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Fishermen rescued off Skye after boat hits rocks

March 18th,2013%

mallaiglifeboat Three crew were rescued from their life raft after their prawn trawler hit the rocks at Point of Sleat,off southern Skye,early on the morning of Monday March 18 2013. Continue reading Fishermen rescued off Skye after boat hits rocks

February 27th,2013%

Mark Phillips,Spean Bridge

Fort William police have named the man who died following a fall on Raeburn’s Buttress on the North Face of Ben Nevis on Monday,February 25 2013. Continue reading Spean Bridge man named as dead Ben Nevis climber

February 22nd,2013%

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A fisherman has died in hospital after the fishing boat he and two other crewmen were in sank rapidly off the west coast of Harris,Western Isles,on February 21 2013. Continue reading Fisherman dies in hospital after boat sinks off Harris

January 28th,2013%

POLICE have named the fifth person to die on Lochaber’s mountains in the course of a week.

January 17th,2013%

Ruby Smith

A FIVE-year-old girl so impressed Oban Times staff with her artwork,she won a prize full of books and DVDs as well as something for her entire school class. Continue reading Oban primary pupil wins books for her class

September 19th,2012%

Oban man Andrew Finlayson,who had been reported missing on Monday,September 17 2012,has turned up in the town safe and well. Continue reading Oban man Andrew Finlayson is safe and well

September 13th,2012%

oban-mrt-summer-vehicles POLICE and members of several mountain rescue teams are currently conducting an extensive search for a hillwalker missing in the Glen Etive area,Glencoe. Continue reading Emergency services search for missing Glen Etive walker

July 7th,2012%

A TOURIST has died after falling 50-feet down a cliff above Clamshell Cave on the island of Staffa yesterday,Friday July 6.

June 20th,2012%

A 75-year-old woman has died as a result of what is believed to have been a head-on collision between two cars on the A828 on Wednesday June 20. Continue reading Woman dies in two-car collision on A828

May 28th,2012%

r7i5546-oban-lifeboat-at-top-speed A man who had been reported missing in the early hours of Saturday morning was found dead in his kayak on Saturday afternoon near Easdale. Continue reading Man found dead in Kayak near Easdale