The Oban Times goes digital

Published on Jun 17, 2010

No matter where you are in the world, you can now buy The Oban Tmes digitally on-line.

This means if you are across the Atlantic or just up the road at John O'Groats, you can pick up all the latest news, photos and views at the same time as family and friends at home in the Wes Highlands every Friday morning from 7.30am.

Be the first to see the headlines, apply for that job or the first to make an offer on your ideal car.

No more reaching for the magnifying glass if your eye sight is not what it was, you can zoom in on stories and pictures - and even pick out the faces on the back row.

If you live abroad or your newsagent doesn’t stock The Oban Times - buy a digital subscription and enjoy discussing the issues, photos and latest news with friends and family all over the world on the same day it hits the streets.

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Trust launches cash appeal to buy forest

Published on Sep 02, 2010

SLEAT Community Trust  (SCT) on the Isle of Skye is hoping local people will help them raise the money needed to buy a valuable woodland for community enterprises.

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Oban Games spectacle delights crowd

Published on Sep 02, 2010

OBAN laid on a spectacle of a Highland games at this year’s Argyllshire Gathering, with local talent excelling in athletics, dancing, piping and traditional music.

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Street league football a winner with youngsters

Published on Sep 02, 2010

AROUND 90 youngsters aged between seven and 16 years took part in the annual Lochaber Street League (LSL) football tournament at Claggan Park on Saturday.

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Oban pontoon project fails to find favour

Published on Sep 02, 2010

OBAN Bay’s ambitious pontoon project is dead in the water amid a sea of resentment and allegations.

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Young Oban pipers are champions of champions

Published on Sep 02, 2010

OBAN High School Pipe Band returned home to a rain soaked but rapturous welcome as the Champion of Champions 2010, late last Saturday night.

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Remembering fallen comrades

Published on Sep 02, 2010

BRITISH service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan were remembered at a ceremomy of remembrance in Fort William last Wednesday morning.

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Minister falls on Devil’s Ridge

Published on Sep 02, 2010

A CHURCH of Scotland minister was found safe on a Lochaber hillside known as The Devil’s Ridge – 20 hours after he was due to return home.

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Benefit cuts will bring homelessness say charity

Published on Sep 02, 2010

THE MOST vulnerable residents in Argyll and Bute are to be put at risk of homelessness when their housing benefit is cut next year, according to Shelter Scotland.

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Faye first woman piper to strike gold at Oban

Published on Sep 02, 2010

AN 18-YEAR-old law student has become the first woman to win a gold medal for solo piping at the Argyllshire Gathering.

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