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• Loch Awe tragedy produces commonsense conclusions

  
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  A review of rescue services and safety issues on Scotland’s huge freshwater estate was commissioned by the Scottish Government following the avoidable deaths of four pike fishermen near Kilchurn Castle on Argyll’s Loch Awe in March 20o9.The men who died were brothers, 47 year-old William and 42 year-old Steven ...
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• Best possible outcome for Colonsay’s GP post

  
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  No one could have designed a better solution to the job vacancy for a GP on Argyll’s remote Atlantic Isle of Colonsay.The island may be - it is - idyllic but such jobs are not easy to fill. Not everyone wants to live such a known life in such a small community of around 110 [...]
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• Mid Argyll Pool issue drives Councillor Philand to resign from Independent Group

  
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  Argyll now knows that principle is still an issue which can occasionally govern the actions of its elected Councillors.In a rare move, Mid Argyll Councillor, Dougie Philand, has resigned from the Alliance of Independent Councillors led by Council Leader, Dick Walsh.Councillor Philand is widely recognised as one of the ...
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• Now NTS loses millions in sale of Charlotte Square HQ

  
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  The troubled National Trust for Scotland (NTS), emerging from a turbulent regime under Chair, Shonaig MacPherson who is standing down - but with her CEO, Kate Mavor, inexplicably remaining in post - is mired in more controversy just as a Strategic Review of its operations begins.Against a background of protest from a ...
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• Argyll & Bute in Scottish Council comparisons

  
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  We missed this 6 months ago when The Times published a set of tables comparing the performances of Scottish local authorities across a wide range of categories and from figures supplied by the Councils themselves.Who says statistics are boring? The simple figures make it evident that there has been some sort of crisis ...
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• New environmental LEAF buds in Lorn

  
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  Lorn Environmental Action Forum  - a LEAF bursting into bloom in December, is clearly no deciduous growth.At a meeting in Oban on 3rd December a range of environmental groups and interested individuals decided to act collectively in making the voice of environmental concern heard.They have agreed to form a loose ...
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• Government refuse to include protection for Argyll’s surfing beaches in Marine Bill

  
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  Patrick Harvie of the Scottish Green party introduced an intelligent amendment to the Marine Bill at Holyrood.He suggested that with Machrihanish beach in Kintyre and the Ise of Tree - both in Argyll - fast becoming major fixtures in the surfing and windsurfing world, these areas should be offered advance protection ...
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• 40% of HMS Dauntless doesn’t work

  
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  The Clydebuilt part’s OK, though, but £400 million of the Type 45 destroyer, Dauntless’s overall cost of £1 billion is not earning its keep.This is the cost of the ship’s main armament, the Sea Viper missile system which the UK has developed in partnership with Italy and France. This system accounts for 40% of ...
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• Holyrood debates Dungavel detention of children of asylum seekers

  
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  This situation is so out-of-time it could be straight from a Charles Dickens novel, but yes, Scotland detains in Dungavel the children of those seeking asylum in this country.Dungavel is a former open prison now awesomely named an ‘immigation removal centre’. A single minute would produce a series of gothic ...
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• West coast prawn boats exempt from Days at Sea restriction

  
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  Jim Mather, Argyll’s MSP, has welcomed the announcement that 67 Scottish prawn boats should soon be exempt from the EC Days at Sea regime.The west coast fishing boats are set for a much-needed boost after the European Commission finally accepted that they should be exempt from these restrictions.Working closely with ...
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• Why planting trees is good for you

  
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  It has just got so much easier for those who own or manage land to plant more trees and extend the amount of our native woodland with lots of realtime benefits in becoming involved in woodland management.You don’t have the expertise and you’ve got enough to worry about without ploughing through the minefield of ...
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• Shaming Government dereliction of duty on pregnant seals

  
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  It appears that the Cabinet Secretary Richard Lochhead MSP will insist that the shooting of pregnant seals remains in place, forcing this section of the Marine (Scotland) Bill through.It is difficult to accept that an obviously capable Government Minister is prepared to act with such irresponsibility in the case of ...
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• BBC Alba’s December Festival

  
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  We’ve just had sight of the Gaelic TV channel, BBC Alba’s December Festival programme.As usual, its highlights show inventiveness and cultural curiosity. For non-Gaelic speakers, like us, good sub-titling makes these programmes easy to watch and their refreshingly non-formulaic subject matter makes them ...
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• Interest on croft house loans halved

  
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  The Scottish Governmnet is halving the interest rates paid by crofters on house loans.The scheme will be available to all crofters making regular payments under the Crofters Building Grants and Loans Scheme (CBGLS).  The small minority of individuals currently in arrears will be able to take advantage of this once ...
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• Online voting opens for Gaelic short films

  
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  FilmG, MG ALBA’s Gaelic online media shorts competition, has received an outstanding number of entries this year. All 54 of them are now available to view online and to vote for there - see link below.The spectrum of genres runs from comedies to chilling ghost stories, action and adventure to animations, and true ...
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• Action at Oban Concern for Palestine

  
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  The Oban Concern for Palestine Group has been - typically - very active of late. Support for the Group continues to grow.It has organised another public meeting in Oban, with Kate Aspinwall from Ayrshire as the main speaker. She spoke about her experiences in Palestine earlier this year as an impartial peace observer ...
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• Pull the Creggans Xmas Cracker on Sunday

  
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  Cowal Open Studios (COS) members, fresh from - well, refreshed after -  a successful and rewarding event in September,  are getting ready to flex their creative muscles for Xmas - on Sunday 6th December from 11.00am-4.00opm at the cracking Creggans Inn near Strachur (pictured above).Several of the group will be ...
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• Don’t dump your analogue TV set until…

  
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  … you’re absolutely sure you have to.Argyll and Bute Council is advising residents not to throw out their analogue televisions without first checking whether or not they can be converted easily to digital. In fact, the vast majority of existing televisions can be converted to digital easily and at very little ...
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• 100 year-old bull hire scheme review completed

  
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  The Bull Hire Review Group, led by Sarah Allen, was established to investigate and put to the Government practical options to encourage crofters to work together to keep high-quality cattle in remote rural Scotland.It was also asked to identify those parts of the country where crofting communities would be unable, ...
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• BBC2’s Natural World in the Highlands - an iPlayer imperative

  
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  Tonight’s (3rd December) Natural World on BBC 2, filmed by Fergus Beeley and with the RSPB’s Mull Officer, Dave Sexton, as an adviser,  was one of the most inspirational tributes to Scotland imaginable.Shot at Loch Maree by a film-maker whose love of this place is in every frame of the film and in every word [...]
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