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In a bid to reverse one of Scotland’s biggest population declines, Argyll and Bute Council has approved plans to turn Coll and Tiree into pilot ‘repopulation zones’ which, if successful, will be rolled out across the region
Alison Jones from Coll is raising funds for the UK Sepsis Trust and is inviting friends and tourists to join her for some of her 300-mile cycle challenge.
With John Wheeler-James’s retirement as pier master, the island has lost the last remaining link with times half a century ago.
Two ACHA properties built in 2017 are on the land affected but the housing association says the transfer does not relate to them.
Islander Colin Kennedy said when a week’s home care was not available for his 92-year-old blind and deaf mother, the only option offered was for him to take her to sheltered flats in Mull – 75 miles away and involving two ferry trips and a night-stop in Oban just to get there.
Tiree and Coll made it clear during consultations that they wanted to have their own council ward with one councillor representing them, preferably someone living in the community who experienced their issues first hand and knew the problems
The council said Colin Kennedy’s new house on the coast would harm the wider landscape but the Scottish Government disagreed and has given permission to build
Despite pleas direct to Scottish government ministers and to Scottish Water there has been very little progress made so far, according to a working group set up on the island to try and solve the problem.
Shared new ranger role for the whole of the Oban, Lorn and Isles area this tourist season ‘makes no sense’ says Mull & Iona Trust Chief Executive Moray Finch
