Car gutted by fire on B842

Biker’s lucky escape from perilous plunge

‘When I woke up I was lying in an open culvert trapped by the bike across my legs’

Darts fly for brass band

DARTS experts teamed up with members of Campbeltown Brass Band

Sports award winners will be announced today

THE CHAMPIONS of this year’s Argyll and Bute Sports Awards

Under the influence

A WOMAN was in charge of a vehicle in Burnside

Police surgery reminder

INSPECTOR Julie McLeish will hold a community surgery at Campbeltown

History man’s wartime death honoured

‘His contribution to the school of history has been outstanding’

Merchant Navy’s war time role commemorated

THE SACRIFICE of thousands of Merchant Navy seamen was remembered

Spare cash to be spent in Kintyre

SURPLUS funds from the regeneration project which included Campbeltown’s pontoons

Christmas lights fundraiser

IT WILL be clickety-click and two and six at Campbeltown

Dialysis support group

THE annual general meeting of the Dialysis Support Group is

Event management is a spin off from the games

CAMPBELTOWN Highland Games has marched onto the curriculum at the

Footballers net Feathers sponsorship

Carol Green of the Feathers hands the pub’s sponsorship cheque

Coffee mornings

GLENBARR primary school has a coffee morning, from 10am to

New hangout

A NEW youth event called the Sunday Night Hangout is

Doors will be opened to reveal secret interiors

BUILDINGS and properties normally shut to the public will reveal

New lease of life for former sergeants’ mess

A LONG overdue convenience store, café, gift shop and restaurant

See your design in lights

THE CHRISTMAS Lights Design competition seeks two talented artists who

American follows McKay roots back to Campbeltown

A WOMAN whose family history extends into Argyll was brought

Thought for the Week

It was on the boat back home from Barra that

From our files

THE SECOND leg of the highly successful cultural exchange between

Can you identify these pipers?

A COURIER reader has sent in a band picture which

Born-again biking

Many former bikers try to regain the elixir of youth

Wartime commemorations

Last week in Kintyre two separate ceremonies paid tribute to

opinion

The publication of the latest GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue

Family friendly festival will hit the high notes

IN JUST one week’s time Tarbert will shake, rattle and

Your guide to Independent schools

Why do parents send their children to independent schools in

THE BRIDGE GUIDE High land Romance

ON THE beautiful west coast of Scotland, couples are spoiled for choice when it comes to fabulous wedding venues

Store your Boat for the Boat winter

WITH the end of the boating season fast approaching, it

Ramblers to amble around new event

A NEW festival for Kintyre will see walkers lace up

Pipe bands notch Cowal title success

KINTYRE schools pipe bands rounded off their competitive season with

Big Friendly Giant coming to thrill Campbeltown

THE BIG-SCREEN production of Roald Dahl’s much-loved BFG will fill

Rally navigator races north

TARBERT navigator Chris Robertson and his driver Ally MacArthur burned

Islay charity champion completes fifth sponsored challenge

AN ISLAY-BORN fundraiser tackled her fifth sponsored challenge to raise

Port Ellen set for terminal repairs

REPAIR work at Port Ellen Ferry Terminal will see ferry

Skipness dog pens maiden open win

A SKIPNESS collie and farmer pairing stormed the field on

Researchers urge new tactics to tackle leatherjacket damage

AFTER the loss of reliable chemical controls, experts at Scotland’s

Women angels

INVESTING WOMEN is a growing community of women angel investors,

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TO SUPPORT the growth of his businesses – Forbes Boat

Focus on alternative funding sources

ACCESS to funding has been identified as one of the

ALDRED

On August 30, 2016, peacefully at Mid Argyll Hospital, Lochgilphead,

BOOTH

Rona Barbara (née Morrison), previously of Woodlands, Tarbert Road, Ardrishaig,

GOW

On August 31, 2016, peacefully at home, Noreen Gow, in

MACDONALD

Suddenly at his home, Karlin, Tarbert Road, Ardrishaig, on August

MCKECHNIE

Peacefully at her home, 17B Calton Avenue, Campbeltown, on August

CAREY

Those we hold so dear never truly leave us, they

CUNNINGHAM

- Neil Blair, loving husband, father,grandfather and great grandfather, passed

GODDARD

Opening day defeat for young Pupils in Scottish Cup

CAMPBELTOWN Pupils U15s had a disappointing start to the new

McGeachy fires her way to victory

FIREFIGHTERS and The Shipwrecked Mariners Society are £700 better off

Running broadcaster’s total revealed

CAMPBELTOWN man Jamie McIvor proved he’s game for a laugh

Former captain sinks hole in one at RNLI contest

A FORMER Dunaverty Golf Club captain downed the first hole

Runners rehearse Highland Games’ skills

PREPARATIONS for the Wee Toon’s first Highland Games since the

Football results

LAST Saturday’s results: Scottish Amateur Cup, first round - Finnart

Lottery results

THERE were no winners in the Dunaverty Golf Club Lottery

Pupils punish Colts in feisty affair

CAMPBELTOWN Pupils put Drumchapel Colts to the sword by producing