Union raises Tiree care home concerns
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Union raises Tiree care home concerns

GMB Scotland has reported that four of their union members employed at the Tighe A Rudha home in Scarinish are off work with stress after a long-running dispute.

Chef Tufayal was hot favourite at awards
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Chef Tufayal was hot favourite at awards

Almost 500 businesses and individuals from across the country were nominated for Euro Asia Curry Awards this year and Tobermory’s Spice of Mull took Chef of the Year

Soroba Road’s chemist to shut…and so is WH Smith
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Soroba Road’s chemist to shut…and so is WH Smith

The health and beauty chain is not commenting officially on or revealing a formal list of shops it plans to shut but told The Oban Times that closures are part of a consolidation plan it announced earlier in the year.

Recycled mini Oban is a window winner
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Recycled mini Oban is a window winner

With such attention to detail and featuring Oban’s iconic McCaig’s Tower and the distillery chimney, winning Winter Festivalwindow artist Canadian Lisa Gutcher even included tiny card cut-outs of her friends on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Partners pledge to tackle housing emergency

A collaborative commitment to increase housing supply, and targeted action to tackle Argyll and Bute’s housing emergency, are just some of the key summary points from a Housing Summit in Oban.

Top MLS job for Lewis man Ally
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Top MLS job for Lewis man Ally

Ally Mackay, from Point, has signed a four-year contract to help an American club up its game in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer.

Under Loch Fyne
Nostalgia
Under Loch Fyne

Next month’s talk takes place at 7.30pm on Tuesday December 5 in the Inveraray Parish Church hall.

Hoolie in the Hydro
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Hoolie in the Hydro

One month until biggest single night of traditional music as Hoolie in the Hydro breaks own sales records

APPRECIATION: Dr John Adamson of Kyle
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APPRECIATION: Dr John Adamson of Kyle

The passing of Dr John Adamson, on November 11 at the age of 87, is indeed a huge and sad loss to Kyle and Lochalsh, the communities which he served as a dedicated and highly respected general practitioner for almost 30 years.