The Oban Times - 2017-11-16

• New hope for Connel man Billy in Indian prison hell
• Argyll and the Isles march to remember the fallen
• Injured Oban woman ‘looking better’
• ‘Intimidati­on’ claim
• Girl is a citizen
• Winter fest is here
• Centre opens
• Wonderfull­y weird
• Saints alive
• Hugh Smith’s letter from Islay Rave reviews
• Islay school is up for prestigiou­s Rolls-Royce award
• Youngsters set course for new career at sea
• Preparatio­ns begin to mark disaster at sea
• Community council resists new housing without infrastruc­ture
• Court is told of man biting ear
• Benderloch’s Joy spreads a little birthday cheer in aid of Hope Kitchen foodbank
• Excitement builds for Oban Winter Festival
• ACHA opens eight Oban homes worth £1.2m
• Youth project to continue this year
• Trust celebrates 20th birthday
• All the dates for the Christmas switch-ons
• Argyll tops table for workplace injuries
• At Random
• Fascinatin­g history of Argyll caves
• China offers economic boost for Argyll
• Beachd Ailein
• Social media
• Scotland’s poor record on breastfeed­ing
• Strontian care home to close
• Liberty submit Fort plans
• TV star Elaine tours Highlands and Islands
• Glasgow Letter Tiree Gathering approaches
• Kilmartin Museum to host Christmas fair
• Oban writing group is seeking submission­s
• Your local radio listings
• Fraser Shaw tunebook released to aid MS care
• Best of the Bàrdachd
• Delight as Dove Centre opens
• Tibetan and Gaelic music fuse as monks tour Argyll and Lochaber
• Fears grow for Argyll’s corncrakes
• Now you can buy Ben Nevis ... for £25 an acre
• THIS WEEK’S WALKS
• Holyrood urged to back pesticide ban
• Lochaber farm is to focus on cattle wintering options
• Around the markets
• NFUS is ‘disappoint­ed’ at EU failure over herbicide decision
• Free soil event for farmers at Balloch
• New housing sector practice guide launched to support people with dementia
• MP urges households to ‘keep a step ahead of winter’
• SUBARU FORESTER GETS EVEN SAFER WITH EYESIGHT
• Ardchattan’s Rev McCormick prepares for move to Callander
• Rugby round-up . . . rugby round-up . . .
• Kintyre descendant is a world cup winner
• Another successful shinty season draws to a close
• Iain Hay reflects on Oban Camanachd’s season
• Oban come out on top in seven-goal thriller
• Impressive comeback for McPhee in Valencia
• Gordon wins Argyll and Bute community coach award
• Robert aims for Euro qualifier
• Strontian care home to close
• Liberty submit Fort factory plans
• Lochaber remembers
• Fort chamber part of European plan for up-skilling adventure tourism sector
• Weather station returns to Nevis
• Charity dinner raises £11,000 for West Highland Museum in Fort
• Ex-cop Kirsop returns to Fort court over behaviour
• Belford issues Norovirus warning
• Blackford calls for urgent replacemen­t Skye school
• Lewis literacy consultant petitions parliament
• Western Isles nurses given long service awards
• Fort woman to be of good behaviour for six months
• Fort man fined after ‘sustained attack’ in pub
• Ballachuli­sh teenager banned for 10 weeks
• Winter warning for walkers and climbers visiting Highlands
• Fort teen admonished over row with ex
• Caol roofer fined £315 for assault on officer
• Open day appeals to Fort students
• Budding writers recognised in national contest
• More Roamerisms from the 1980s
• Kinlochlev­en pupils in a spin
• Days gone by – 2001/2002
• Cathedral of Trees has air of tranquilli­ty Opposition MSPs excluded from talks
• China offers economic boost for Argyll
• Social media
• Scotland’s poor record on breastfeed­ing
• New hope for Connel man Billy in Indian prison hell
• Injured Agnes is ‘better’
• Good turnout as Lochalsh marks Remembranc­e Sunday
• Nevis Centre will see muscles flexed for strongman event
• Thistle spurn twogoal lead in home defeat
• Fort slump to narrow defeat in Inverness

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