A83 closed earlier because of a serious accident – and weather warning for...
A reader – to whom we are grateful – has pointed out that we have missed the closure earlier today of the A83 – since before midday today – because of a serious road accident between Loch Fyne Oysters...
View ArticleAccident closes A82 in at Spean Bridge
[Update: now reopened] As of just after 12.30 today, 27th October, a road traffic accident has closed the A82 in both directions at Spean Bridge, north of Fort William.The duration of the closure is...
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Aliens increasing in inner space
28th NOVEMBER. OBAN. SURVEYSHIP SAMS. NNS ALERT: Alien species in our coastal waters are on the increase. Many more are likely to come. Some will expand their range. Some can cause environmental and...
View ArticleCalMac on overall AMBER alert, advising ferry users to plan ahead in...
Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) is urging anyone intending to travel by ferry to be as flexible as they can when planning their journeys over the coming days.A CalMac spokesperson says :...
View ArticleA819 closed in both directions
The A819 between Inveraray and the A85, west of Dalmally, has just been closed in both directions because of a road traffic accident.Ambulances and Police Scotland are now in attendance and traffic is...
View ArticleA82 at Pulpit Rock reopened: BEAR made it just ahead of schedule
BEAR Scotland are delighted to be able to say that the A82 at Pulpit Rock reopened just ahead of 15:30 today, 23rd January, following the final day of daytime closures for tree removal works.A team...
View ArticleWeather disruption to Argyll and the Isles ferry services
Those intending to travel by ferr7 today are advised to check with the ferry operator in question before leaving home.Strong winds from the south are affecting ferry services.As of 8.20. Argyll...
View ArticleWeather disruption to ferry services
Strong to gale force winds today are affecting most ferry services around Argyll and the Isles.Several services are cancelled or suspended with reviews around lunchtime for possible afternoon sailings....
View ArticleStagecoachSmartcard scheme launched in west of Scotland
Transport Minister, Keith Brown, has welcomed the news that Stagecoach bus passengers in Scotland are to benefit from a new smartcard ticketing scheme which has been launched in the west of Scotland...
View ArticleAITC off to conquer the world at EXPO 2014
Argyll and the Isles Tourism Co-operative (AITC) is off to VisitScotland’s EXPO 2014 this Wednesday and Thursday [2nd and 3rd April] at Glasgow’s SECC.The event brings together nearly 500 international...
View ArticleWarship IFR journal’s analysis of post -independence defence
The April edition of Warship IFR [International Fleet Review] carries an article – The perils of divorce and the custody battle - which is an informed insider’s view of naval defence forces following...
View ArticleStarting tomorrow: £210k improvement works to A83 at Minard
£210,000 improvement works to the A83 at Barr, south of Minard start on Monday 30th June for ten days.Road users will soon see the improvements made to this 1.25km section of the A83 following the...
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Argyll and the Isles Secrets Collection: Southend and Dunaverty – St Columba,...
Southend is just that – the southern end of the Mull of Kintyre, the southern end of Argyll itself and a strategic command position on the waterways which carried the historic sea traffic of invasion,...
View ArticleStagecoach strengthens managemnt team to support Megabus expansion
The Stagecoach Group has announced that it has significantly strengthened the management team at its megabus.com business, making a number of new appointments as the brand continues its expansion in...
View ArticleGalbraith fighting for restitution of local maternity scanning in Argyll and...
A weak and ill thought decision taken by NHS Highland in the wake of a single unfortunate case, has seen the cessation in Argyll and the Isles of routine maternity scanning carried out locally by the...
View ArticleLocal maternity scanning petition in Oban this morning
The powerful campaign fuelling a petition to site maternity scanning services locally in Argyll will be at Giibraltar Street, off Argyll Square in Oban this morning 7th February, from 11.00. At...
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Thursday public meeting in Oban on lack of local maternity scanning
In Oban this Thursday, 19th February, there is a Public Meeting where the NHS Highland Lead Nurse for Argyll & Bute will take part, hearing directly from local mothers and mothers-to-be about the...
View ArticleTwo new European air routes from Glasgow Airport
Glasgow airport has added two brand new direct routes – to Budapest in Hungary and to Lublin in Poland, both with Wizz Air.The new Wizz Air service to Budapest from Glasgow Airport will start on 13th...
View ArticleA82 Pulpit Rock fully open
Transport Scotland has let us know that the traffic lights on the A83 at Pulpit Rock have been removed and the road is now open to normal two way traffic.
View ArticleColin Prior FRPS, landscape photographer par excellence, giving illustrated...
There can be no better person to give an illustrated presentation to the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland than the landscape photographer who, for our money is the best of them all –...
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