That was the year that was

Arran visitor numbers break 400,000 barrier

’Tourism on Arran continues to grow and this is a reflection of the hard work put in by Arran’s businesses’

Hector is top young naturalist

Members of The Young Naturalist Club recently held

Camera crackdown on environmental crimes

In their continued crackdown on environmental crimes

A nostalgic return visit 58 years in the making

Jane Ann Liston of St Andrews first visited Arran with

VisitArran offers help to tourism youngsters

Auchenharvie Academy students were the benefi- ciaries

Radical home ownership scheme

A ground-breaking pilot project has been launched by

Smart mast firm seeks site yards from refusal

Another planning application to install a mast near

Pupils sow the seeds of futureforest

Pupils from Brodick Primary School have been playing

Ayr now in running to be sole cancer unit

Cancer patients on Arran may in future have to travel

Haymaking in the 1950s

Nowadays, the gathering of winter fodder for cattle

Editorial

The news this week that Arran played host to more than

zTourism in safe hands with the A-Team

As 2018 draws to a close, Jane Mack at the Arran Team

How to contact us

Arran Banner, Brodick, Isle of Arran, KA27 8AJ Phone:

Ferguson faces £40m loss in ferry contact

The Clyde shipyard building the new Arran ferry and

Prize-winners take the biscuit

The winners of this year’s Biscuit Tin Initiative,

That was the year that was

A look back at 2018 – part one: January to June

A look back at 2018 – partone: January to June

When Arran took a Boxing Day battering

Twenty years ago this week Arran was badly hit by a

Ayr Racecourse chosen as one of The Series hosts

Ayr Racecourse is set to be one of eight top racecourses

Golf

The Arran Golfers Association year get under way on

A look back at a big yearof sport January to June

A look back at a big year of sport

Arran enjoyed a big year of sport in 2018 and here