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Parent’s anger over pitch lights delay

‘AN ABSOLUTE joke’ was how one Caol parent described the on-going situation at the village’s new five-a-side football pitch.

Councillor Ben Thompson at the Caol five-a-side pitch. Photograph: Abrightside Photography.

Caol and Mallaig councillor Ben Thompson contacted The Oban Times after receiving numerous complaints about lights at the pitch not working.

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