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The Oban CHORD Project Board will meet on Wednesday, August 4 to discuss Oban Bay Marine’s revised proposal for a short stay yacht berthing facility in Oban.
Argyll and Bute Council is about to crack down on people who park illegally in Rothesay.
Argyll and Bute Council has secured funding from Sustrans (sustainable transport charity) to develop cycling and walking projects throughout the region.
People with a visual impairment in Bute and Cowal who have an interest in playing bowls are being urged to make their voices heard.
Argyll and Bute’s latest windfarm project, which is capable of producing enough clean, green energy to power over 8,500 households, has been officially opened.
Dog owners across Argyll and Bute are being reminded how important it is to ‘bag it and bin it’.
Eight lucky members of Argyll and Bute Council’s leisure venues are looking forward to an active summer after winning a membership freeze.
Raised levels of naturally occuring algal toxins have been identified in two further areas of Argyll and Bute.
A revised plan for the upgrading of sewer pipes in Campbeltown town centre, which aims to minimise disruption for the general public, has been agreed.
Argyll and Bute Council is advising residents who may be struggling financially to think carefully before borrowing money from unofficial sources.
Three members of Argyll and Bute Council have formed a new political group.
A Dunoon café run by Argyll and Bute Council has been presented with its coveted Healthy Living Award.
Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, will be making a fact finding visit to Auchindrain Township Open Air Museum on Thursday morning (July 8).
Argyll and Bute Council has appointed award winning Glasgow-based architects to lead the team to regenerate Rothesay’s iconic waterside pavilion.
A scheme to enable people in Argyll and Bute with long term health problems to send regular medical information to a clinician from their homes has been highly commended at a national awards ceremony.
Argyll and Bute Council has created a floral display at the Castle Gardens, Dunoon to mark the centenary of the Girl Guide movement.
Argyll and Bute Council and Strathclyde Police have teamed up in a bid to target the increasing number of rogue traders who descend on the area in the summer months.
Argyll and Bute Council’s adult care team has won two national awards for the service it provides at The Oasis centre in Garelochhead.
Argyll and Bute’s Provost has reconferred the freedom of Argyll and Bute on the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Users of private water supplies across Argyll and Bute are being urged to take measures to conserve their supply and make plans for what they will do if it runs out.
A group of volunteers is sharpening its saws in preparation for a long weekend of woodland work in Lochgilphead early next month.
Road resurfacing work worth more than £820,000 is about to be carried out on Mull, Islay and Jura.
Argyll and Bute Council is sending letters to all its employees today offering people the opportunity to volunteer for redundancy.
Anyone stepping into Campbeltown Museum recently would have been met with an unusual sight.
ScotRail is to launch a Sunday train service for day trippers to Oban direct from Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Polmont over six weeks this summer.
Argyll and Bute Council has announced several changes to council-funded bus services in the Oban and Lorn area with effect from Thursday July 1, 2010.
One of the two areas in which raised levels of naturally occurring algal toxins had previously been identified has now reopened for shellfish harvesting.
Argyll and Bute Council is encouraging staff to get on their bikes to show its support for the national Bike Week programme.
Argyll and Bute Council has announced several changes to council-funded bus services in Mid Argyll and Kintyre with effect from Thursday July 1, 2010.
Two Argyll and Bute teachers have been recognised by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC) for their skills in promoting Enterprise in Education.
We have lift off! Libraries across Argyll and Bute are getting ready to launch children into orbit for an intergalactical adventure which will keep them reading throughout the school summer holidays.
A public exhibition of the emerging design for the Helensburgh CHORD projects will be held in the town’s library from June 21-25.
A letter from Education Secretary Michael Russell will land on the doorsteps of parents with pupils in P7 across Argyll and Bute this week.
Argyll and Bute Council has teamed up with NHS Highland and Alzheimer Scotland in a landmark partnership aimed at improving care for people with dementia.
The Armed Forces flag will be raised on Lochgilphead’s front green on Thursday, June 24 in a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day.
The sporting event of the Argyll and Bute school year went off with a bang last week.
One of the three areas in which raised levels of naturally occuring algal toxins were recently identified has now reopened for shellfish harvesting.
Sporting volunteers from across Argyll and Bute were honoured this afternoon in a ceremony at the council headquarters in Lochgilphead.
Argyll and Bute residents are being warned to be on their guard against a scam which is advertising in local papers.
Argyll and Bute residents who use a private water supply are being urged to make the most of a Scottish Government grant scheme to improve water quality.
Two members of the public have been handed fines for letting their dogs foul in Campbeltown town centre.
The A85 remains closed to through traffic between Connel and Dalmally until further notice.
A meeting was held today at which the Board of Oban Bay Marine presented their revised proposals for a short stay marina in the town to members of the Oban CHORD Project Board.
Strathclyde Police would like to inform motorists that following the Rail Crash near Oban on Sunday 6 June 2010 the A85 between Dalmally and Taynuilt is closed until further notice.
Argyll and Bute residents are being urged to be on their guard against signing up with cold-calling alarm companies.
Raised levels of naturally occurring algal toxins have been identified in another area of Argyll and Bute.
An Argyll and Bute pupil is challenging her schoolmates and teachers to spend a day in a wheelchair.
Argyll and Bute residents are being warned to be on their guard against a scam involving phone calls from individuals who claim to be from the Office of Fair Trading in London
One of National Grid’s most senior executives has spent the day with Argyll and Bute Council, discussing the area’s renewable energy potential and how best to harness it.
School pupils across Argyll and Bute will experience the magic of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games during Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week from 7-11 June 2010.
29/07/10
OBAN CHORD PROJECT BOARD TO DISCUSS MARINA PLANS The Oban CHORD Project Board will meet on Wednesday, August 4 to discuss Oban Bay Marine’s revised proposal for a short stay yacht berthing facility in Oban.
27/07/10
ILLEGAL ROTHESAY PARKERS IN COUNCIL’S SIGHTS Argyll and Bute Council is about to crack down on people who park illegally in Rothesay.
27/07/10
Wheely good news for cycle path funding Argyll and Bute Council has secured funding from Sustrans (sustainable transport charity) to develop cycling and walking projects throughout the region.
27/07/10
BOWLING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ON THE CARDS FOR BUTE AND COWAL People with a visual impairment in Bute and Cowal who have an interest in playing bowls are being urged to make their voices heard.
23/07/10
CLACHAN FLATS WINDFARM OFFICIALLY OPENS Argyll and Bute’s latest windfarm project, which is capable of producing enough clean, green energy to power over 8,500 households, has been officially opened.
23/07/10
BAG IT, BIN IT! Dog owners across Argyll and Bute are being reminded how important it is to ‘bag it and bin it’.
20/07/10
LEISURE WINNERS ANNOUNCED Eight lucky members of Argyll and Bute Council’s leisure venues are looking forward to an active summer after winning a membership freeze.
20/07/10
RAISED SHELLFISH TOXIN LEVELS Raised levels of naturally occuring algal toxins have been identified in two further areas of Argyll and Bute.
20/07/10
REVISED SEWER PIPE UPGRADE PLAN AGREED A revised plan for the upgrading of sewer pipes in Campbeltown town centre, which aims to minimise disruption for the general public, has been agreed.
09/07/10
COUNCIL’S LOAN SHARK WARNING Argyll and Bute Council is advising residents who may be struggling financially to think carefully before borrowing money from unofficial sources.
08/07/10
CHANGE TO COUNCIL COMPOSITION Three members of Argyll and Bute Council have formed a new political group.
07/07/10
RIVERSIDE CAFÉ ACCEPTS HEALTHY LIVING AWARD A Dunoon café run by Argyll and Bute Council has been presented with its coveted Healthy Living Award.
06/07/10
CABINET SECRETARY TO VISIT AUCHINDRAIN Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, will be making a fact finding visit to Auchindrain Township Open Air Museum on Thursday morning (July 8).
05/07/10
ROTHESAY PAVILION DESIGN TEAM APPOINTED Argyll and Bute Council has appointed award winning Glasgow-based architects to lead the team to regenerate Rothesay’s iconic waterside pavilion.
02/07/10
TELEHEALTH SCHEME HIGHLY COMMENDED A scheme to enable people in Argyll and Bute with long term health problems to send regular medical information to a clinician from their homes has been highly commended at a national awards ceremony.
02/07/10
COUNCIL CELEBRATES GIRL GUIDES CENTENARY Argyll and Bute Council has created a floral display at the Castle Gardens, Dunoon to mark the centenary of the Girl Guide movement.
30/06/10
COUNCIL ON LOOKOUT FOR BOGUS TRADERS Argyll and Bute Council and Strathclyde Police have teamed up in a bid to target the increasing number of rogue traders who descend on the area in the summer months.
29/06/10
COUNCIL TEAM WINS MAJOR AWARDS Argyll and Bute Council’s adult care team has won two national awards for the service it provides at The Oasis centre in Garelochhead.
29/06/10
PROVOST CONFERS FREEDOM OF ARGYLL AND BUTE ON HOME BATTALION Argyll and Bute’s Provost has reconferred the freedom of Argyll and Bute on the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
28/06/10
WARNING OVER PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES Users of private water supplies across Argyll and Bute are being urged to take measures to conserve their supply and make plans for what they will do if it runs out.
25/06/10
VOLUNTEERS BRANCH OUT INTO LOCHGILPHEAD WOODLANDS A group of volunteers is sharpening its saws in preparation for a long weekend of woodland work in Lochgilphead early next month.
24/06/10
ROAD RESURFACING WORKS – ISLAY, JURA AND MULL Road resurfacing work worth more than £820,000 is about to be carried out on Mull, Islay and Jura.
24/06/10
COUNCIL TO SEEK VOLUNTARY REDUNDANCIES Argyll and Bute Council is sending letters to all its employees today offering people the opportunity to volunteer for redundancy.
22/06/10
LIGHTS, CAMERA, CATALOGUE! PUBLIC CATALOGUE FOUNDATION COMES TO CAMPBELTOWN Anyone stepping into Campbeltown Museum recently would have been met with an unusual sight.
21/06/10
SCOTRAIL LAUNCHES DAY TRIP FROM EDINBURGH TO OBAN ScotRail is to launch a Sunday train service for day trippers to Oban direct from Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Polmont over six weeks this summer.
21/06/10
BUS TIMETABLE CHANGES IN OBAN AND LORN Argyll and Bute Council has announced several changes to council-funded bus services in the Oban and Lorn area with effect from Thursday July 1, 2010.
21/06/10
UPDATE ON ALGAL TOXINS IN ARGYLL AND BUTE LOCHS One of the two areas in which raised levels of naturally occurring algal toxins had previously been identified has now reopened for shellfish harvesting.
21/06/10
COUNCIL LAUNCHES CYCLE TO WORK SCHEME Argyll and Bute Council is encouraging staff to get on their bikes to show its support for the national Bike Week programme.
21/06/10
BUS TIMETABLE CHANGES IN MID ARGYLL AND KINTYRE Argyll and Bute Council has announced several changes to council-funded bus services in Mid Argyll and Kintyre with effect from Thursday July 1, 2010.
18/06/10
ARGYLL AND BUTE TEACHERS RECOGNISED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO ENTERPRISE Two Argyll and Bute teachers have been recognised by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC) for their skills in promoting Enterprise in Education.
16/06/10
ARGYLL AND BUTE YOUNGSTERS ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ONE GIANT LEAP INTO LIBRARIES We have lift off! Libraries across Argyll and Bute are getting ready to launch children into orbit for an intergalactical adventure which will keep them reading throughout the school summer holidays.
16/06/10
PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF HELENSBURGH CHORD PROJECT DESIGNS A public exhibition of the emerging design for the Helensburgh CHORD projects will be held in the town’s library from June 21-25.
15/06/10
EDUCATION SECRETARY SENDS LETTER ON NEW CURRICULUM TO ARGYLL AND BUTE PARENTS A letter from Education Secretary Michael Russell will land on the doorsteps of parents with pupils in P7 across Argyll and Bute this week.
14/06/10
POSITIVE DEMENTIA PARTNERSHIPS SUCCESS Argyll and Bute Council has teamed up with NHS Highland and Alzheimer Scotland in a landmark partnership aimed at improving care for people with dementia.
14/06/10
FLAG TO BE RAISED FOR ARMED FORCES DAY The Armed Forces flag will be raised on Lochgilphead’s front green on Thursday, June 24 in a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day.
14/06/10
SECONDARY SCHOOL GAMES RESULTS The sporting event of the Argyll and Bute school year went off with a bang last week.
14/06/10
ALGAL TOXIN LEVELS REDUCE IN SOUND OF GIGHA One of the three areas in which raised levels of naturally occuring algal toxins were recently identified has now reopened for shellfish harvesting.
11/06/10
SPORTING VOLUNTEERS RECOGNISED Sporting volunteers from across Argyll and Bute were honoured this afternoon in a ceremony at the council headquarters in Lochgilphead.
11/06/10
MYSTERY SHOPPER SCAM HITS ARGYLL AND BUTE Argyll and Bute residents are being warned to be on their guard against a scam which is advertising in local papers.
10/06/10
PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES IN LINE FOR REVAMP Argyll and Bute residents who use a private water supply are being urged to make the most of a Scottish Government grant scheme to improve water quality.
09/06/10
DOG OWNERS FINED Two members of the public have been handed fines for letting their dogs foul in Campbeltown town centre.
09/06/10
Update - A85 road closure at Cruachan Power Station The A85 remains closed to through traffic between Connel and Dalmally until further notice.
09/06/10
REVISED OBAN SHORT STAY MARINA PLANS DISCUSSED A meeting was held today at which the Board of Oban Bay Marine presented their revised proposals for a short stay marina in the town to members of the Oban CHORD Project Board.
09/06/10
RAIL CRASH – OBANStrathclyde Police would like to inform motorists that following the Rail Crash near Oban on Sunday 6 June 2010 the A85 between Dalmally and Taynuilt is closed until further notice.
08/06/10
BEWARE OF ALARM SCAMS Argyll and Bute residents are being urged to be on their guard against signing up with cold-calling alarm companies.
07/06/10
UPDATE ON RAISED SHELLFISH TOXIN LEVELS Raised levels of naturally occurring algal toxins have been identified in another area of Argyll and Bute.
07/06/10
ROTHESAY PUPIL SETS WHEELCHAIR CHALLENGE An Argyll and Bute pupil is challenging her schoolmates and teachers to spend a day in a wheelchair.
04/06/10
RESIDENTS WARNED OVER PHONE SCAM Argyll and Bute residents are being warned to be on their guard against a scam involving phone calls from individuals who claim to be from the Office of Fair Trading in London
04/06/10
NATIONAL GRID DIRECTOR VISITS ARGYLL AND BUTE One of National Grid’s most senior executives has spent the day with Argyll and Bute Council, discussing the area’s renewable energy potential and how best to harness it.
04/06/10
ON YOUR MARKS FOR NATIONAL SCHOOL SPORTS WEEK School pupils across Argyll and Bute will experience the magic of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games during Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week from 7-11 June 2010.
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