The Oban Times - 2018-02-08

• Lives ‘at risk’ warning over axed lifeline meals service
• Tarbert lights way as pressure builds to ‘bring boys home’
• Campaigner­s vow to keep up bank battle
• Islay remembers SS Tuscania
• Hugh Smith’s letter from Islay
• Ulva isle buyout group gets green light from Holyrood
• Outer Hebrides islands’ ferry services to be studied
• Mull and Iona Community Trust plans new nursery
• Oban charity’s donation to golf club a life-saver
• Recruitmen­t drive targets student teachers in Northern Ireland
• Food safety visits missed because of staff shortage
• POLICE FILES Teenager had drugs
• Firth of Lorn illegal dredging claim
• Emergency access being hindered by work vans
• Oban wildlife calendar raises more than £12,000 for Macmillan Day Care Unit
• Lord Duncan gets a taste of Oban
• Plenty going on - even with spring still some way off
• Leaders say ’bye to Guides
• MPs to probe Highland online delivery charges
• Food from Argyll goes down a treat at Westminste­r
• £2.9m deal struck to help save council services
• SAMS urges MSPs for more salmon farm research
• Highlands
• Recalling the terror of Loch Aweside
• Problems with health care in the Highlands remain as they were
• Salmon farms are unhealthy for fish
• Beachd Ailein
• Inspiring trio are three of a kind
• Funding will root out Glen Creran invasive species
• Oban man given Pride of Britain nomination­s for rescue attempts
• THIS WEEK’S WALKS
• Mountain writing competitio­n launched
• Duo combine space with trad
• Madame Scotia, Madam Scrap
• Connection­s over for another year
• HebCelt first acts announced
• Tiree hosts first film festival
• DIY Problems
• Your local radio listings
• The Scottish Property Federation has reacted to the introducti­on of the Planning (Scotland) Bill - SPF
• Around the markets
• NFUS lobbies MPs at Westminste­r debate
• 2017 was a boom year for farming
• The Highlander­s are Coming
• CAP greening report published
• Grimsay project studies potential for new dairy in Uists
• Armed forces charity ‘needs YOU!’
• Saints see stars at night as they crash out of Marshall Cup on penalties
• Oban hockey are second top
• West too strong for Lorne
• New shinty season gets under way with friendly fixtures
• Glencoe’s Helen Nelson turns out for Scotland in Women’s Six Nations
• Emotional day for all at Tarbert
• Youngsters encouraged to become next generation of sporting influencer­s
• Double up for Dunoon
• Saints reach last 16 of Scottish Cup
• Town ‘apathy’ prompts event organisers to cancel Fort Con
• School supplies secure despite wood pellet shortage
• Derailment probe starts
• Whale of a mission for Banavie scientists in icy South Atlantic
• View from the Chamber
• WHAT’S ON IN LOCHABER
• January sees bumper season on Lochaber’s ski slopes
• Controvers­ial Kings House Hotel revamp approved
• Fresh plans for Fort student flats
• Kyle RBS closure reprieve welcomed by MP
• Skye pupils write to education minister about state of school
• MSP slams year-long ferry services review
• Crofting federation meets MPs to discuss Brexit
• Airlines to axe flights between Stornoway and Glasgow
• Clipper Ranger seen as possible freight solution
• Calls to repopulate empty glens welcomed
• Crackdown on Mount Alexander fly tipping
• Kinlochlev­en man grew cannabis in polytunnel
• Claggan man threatened to ‘bottle’ teenager
• Drink driver fined £400 and banned
• Caol drugs man spared jail by sheriff
• More Memory Lane items from the Roamer columns of 30 years ago
• Kilmallie
• Caol and Mallaig
• Highlands
• Salmon farms are unhealthy for fish
• Beachd Ailein
• Fort William dig deep to earn a point
• Free scoring Lochaber leapfrog Cowal after impressive victory
• Unanimous decision sees Jarzab clinch Scottish title

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