Oban hospital ‘massively understaffed’
Damning report by NHS watchdog requires urgent improvements at Oban hospital
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Holiday West Highland Summer 2022
The summer edition of Holiday West Highland 2022 is packed full of great reads. From Events and Activities, Area Info, Days Out and Boat Trips. Find out what the West Highlands has to offer.
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Former Lib Dem leader Robin Currie returns – just unseating Alastair Redman on equal votes
Kintyre and the Islands Liberal Democrat Robin Currie was one of three winning candidates elected to the ward in the council election
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Island communities funding bid
Argyll and Bute councillors have approved a range of options for possible inclusion in a funding bid to the Scottish Government’s Islands Programme
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Oban hospital mail failed to reach Oban home (again)
An ill Oban OAP who missed an urgent appointment at Oban hospital due to late post, nearly missed her rescheduled appointment when a second letter didn’t reach her home, 12 days days after it was posted from the other side of town
Oban
Call for stitchers!
Major community art project seeks stitchers from across the Highlands and Islands
Leisure
New film launches 496km bikepacking route linking Argyll islands
A new film called Wild About Bikepacking has launched a 496-km bikepacking route connecting the Argyll islands of Mull, Jura, Islay and Bute
Leisure
Local snappers capture islands at their best
A new book Scotland the Best: The Islands points up remote and unheralded places
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Argyll islands hit by highest depopulation
More than half of the isle population is now aged 45 and over