzing grime on the streets with a new green

Audit reveals repairs backlog at Argyll colleges

An audit report has revealed University of the Highlands

Tobermory Bakery goes on the market

After 11 years at the helm, the owners of Tobermory

DIY Donnie helps out at Oban’s Hope Kitchen

A BBC Alba television presenter who is known for his

Playpark could open again in two weeks

Oban’s currently closed playpark could be open again

Up to 40 jobs still up for grabs at M&S

Marks & Spencer still has 40 jobs to fill in time

Pupils buy hoodies from newspaper profits

After creating a weekly school newspaper, Rockfield

Markie Dans rocks ‘n’ reels

Markie Dans entertained crowds with a weekend of wall-to-wall

Little ears listen in to top Scottish orchestra

Musicians from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO)

Sewage leak continues to worry residents

A leaking septic tank at Wee Ganavan has continued

Showtime for Oban High’s traditional music school

Traditional music students from Oban High School showcased

Independent study of RBS branches is welcomed by MP

Western Isles MP Angus B MacNeil is pleased that business

Blooms of jellyfish invade pontoons

Big blooms of jellyfish have been spotted near Oban’s

Broadcasting duo set sail for Oban

John Sergeant of Strictly fame and newsreader Michael

Delight as flower baskets brighten Oban town centre

Oban is looking brighter thanks to more than 200 in

Ardbeg Distillery wins top award

Ardbeg has been named Distillery of the Year at the

NHS Highland chief to retire

Elaine Mead announced this week she is to step down

Western Isles SNP membership up

Membership of the SNP in Na h-Eileanan an Iar has risen

Warning for hillwalkers

With the forecast remaining warm and dry, hillwalkers

Road work gets under way across Argyll

Work on more than £8 million of road improvements across

Author and broadcaster backs Rockfield Centre

Money raised by the sale of community shares in The

Move to rebuild Iona craft shop

Plans have been lodged to build a new craft shop and

Freya makes headway as helmet comes off

Little ray of sunshine Freya Strang is all set for

Tenders invited

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has published

Creative writers wanted for new group

Add[ed.]ition will hold its inaugural meeting on Wednesday

Amazing start to school holidays

What an amazing start to the school holidays - and

Mull GP job to be advertised soon

Health bosses plan to advertise for Mull’s controversial

Bowmore Gaelic pupils visit Islay’s lifeboat

Children from Bowmore Primary School’s P1-P4 Gaelic

Kilmore lunch serves up kitchen funds

Supporters of Kilmore Village Hall served up a soup-and-sweets

Green Shoots opens its garden gate to visitors

Visitors of all ages headed to Green Shoots walled

Eilidh is raising cakes and funds for charity

Seven-year-old Eilidh Lawson from Oban is a rising

Third round of community council by-elections to take place

Third round of community council by-elections to take

Men’s club will start in Oban

A club will be starting in Oban next week where men

Oban flat helps cancer families

An Oban charity running a popular respite That which

MacPhail

Partnerships in life and in business are fraught with

Argyll MSP takes up new cabinet secretary position

Argyll and Bute MSP Michael Russell has been appointed

Statistics prove need for Holyrood migration powers, says Argyll MP

Statistics prove need for Holyrood migration powers

Lorn and Oban charity lands cash windfall

Lorn and Oban Healthy Options has been awarded £40

Little Olivia, five, is a three-time winner at Islay Mòd

Little Olivia, five, is a three-time winner at Islay

Seal of approval for Brazil players

Scotland’s most competitive seals have predicted Brazil

Nominations sought for Scots Rural Awards

Nominations for the 2019 Scottish Rural Awards are

Strontian care home hosts first open house event

NHS Highland staff and a combined Community Councils

Huddersfield athlete is first to do the ‘Double Ramsay’ of Lochaber summits

Huddersfield athlete is first to do the ‘Double Ramsay’

Court hears school Dunblane-style massacre fears

Parents feared a Dunblane or American school massacre

Searchers find body of climber missing on Ben Nevis since January

Searchers find body of climber missing on Ben Nevis

Fort homes cut off due to burst water mains

Around 100 properties in Fort William were affected

Popular teachers leave St Columba’s Primary

This year’s leavers’ assembly at St Columba’s RC Primary

Tenders invited for Lochaline ferry terminal improvements

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has published

Summit cookin’ on ben for Gary

Ben Nevis will be the unlikely venue for a fundraising

WHAT’S ON in Lochaber

■ Spean Bridge Golf Club ladies’ and gents’ open competition

Emotional day as Caol honours village stalwart

Family of James MacKay attend dedication of new library

Invernevis House garden party raises £2,326

Money set to buy items to help the many residents feel more at home

Pupils say so long to P7

Fort William’s primary seven pupils were all smiles

NHS boss to step down

NHS Highland announced this week that its chief executive

Nine motorists to be reported for drink/drug driving

Drivers in Fort William and Skye are among nine motorists

Highlanders help fight moor fire

Highland infantry soldiers continue to be involved

Macmillan funding continues

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is to continue funding the

Significant drop in Highland crime

Police in the Highlands have reported increased detection

View from the Chamber

As part of its work to support Lochaber businesses

MacPhail

Partnerships in life and in business are fraught with

The WH Way is made a little easier on old military road

The WH Way is made a little easier on old military

MSP calls for protected status for Iolaire site

Western Isles MSP Alasdair Allan is calling on the

Calls to restrict trawlers in Inner Sound of Skye

West coast fishermen are continuing their call for

Skye runner raises £1,300 in memory of Oban grandmother

A loving grandson who tackled this year’s Isle of Skye

Skye student receives gold Duke of Edinburgh award

Portree High School pupil Kirsty Watt was among 15

Lewis Pipe Band tunes up for busy season

Lewis Pipe Band is set for summer competitions on the

Lochaber MSP appointed to ministerial role by Nicola Sturgeon

Lochaber MSP appointed to ministerial role by Nicola

Charity starts year-long partnership

Lochaber-based mental health charity Birchwood Highland

Lochaber Sea Cadets torpedo speed march rivals

On a bright, warm Sunday several groups of sea cadets

Summertime Sweet treats

The summer holidays are here and it is time to treat yourself! Part of that fun is always a wee visit to the sweetie shop or ice cream parlour or to a café or tearoom for cakes, scones, biscuits and the home-baking heaven of a Highland games or show. So what are you waiting for?

SMALL BUT VERY BEAUTIFUL

For such a tiny community Fionnphort is always busy

A VERY SPECIAL ISLAND

Once seen, never forgotten: cradle of Scottish Christianity

Colonsay gin is shortlisted for award

The first gin produced on the Isle of Colonsay has

£2.1m vessel shows optimism in fishing

A £2.1 million scallop vessel is being set to work

Harris holiday pioneers pass black house on to grandchildren

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History comes alive for pupils

Barcaldine Primary School recently visited Barcaldine

Matters of grave importance

As someone who spends a lot of time wandering around

Litter louts deserve serious punishment

It beggars belief in the current climate that people

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Beachd Ailein

Air mo shlighe air ais bhon Eilean Sgitheanach bho

Skye runner raises £1,300 for Alzheimer Scotland in memory of his Oban gran

Skye runner raises £1,300 for Alzheimer Scotland in

Cafe culture arrives on Seil

Cafe culture has arrived in the popular conservation

At random

I was on holiday last week and didn’t I strike lucky

Parking continues to be controversial

There are some subjects which seldom fail to provoke

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OUTDOORS

Garden survey reveals sightings of frogs and toads

Searching for sisu in Scotland

When Geordie Stewart missed Mount Everest’s summit

This week’s walks

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

Opening doors for budding chef Iglesias

I had worked in kitchens before I came to Fort William.

Skye Festival begins

The 2018 Fèis an Eilein, the Skye Festival, kicked

Poet Michael Longley to give a poetry reading at Eilean Ban

Poet Michael Longley to give a poetry reading at Eilean

Pipe bands’ success at Europeans

Inveraray and District Pipe Band were crowned European

Glasgow Letter

While the country experiences the hottest and longest

Summer dining in Oban: Loch Melfort Hotel

For the best of West Coast produce, fresh and wonderful

Deadline looms to get your music MOJO working

Argyll’s festival of original music is on the hunt

Acair launch book in memory of Assynt trust’s Allan MacRae

Acair launch book in memory of Assynt trust’s Allan

Lesley Riddoch tells Oban what Scotland needs to flourish

Campaigning journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch

Cask 88 bottling first of Scottish ‘folklore’ series

A 45-year-old bottling of Ben Nevis became the first

Crossword

18 A noncommissioned officer in the US air force (5

Housing associations and councils key to tackling chronic shortage of affordable homes

Housing associations and councils key to tackling chronic

CIH calls on government to suspend right to buy as new figures reveal sales continue to outstrip replacements

CIH calls on government to suspend right to buy as

Around the markets

151 cattle comprising 86 prime bullocks and heifers

NFUS gets tough on livestock attacks

With livestock worrying continuing to blight Scottish

Farmers warned over holiday safety as schools break up for the summer

Farmers warned over holiday safety as schools break

SCF comments on Scottish Government strategy document

The Scottish Croff.ing Federation (SCF) has provisionally

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APPLETON - Peacefully at Lorn and Islands Hospital

Argyll botanic garden creates Silent Spaces

Long appreciated as a place to unwind and feel closer

THOUGHT for the week

This last week I’ve been handling the topic ‘prayer’

Online treatment programme for depression now available in Argyll

Online treatment programme for depression now available

Oban No 1 Celtic Supporters Club celebrates 70 years

Oban’s branch of Glasgow Celtic Supporters Clubs held

Champagne sailing for ‘Costa del Round Mull’ yacht race

Champagne sailing for ‘Costa del Round Mull’ yacht

West Highland Tennis Week

Tennis players from Texas are heading to Oban this

Martial arts

The Oban club held its latest grading test on Saturday

All systems go for D & K Cup tournament

Oban Saints Football Club secretary David Buchanan

John McPhee crashes out fighting for the win in Assen

Connel’s John McPhee, who achieved excellent results

Oban Lorne start pre-season training

Oban Lorne Rugby Club’s pre-season training started

Oban are runners-up in Helensburgh

During the summer break from league hockey, Oban mixed

First senior trophy win for red and blacks since 2005

Oban Camanachd won the Scottish Sea Farms Glasgow Celtic

SPOT THE SHINTY BALL

We have removed the shinty ball from the photograph

Red and blacks win Celtic Cup

Oban Saints have announced an attractive schedule of

Fort FC back in training under new manager

Oban’s branch of Glasgow Celtic Supporters Clubs held

Fort open golf another success

The Fort William Open, sponsored by Bowmans Skip Hire

Texas tennis players head for Oban

Tennis players from Texas are heading to Oban this

Temperatures soar for Lochaber’s ‘Triple Hirple’

Forty four hardy runners took part in the first leg

All systems go for D & K Cup tournament

Oban Saints Football Club secretary David Buchanan

John McPhee crashes out fighting for Assen win

Connel’s John McPhee, who achieved excellent results

Lochaber disabled bowlers hold annual awards night

Lochaber Disabled Bowlers Club held its annual awards

Fort shinty club’s second pitch plan on track for 2020

Fort William Shinty Club says it hopes to have its

Nevis Range moving forward with interim chief Rod Pashley

Nevis Range Mountain Experience, Lochaber, has announced

Fort travel to Rothes in first game of the season

Fort William travel to take on Rothes in the first

Lochaber club lotteries

Fort William Golf Club’s lotto numbers drawn on June

DISTRICT NEWS

Housing, the Belford Hospital replacement, the new

Foundry boss inspects Fort’s bronze Ford

Brian Caster, director and sculptor of Powderhall Bronze

Lochaber Rotary Club appoints new president

It’s all change at the helm of the Rotary Club of Lochaber

Ardnamurchan High School hosts Celebration of Success

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More Roamerisms from the early 1990s

■ Last Monday morning, a plastic bag containing a top