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Sun smiles on fundraising duo
Fiona and Alan Patterson’s mission for Prostate Cancer UK has been inspired by a friend who has the disease. They set their goal at £2,500 but it has now exceeded the £3,000 mark.
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Team Oban takes Big Step Forward for Pancreatic Cancer UK
In total, an incredible 914 miles for Pancreatic Cancer UK’s Big Step Forward was clocked up in 24 hours by Team Oban, doubling their fundraising target to more than £10,000
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What’s in This Week’s Oban Times 28th July 2021
This week’s Oban Times has a cracking gallery of photos from the day that saw the team, including some folks as far away as in Norway and Australia, pulling together to double their combined target to more than £10,000. We also have news of Oban Seil croft DJ MacDougall who is going to pipe five miles from the Bridge Over The Atlantic on Seil to the seafront at Ellenabeich to raise funds for the work of theEasdale branch of Royal British Legion Scotland
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A83 at RBT reopens under traffic lights and convoy
Traffic will be convoyed along the route throughout the morning, and the road will switch to normal traffic light operation this afternoon if weather conditions have further improved, said BEAR Scotland.
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Stand up for world-record paddleboarder Cal
Ocean advocate Cal Major is on a mission to get people excited about their blue spaces. To help her do it, she is stand up paddleboarding around Scotland’s wild coast
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Has Suzie dug up treasure?
The mystery piece, that could be a Highlander’s ring brooch from mediaeval times, is now in the Edinburgh Museum for safe keeping while it goes through the Treasure Trove process.
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Scottish Tourism leadership programme launched
The £25M programme will offer 300 fully funded places between now and March 2022