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Oban schoolboy launches his own eco-war on plastic straws

Oban schoolboy launches his own eco-war on plastic

Green light for Tiree campsite

A NEW campsite on Tiree was approved at a local hearing

Grass fire lights up Appin sky

FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a grass fire on

‘Unpalatable’ care cuts warning

PROPOSALS to cut £10 million from Argyll and Bute’s

Workshop examines GP services on Mull and Iona

A WORKSHOP has been held to plan a modernised NHS model

Canadian teacher denied her visa for a third and final time

Canadian teacher denied her visa for a third and final

Prestigious award for Tobermory’s youngest lifeboat crew member

Prestigious award for Tobermory’s youngest lifeboat

Council concerned over remote air control plan

NEW CONCERN has been expressed about plans by Highlands

Pipe band’s delight at lottery backing

SGOIL Lionacleit Pipe Band (SLPB) is safeguarding its

Record numbers of dolphin sightings off West Coast

DOLPHIN sightings in the Hebrides have reached a record

Sexual assault man sentenced

A 59-YEAR-OLD man has been ordered to carry out 200

Councillors back man’s house plan

OBAN community councillors have backed a man’s bid

Budget unanimously agreed

NO PUBLIC toilets will close, the roads safety unit

SAMS students stand in solidarity with striking lecturers

SCOTTISH Association for Marine Science (SAMS) students

Pledge to raise £5,000 after five years cancer free

AN OBAN woman is marking the fifth anniversary of being

Beach litter blitzers criticise council’s ‘haphazard’ waste collection

Beach litter blitzers criticise council’s ‘haphazard’

Happy retirement is just what the doctor ordered

COMMUNITY nurse Mo Griffiths has picked up a prescription

Made in Argyll ‘gues who’ yarn bomb to be revealed in time for Mother’s Day

Made in Argyll ‘gues who’ yarn bomb to be revealed

University Town launch event

A PROJECT aiming to turn Oban into a university town

Opticians ‘Love-ly’ boost for charities

AN OBAN opticians organised a Valentine’s raffle, with

Get out and enjoy the wonderful walks in Oban

I HAD a wonderful walk at the start of this week from

New Hope backs Eilidh’s focus on new career

WHEN it comes to planning her future, Taynuilt’s Eilidh

Make Argyll accessible for all disabled visitors

A NEW initiative aimed at improving disabled visitors’

One-stop health care help could be just a call away

PLANS to introduce a single access point for people

Man, 27, fined £600 fine for aggressive behaviour at party

Man, 27, fined £600 fine for aggressive behaviour at

Woman over drink limit

A 55-YEAR-OLD woman has been disqualified from driving

Still no opening date for maritime centre

WORK on Oban’s delayed new maritime visitor centre

Taynuilt man fined £500 for assault

A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Taynuilt has been fined £500

Disqualified driver in Dunbeg

A 67-YEAR-OLD man from Seil has been disqualified from

Careless driving

A 56-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist from Liverpool has received

Drink driving

A 20-year-old man has been disqualified from driving

Dedicated Derek sings the praises of his dream team

Over the coming year The Oban Times is running a series

Now is the time to consider your new stove

If you have been mulling over the idea of installing

Fort hotel owner wants the council slapped with ASBO

THE owner of Fort William’s popular Lime Tree An Ealdhain

Belford has highest mortality rate in country

BELFORD Hospital has the highest rate in Scotland of

Transport group lambasts bus firm for service review

A LOCHABER transport group has blasted Stagecoach bosses

Walker dies on Glenfinnan peak with three still missing

POLICE confirmed on Tuesday that the walker who died

Ski-Scotland blasts report over fake snow

THE marketing group behind Scotland’s skiing industry

Body of climber is found

POLICE in Fort William confirmed that the body of Lochaber

Heron Valley head for Fort gig

In a special interview for the Lochaber Times, Fort William’s RHIANNON MELROSE, who is in her final year of a university media course in Glasgow, speaks to Heron Valley about their new tour, which kicks off in Fort William tomorrow night

Arisaig concert tribute to brave nurse

A concert was held on Sunday in St Mary’s Church in

WHAT’S ON

■ The March meeting of the Lochaber Local History Society

Helping young people to make most of talents

DID you know that 2018 is the Scottish Government’s

Transport group lambasts bus firm for service review

A LOCHABER transport group has blasted Stagecoach bosses

Walker dies on Glenfinnan peak with three still missing

POLICE confirmed on Tuesday that the walker who died

Ski-Scotland blasts report over fake snow

THE marketing group behind Scotland’s skiing industry

Body of climber is found

POLICE in Fort William confirmed that the body of Lochaber

Public toilets to re-open on Portree Harbour

PORTREE and Braes Community Trust will be re-opening

MSP Allan welcomes islands budget vote

NA H-EILEANAN an Iar SNP MSP Alasdair Allan has welcomed

Study into Western Isles ferry powered by hydrogen

THE world’s first sea-going hydrogen-powered ferry

MP calls for reinstatement of West Coast emergency towing vessel for Stornoway

MP calls for reinstatement of West Coast emergency

Award-winning dementia team wins £103,000 boost

THE ARORA Dementia Friendly Community Team at An Lanntair

Skye outof- hours urgent care review begins

THE EXTERNAL view of outof- hours urgent care services

Cash boost for Gaelic education

COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar is to receive additional

Spean Bridge chairman loses patience with BEAR Scotland inaction on roads

Spean Bridge chairman loses patience with BEAR Scotland

Public urged to engage in transport study

RESIDENTS, businesses, students and key stakeholders

Secrets of Glen Nevis Iron Age fort are uncovered in new book

Secrets of Glen Nevis Iron Age fort are uncovered in

Controversial Ben Nevis ‘human chain’ rally is off

PLANS to create a ‘human chain’ on Ben Nevis in support

Spean consultation event

RE CAMPBELL (Joinery) Ltd is inviting the public to

Caol play park cash boost

PLANS to build a new play park in the centre of Caol

Pipe band prepare for New York visit

SGOIL LIONACLEIT Pipe Band (SLPB) is safeguarding its

Oban schoolboy launches his own eco-war on plastic straws

Oban schoolboy launches his own eco-war on plastic

Green light for Tiree campsite

A NEW campsite on Tiree was approved at a local hearing

Grass fire lights up Appin sky

FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a grass fire on

Sexual assault man sentenced

A 59_YEAR_OLD man has been ordered to carry out 200

Councillors back man’s house plan

OBAN community councillors have backed a man’s bid

Budget unanimously agreed

NO PUBLIC toilets will close, the roads safety unit

SAMS students stand in solidarity with striking lecturers

SCOTTISH Association for Marine Science (SAMS) students

Uist

A UIST-BASED summer school has recorded its highest

Oban

AN OBAN writing group is to host a stage design workshop

Appin

THE FEBRUARY meeting of Appin’s branch of the Scottish

Easdale pupils bloom in garden contest

EASDALE Primary School pupils have won a nationwide

Company marks four decades with ‘Fyne at Forty’ weekend festival

Company marks four decades with ‘Fyne at Forty’ weekend

Skye

THE NATIONAL Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture

Glenorchy and Innishail

GLENORCHY and Innishail Community Council will meet

At Random

ISN’T young Felix Hughes a wee hero? The six-year-old

Plockton

PLOCKTON and District Horticultural and Arts and Crafts

Fort William

THE SOCIETY of Scottish Landscape Photographers is

Glenfinnan museum wins prize

GLENFINNAN Station Museum has won a Heritage Railway

Glenfinnan

THERE are a number of dates for Glenfinnan residents’

Glenuig

Selling agent Colliers International claim the Lochaber

Tulloch reaps benefits of Locheilnet

SCOTLAND’S largest community broadband network, Locheilnet

Bus user group’s 1,000th ticket sale

GLENELG and Arnisdale bus user group has now celebrated

RETRO Roamer

More memory lane items from the Roamer columns of 30 years ago

Boiled stag’s head soup suits to a tea

IN GLASGOW they say, ‘You’ll have your tea’, and invite

Peatlands hold a fascinating history of past climates

THE DARK STUFF: Stories from the Peatlands, is ‘an

Viewpoint

Write to us: send your letters to editor@obantimes.co.uk or The Editor, PO Box 1, Oban, Argyll PA34 4HB

Days gone by – 1995

We turn the clock back this week to 1995 and a very

MacPhail

HAVING been invited to a book launch that took place

Social media

There was a mixed reaction to the details of Argyll

Press policy

WE AT The Oban Times endeavour to ensure that all our

Rewilding of Scotland will address damage

Iain Thornber bemoans the wacky characters and quirky

The poor state of broadband on Mull

I live on Loch Scridain, which is lovely but means

Damage is being done to the environment

The communications group EE is erecting numerous tall

Patching roads will prove more costly

Highway engineering professionals have been predicting

Rise of anti-semitism in Britain

It’s sad that in 2018 I write to you and express my

Beachd Ailein

THAR NAM BLIADHNAICHEAN fhad ‘s a tha mi air a bhith

Your letters

THE EDITOR welcomes letters of approximately 300 words

Fresh Ideas for a Springtime wedding

Anyone tying the knot in spring is spoiled for choice

Kingairloch Estate

For those considering a Highland wedding experience

Get your boat ready to launch

Removing all the old antifouling is a difficult and

Fitting out for 2018

ALTHOUGH wintry weather is still upon us, time is marching

Best of the West Festival announces new transport links

The Best of the West Festival, the family-friendly

Children’s drama about refugees is coming to Dalmally

A remarkable real-life story of one girl’s journey

Future for Luing drama remains in good hands

Everyone likes a good murder mystery and the capacity

The Baleshare Bard is back

Eighty years after its first publication, the collected

Top DJs play in Oban to raise money for charity

Some of the country’s top DJs will make their way to

THE OBAN TIMES GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Glasgow Letter

This week’s Glasgow Letter has a distinct flavour of

‘Ireland’s Billie Holiday’ Mary Coughlan to visit Oban during UK tour

‘Ireland’s Billie Holiday’ Mary Coughlan to visit Oban

Opera Highlights tour to visit Ballachulish

Scottish Opera tours its show Opera Highlights to small

Mull Music Makers tune into course on conducting

The National Youth Choir of Scotland was back on Mull

Island couple raise a glass to gin’s success

A COUPLE who produce award-winning gin from their Colonsay

Ardbeg looks to the future with investment

ARDBEG Distillery has announced plans for a new still

Western Isles prepares for apprenticeship week

COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar is backing Scottish Apprenticeship

Work placements on offer

IN CONJUNCTION with Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Comhairle nan

Mobile app just the job for recruitment firm

HIJOBS, the pioneering Fort William-based recruitment

Food Waste Prevention Week workshops and training

BUSINESSES in Oban can get free support to cut food

Oban residents to be consulted on energy needs

OBAN has been chosen for a project which will examine

Brander Lodge front of house team wins award

STAFF at a Bridge of Awe hotel are celebrating winning

Firms act to improve productivity and competitiveness

A SURVEY of more than 1,000 businesses in the Highlands

Scottish Knowledge Exchange award winners

A UNIQUE technology for the construction industry offering

Big haul of awards for Argyll salmon firm?

ARGYLL-BASED Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has been

Free practical advice and business support

WHETHER you’re a first-time entrepreneur looking to

Fort mountain fest hits new heights

ONE of the main highlights of this year’s Fort William

Climber Shauna wins Fort festival ambassador award

AS THE Fort William Mountain Festival got under way

THIS WEEK’S WALKS

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

Union blasts milk price cut

SENIOR figures in the NFU Scotland have slammed the

Limousin bull fetches ‘extraordinary’ price at Stirling sale

Limousin bull fetches ‘extraordinary’ price at Stirling

Land released to attract new farmers

MORE than 1,000 hectares of public land is to be made

Around the markets

STIRLING – United Auctions on Thursday February 22

UK MOTOR INDUSTRY ISSUES WARNING SHOT ON CO2 TARGETS AS ANTI DIESEL BACKLASH MEANS UK COULD MISS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

UK MOTOR INDUSTRY ISSUES WARNING SHOT ON CO2 TARGETS

WANTED 4X4s FOR CASH

All 4x4 vehicles, all makes and models wanted. Guaranteed

YES THEY DID IT AGAIN!

Dave Badder, Isuzu UK, presents S&S Services John Spicer ‘Isuzu Dealer of the Year 2017’ award.

Plans unveiled for Iolaire disaster memorial centre

WESTERN Isles residents are being encouraged to fill

West coast sailors celebrate success afloat

The 2017 RYA Scotland Annual Awards, supported by Ocean Sailing Scotland

Saints not at their best but good enough to pick up three points

Saints not at their best but good enough to pick up

Severe weather forecast could put new shinty season on hold

Severe weather forecast could put new shinty season

Oban Lorne head for Greenock

BT West Division One Greenock Wanderers v Oban Lorne

Ladies can win title this weekend

BT Women’s National League 2 Kelso v Oban Lorne Oban

Ten-goal Celtic win Robert Wylie Memorial Trophy

OBAN Celtic beat Ballachulish 10-1 at Mossfield to

Scottish Amateur FL results and fixtures

LAST Saturday’s results: Premier Division - Oban Saints

Saints’ youth team results and fixtures

LAST weekend’s results: Ardencaple 2, Under 13s 4.

Narrow win for Earra-Ghaidheal

Oban Earra-Ghaidheal 1 Mull Thistle 0 A TIGHT game

Disappointing late call-offs

Expected Toulouse 9 Pique Blinders 6 THERE was a late

Fort hotel owner wants the council slapped with ASBO

THE owner of Fort William’s popular Lime Tree An Ealdhain

Belford has highest mortality rate

BELFORD Hospital has the highest rate in Scotland of

Viewpoint

Fort William is a popular destination for tourists

MacPhail

HAVING been invited to a book launch that took place

Social media

There was a mixed reaction to the details of Argyll

Press policy

WE AT The Oban Times endeavour to ensure that all our

Your letters

THE EDITOR welcomes letters of approximately 300 words

Beachd Ailein

THAR NAM BLIADHNAICHEAN fhad ‘s a tha mi air a bhith

Rewilding of Scotland will address damage

Iain Thornber bemoans the wacky characters and quirky

The poor state of broadband on Mull

I live on Loch Scridain, which is lovely but means

Damage is being done to the environment

The communications group EE is erecting numerous tall

Patching roads will prove more costly

Highway engineering professionals have been predicting

Rise of anti-semitism in Britain

It’s sad that in 2018 I write to you and express my

Fort football club’s Highland League status at serious risk

Highland league makes it clear a deadline on the club’s future is looming

Double delight for Lochaber boxers

LOCHABER Phoenix Boxing Club enjoyed one of its most

Pupils go the distance in cross country event

RURAL Lochaber school pupils gave town schools a run

Lochaber runners top tough Cow Hill race

FORTY-ONE runners took part in Lochaber Athletic Club’s

Lochaber club lotteries

THIS week’s Fort William Golf Club lotto numbers were