SCO visits Mull and Seil on summer tour
After a two-year break, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra will be visiting 30 towns and cities across Scotland with orchestral, chamber, choral, and creative learning programmes
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CalMac rejects warnings of a summer squeeze on Islay ferries
Competition for space on Islay’s ferries will be even hotter this summer, the island’s ferry group warns, unless CalMac heeds its advice to increase capacity in the face of rising ‘record’ demand
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MSP told Arran ferry was fully booked 149 days in advance
Ferry disruption ‘intolerable’, says Western Isles’ SNP MSP: ‘The low point was reached when people started telling me that they were unable to visit even very ill relatives.’
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Summer message to phenomenal pupils
‘Nothing could have prepared us for the challenges we’ve had to overcome in the last 12 months, particularly in our schools, but the way in which staff, pupils and parents have coped is truly remarkable,’ said Argyll and Bute education chief Councillor Yvonne McNeilly.
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Kick off summer with Live Argyll
Facilities continue to re-open with activity camps and library services on offer.
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Staycation hell warning for Oban
Waste disposable facilities for caravanners and campervanners, parking restrictions and warden-type rangers to keep a roving check on visitors are potentially just some of the measures to be brought in.
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In your night garden
By adding night-scented plants and soft lighting, along with pale-coloured flowers and foliage that appear to glow in the fading light, your garden will become an enticing ‘room’ to sit in at the end of the day.
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Fish farm grant give pupils a taste of adventure
Twenty of the youngsters went on a summer trip to Lochgoilhead Outdoor Education Centre for one week after their fundraising campaign got a boost from Dawnfresh.
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Showtime for Fran and Anna
Fundraisers Ali Martin and Mairi Fleck will be dressing up as twin sisters Fran and Anna from Thingummyjig.
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Seil sows seeds for first scarecrow festival
Sheds, wardrobes and charity bags are being raided for ideas, props and garments to rig out fun-stuffed characters for the week-long summer celebration starting on July 27.