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More than 400 sign Oban rent plea petition

May 16th,2013%

syfg-petition More than 400 people have signed a petition asking Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) to reconsider its decision to put the rent up from £100 to £3,600 a year on a property used by community organisation Soroba Young Family Group,a registered charity.

Read the full story in The Oban Times,May 16 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

‘Greed’at the root of council woes

May 16th,2013%

‘Greed’has been blamed for the collapse of Argyll and Bute Council’s SNP-led administration. Council leader James Robb resigned as a result of the SNP’s National Executive Committee suspending membership of its Argyll and Bute councillors following a ‘deal’with the council’s Liberal Democrat and Conservative members.

Read the full story in The Oban Times,May 16 2013,or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Gary gets biggest cheer of the Six Days Trial

May 15th,2013%

six-days-trial-13 The biggest cheer of the Scottish Six Days Trial was reserved for Kinlochleven’s Gary MacDonald after he picked up third over-all and top Scot at the event in Fort William and Lochaber.

Read the full report in The Oban Times,may 16 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Crime writer praises island book festival

May 14th,2013%

ian-rankin An island’s second annual book festival has been declared ‘magical’,by a top crime writer.

Find out more about what Scot’s author Ian Rankin thought of the Colonsay Book Festival in The Oban Times,May 16 2013 or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Frank is shadow of former self

May 14th,2013%

scottish slimmers perth Ballachulish’s Frank Chambers is a shadow of his former self after losing more than 10 stone in 12 months.

Read his story in The Oban Times,May 16 2013 and on line from the same date at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Help for Heroes cycle in memory of Mull’s Robbie

May 9th,2013%

help-for-heroes-mull-cycle More than £1,000 has been raised for Help for Heroes in memory of fallen soldier Robert ‘Robbie’McLaren from Mull.

More details in The Oban Times,May 9 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Young families group faces huge rent hike

May 9th,2013%

soroba-young-families-group An Oban-based children’s charity that supports more than 100 families in the town is facing a 3,600 per cent rent increase.

‘Some things are worth more than money,’says one parent.

Read the full story in The Oban Times,May 9 2013 or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Fort William food bank set to open soon

May 8th,2013%

fort-william-foodbank With around an estimated 80 people around Fort William struggling to find enough food each month,moves are afoot to set up a food bank in the town.

Read more in The Oban Times,May 9 2013,and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital from the same date.

Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival 2013

May 6th,2013%

lochnell-ps-choir Oban was a world of music and dance on the weekend of May 3-5 2013 as competitors lined up to take part in the prestigious and 30th Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival.

See The Oban Times for photos and results from the weekend’s events. Video below of some action songs and primary choirs.

Also available on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

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Music to the ears in Glenfinnan

May 6th,2013%

glenfinnan-music-festival Loch Shiel Spring Festival provided a feast of classical music with pop-up concerts around Glenfinnan on Saturday,May 4 2013,as part of the family gala day.