Recreational Sea Angling Strategy Group proposal recruits support
An initiative seeking to create a long-term sustainable future for sea angling in Scotland has recruited the support of Highlands & Islands MSP, Dave Thompson.Mr Thompson is in agreement with the...
View ArticleTiree supports environmental protection via voluntary parking permit
Alison Spence, Tiree’s Access and Conservation Officer, very patiently explained it to me again.‘It’s a voluntary parking permit. We are asking everyone who accesses the beaches to make a minimum...
View ArticleJim Mather welcomes outcome of Mull meeting on loss of 2010 Tour of Mull rally
Following the decision by the 2300 Club not to run the Tour of Mull Rally in 2010, a the public meeting in Craignure last night (15th March) established a Steering Group to coordinate efforts by...
View ArticleForArgyll.com to charge £1 for a day’s access …
The Times and the Sunday Times announced last week that they would have a pay wall. And no, we’re not serious. We see the idea of a daily or weekly charge as a huge drag against growing an audience. We...
View ArticleCalMac’s MV Clansman deployed yesterday to incident off NW Tiree
The CalMac ferry MV Clansman diverted yesterday in response to a request from Clyde Coastguard.At 11:54 yesterday, Clansman was on passage from Tiree to Coll and answered a call from Clyde Coastguard...
View ArticleSnapberry archive video pubished for Year of Natural Scotland
As a contribution to this Year of Natural Scotland [2013] Caroline Anderson, SNH’s project leader has put together this short film in celebration of the Snapberry project from 2009 to 2013, showing a...
View ArticleContradictory EU deal on Cyprus
As predictable, the ‘Troika’ of the EU, European Central Bank [ECB] and the International Monetary Fund [IMF] has done a deal to keep Cyprus in the eurozone.The deal makes a nonsense of the crisis the...
View ArticleSSE’s record breaking efforts for Kintyre and Arran
All households in Kintyre and Arran were reconnected to network supply by close of play on Thursday 28th March, with SSE engineers using wooden poles to bypass the collapsed towers – which totalled ten...
View ArticleCMAL puts Harbour Management Plan for Oban Bay out to tender
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited [CMAL] is the corporate envelope created by its owner, the Scottish Government to manage the former physical assets of ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne Limited –...
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Invitation to readers to contribute to collection on Argyll’s World War 1 war...
The centenary this year, 2014, of the beginning of the first world war in 1914 is being formally marked by the UK Government.With its partners [including the Imperial War Museums, the Heritage Lottery...
View ArticleSturgeon theft attempt on Glasgow Games
No politicising of the Commonwealth Games? Glasgow’s 2014 Games has events in five sporting categories tomorrow, 3rd August – and the Closing Ceremony in the evening.Despite pledges given – and already...
View Article3 shouts to 3 groundings in 18 hours for Oban lifeboat – and a moving last...
During one of the busiest summers for several years, Oban’s RNLI lifeboat was required to launch three times inside 18 hours.The first was to the yacht, Caraway, with one person aboard, when she ran...
View ArticleLandowners’ statement on Land Reform Bill
Following the publication of the Land Reform Bill in the Scottish Parliament today, 23rd June 2015, Scottish Land & Estates, representing landowners across Scotland, has issued the statement,...
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