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Journalist and broadcaster Muriel Gray launched the second Wild Lochaber Festival in her own inimitable style at Ben Nevis Distillery in Fort William.

Read what Muriel thinks about the festival and Lochaber  in The Oban Times,May 23 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

The MS Serenissima,which went aground on a shingle bank in Oban Bay around 5.30pm on Monday May 20 2013,was refloated around midnight the same day with help from Oban lifeboat.

None of the 61 passengers and 51 crew were injured.

For all the news from the West Highlands see The Oban Times every Thursday or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

The 21st Loch Fyne Food Fair enjoyed one of its busiest weekends as thousands of people across Scotland descended on Cairndow for the annual event.

For more photos and details on the event,see The Oban Times,May 23 2013,or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Appin’s Cameron Allen,who suffers from ‘brittle bone’disease,has been given a helping hand towards a new wheelchair thanks to staff from one of his favourite places to visit.

See the full story in The Oban Times,May 23 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

A £7.5 million science centre in Dunbeg is ‘struggling’to attract tenants,Highlands and Islands Enterprise has admitted.

Malin House was completed in December 2012 and is the frist of three buildings making up the European Science Park.

Read the full story in The Oban Times,May 23 2013 or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital