Tag: colonsay
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Colonsay gets new GP
The job of running the island practice has gone to Dr Simon Willets whose career started out in a London hospital.
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Charity comes up with best-laid plan for May
When news reached Crossroads North Argyll back on the mainland that a predator had killed hens belonging to 80-year-old islander May MacKinnon, the charity decided to help.
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Land sale builds better future on Colonsay
After years in the planning, the island’s community development company has finally bought two land sites from the Colonsay Estate.
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Islands back on grid after underwater cable fault
It had meant facing up to the worst of winter’s weather reliant on Islay’s fossil-fuel dependent Bowmore Power Station.
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Ahoy there! Moorings are on the horizon
Island residents hope the ten two-ton blocks at Queen’s Bay will bring a much welcome tourism boost to their shores in the future.
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Head teacher and GP wanted for Colonsay
With deadlines for both top jobs due to end tomorrow, residents called in help from the media – including a film crew for BBC’s The One Show.
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Crowdfunding stores up donations for island trust
A sum of £9,000 is needed to re-roof the vestry of the old Baptist Church at Kilchattan so it can be used to keep safe some of Colonsay and Oransay Heritage Trust’s most prized possessions.
Outdoors
Colonsay’s honeybee reserve wins international acclaim
Professor Tom Seeley from Cornel University recently honoured Colonsay’s black bee reserve with a two-day visit.