Two hero rescuers have received ‘royal’ recognition after saving a man from drowning. Survivor Will Lawrie’s family hailed Luing ferryman Alasdair ‘Beakie’ Maclachlan and island farrier Ninian Finlay for their bravery in saving the...
A thug who brutally attacked a woman while making “animal noises” has been jailed for six years. Daniel Torrie subjected his victim to a horrific ordeal in Oban having been freed from prison just months earlier. Lady Poole sentenced the...
Mull Music Makers Palmo Jones, 16, Joe Turnbull, 16, Julia Fraser, 12 and Jeanie Russell, 12, took the Dr and Mr Atholl Robertson Trophy as this year’s Mòd got under way in Glasgow. See pages 16 to 19 for our coverage.
A citizen-led project restoring a seagrass meadow close to Ganavan is reaping encouraging results. Seawilding, a charity working to restore degraded inshore marine habitats, was back at the site recently to meet up with Oban Seaweed...
A feel-good pilates in pyjamas session has hit £1,000 so far in aid of The Oldies Club helping re-home older dogs across the country. Sue Burden who runs weekly Pilates Near Me classes at venues across the Oban area was behind the event on...
