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• New bid to kickstart Fort’s West End

  The property firm behind a major development in Fort William's run down West End is making a bid to kickstart the stallled project.

• Islanders take charge of Mull rally

  Mull islanders are to drive forward the Tour of Mull Rally after the previous organiser 2300 Club decided against holding the event on the island this year.

• Screen Machine bans Spean

  Travelling cinema the Screen Machine will never return to Spean Bridge unless the culprit who slashed seats with a knife is found, say its bosses.

• Oban fears rates hike

  Increasing business rates from April 1 are leaving Oban's retailers concerned about the future of the town centre.

• Thumbs up for Glencoe hospital buy-out

  South Lochaber residents have backed a plan to transform the mothballed Glencoe Hospital into a centre fro community enterprises.

• Oban and Mull men meet in earthquake aftermath

  An Oban traveller in Chile has met up over coffee with a former Mull man working in the British Embassy following the Chilean earthquake.

• FAI hears driver did not see cyclist

  Experts at a fatal accident inquiry in Fort William into the death of cyclist Jason MacIntyre, 33, have disagreed over whether or not a lack of bright clothing being worn by the cyclist was a factor in the accident. The accident was put down to driver error.