UP to 238 jobs could be created and more than £100 million generated from an injection of £19 million into projects proposed for Oban town centre and waterfront.

LOCHABER Hydrotherapy Limited has a new chairman after Mark McCann, the driving force behind the 15-year campaign to build the pool next to Lochaber Leisure Centre, resigned his post at a board meeting.

SANTA and his reindeer made an early visit to Oban on Saturday as the town’s Christmas lights were switched on.

THE ENTIRE school roll of 74 at Kinlochleven Pimary School performed their Christmas play ‘Joseph and his Multicoloured Dream Coat’ in the new Kinlochleven school campus theatre.

SUPPORTERS and opponents of the Fort William Waterfront development are to have the chance to air their views at a public meeting.

MULL wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan is back on the small screen this week with a film about endangered tigers in Russia.

A MAN protesting against Sunday rock drilling on the island of Seil attempted to halt works by jumping into an excavation well.

AN AMBITIOUS bid by Lochaber youngsters to revamp a sports area next to the Nevis Centre, Fort William, has hit national TV screens.

BARCALDINE Community Association is calling for residents’ views on whether or not it should go ahead with buying land for a new community hall.

A RECENTLY retired jannie has come up with a novel way of raising funds for his former school – by enlisting his musical family to produce their own charity CD.

AN UNDER 18s concert last weekend, organised by Oban’s Youth Forum, turned into a fundraising effort for Oxfam.