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Spotlight on Mull

May 22nd,2013%

t21kilvickeon1no Spotlight on Mull in this week’s Oban Times!

Find out what has been happening at an ancient church site, Kilvickeon,on the Ross of Mull;why feathers are still flying over a sculpture of a sea eagle offered to the island;and why Mull Community Council is urging their local authority councillor to be independent.

Pick up your copy of The Oban Times,May 23 2013 or read the online edition 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

Remarkable sea eagle returns to Mull

April 18th,2013%

Kellan - photo John McAvoy/SSPCA

A remarkable feat of survival against all the odds has been witnessed on the Isle of Mull as Kellan the young white-tailed sea eagle returns home.

Read his story in The Oban Times,April 18 2013,or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Sunshine on a rainy Tobermory day

April 17th,2013%

Mishnish Returns to yellow One of Tobermory’s landmark buildings has reverted to the sunny colour of yellow in time for the summer tourism season.

Read more about the Mishnish’s new look and more stories from Mull in The Oban Times,April 18 2013 or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Mull firm lands contract

April 3rd,2013%

Geraldine Mary

A MULL based family business has secured a seven year deal with a fish farming company worth millions of pounds –the contract has also allowed the company to invest in a new vessel,the Geraldine Mary,pictured.

Continue reading Mull firm lands contract

Mull’s new marine centre opens

March 28th,2013%

gordon-buchanan The official opening of the Tobermory Marine Visitor Centre on Mull attracted a full house of visitors and locals as well as celebrity guest Gordon Buchanan –the award-winning wildlife cameraman.

Read the full story in The Oban Times,March 28 2013,and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Mull says no to BID

March 26th,2013%

tobermory-to-mishnish-march-2012 Businesses on Mull,Iona and Ulva have rejected proposals to become the first all-island Business Improvement District (BID).

See The Oban Times,March 28 2013 or on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Children’s lives at risk,says Mull police sergeant

March 20th,2013%

policesign Children’s lives are being put at risk outside a Mull primary school because of faulty speed limit lights.

‘If there are no flashing lights,the children are at risk,’says Sergeant Mark Stephen.

Read more in The Oban Times,March 21 2013 and on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

Water works upgrade on Mull is progressing

February 18th,2013%

Tobermory

WORK to upgrade the capacity of the water network on the Isle of Mull is progressing,despite worries from the community it had come to a ‘standstill’. Continue reading Water works upgrade on Mull is progressing

Mull airstrip to re-open at Easter

February 18th,2013%

Glenforsa Airfield on Mull

Glenforsa Airstrip on Mull will reopen for Easter 2013 but will be subject to an inspection first. Continue reading Mull airstrip to re-open at Easter