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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.


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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.


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Lochaber sea cadets on parade


Lochaber Sea Cadets have been inspected by the Royal Navy's Northern Commander Colin Redstone MBE.


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Lochaber Music Festival


Lochaber Music Festival

Lochaber Music Festival kicks off tomorrow (Friday) with five days of comeptitions and performances.


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Lochyside dances to find cure


Lochyside dances to find cure

Pupils at Lochyside Primary School put on their dancing shoes to raise funds to cure 50 children with leprosy.


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Onich Royal Observer Corps


Onich Royal Observer Corps

Donald Cameron of Pitlochry, Perthshire, submitted this flashback picture of members of the Onich Royal Observer Corps at the observation post on Cuilcheanna Hill during World War II.


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Morvern postcode change on hold


A new postcode for Morvern is on hold after a last minute compliant that rather than being changed to PA80 from the PA34 code that links the area to Oban, the code should be a Perhshire one - PH - rather than Paisley.


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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.


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Avalanche closes Fort rail link to Glasgow


Avalanche closes Fort rail link to Glasgow

Fort William's rail link to Glasgow could remain closed until next week after an avalanche buried the track in four places between Tulloch and Tyndrum.


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Heavy snow cuts Blarmaflodach off


Heavy snow cuts Blarmaflodach off

Residents of Blarmafoldach, near Fort William, were cut off for several days after heavy dumps of snow at the end of last week, with drifts of up to five feet.


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