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Harry Lauder’s sheherd’s crook sold for £5,800

In an article published in advance of the auction of Lauder memorabilia and artefacts at Shapes in Edinburgh, we wondered if the shepherd’s crook in the catalogue had ever found its way with Lauder to...

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The army: a self-reliant distanced world that needs our help

For Argyll was invited to a presentation and reception in Oban on the evening of 12th June by the Army Engagement Team. The event was hosted by Brigadier George Lowder MBE, Commander of 51 (Scottish)...

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Timetable for Save Clyde Coastguard’s ‘Flare Friday’ Red Flare Flotilla

(Updated below on political supporters) This Friday, 31st August, Save Clyde Coastguard is holding a dramatic demonstration to enable the naval, shipping and leisure sailing worlds and the widespread...

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Glasgow University energy expert says Scotland will have higher electricity...

Professor Paul Younger, an energy engineering academic at Glasgow University, has said on BBC Newsnight Scotland that the Scottish Government’s focus on wind energy as the major component of its...

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MCA chief in Greenock to say goodbye to Clyde staff in person

Sir Alan Massey, CEO of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency,  is in Greenock today, to say goodbye in person to the remaining staff at Clyde Coastguard.Despite all of the logical and operational gaps in...

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MSP complains of ‘arrogance’ in Better Together campaign’s banner location in...

[Updated below] Local MSP, Michael Russell – in a press release issued this morning, is calling for the CEO of Argyll and Bute Council to see to the he removal of a Better Together [pro UK] banner from...

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Euroheist on Cyprus savers’ deposits likely to trigger a run on European banks

The EU – stoutly defended today [17th March], by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has ordered Cypriot banks to hand over up to 10% of their deposits as a guarantee of responsible conduct following an...

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Confusion over coastguard response to fishing boat grounding off Greenock

Constituents of Labour MP Iain Mackenzie – an elderly couple and their neighbour  – witnessed a fishing vessel run onto the rocks near the Navy Buildings in Greenock on Thursday night  [21st...

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Email from SNP Constituency Association Convenor to SNP councillors

This email has just been sent by Robert Allan, Convenor of the SNP’s Argyll and Bute Constituency Association to all SNP councillors in the current coalition administration at Argyll and Bute...

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Judge Lord Matthews hits organ grinder hardest in sentencing Sharkey family...

The sentences handed down following the Glasgow High Court jury’s guilty verdict in the Sharkey family murder trial send a clear message to underworld figures who commission others to carry out their...

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Audit Scotland’s own credibility on the line in Castle Toward affair

Dr Christopher Mason is a credible witness. The Trustee and Director of Actual Reality is, as a historian, trained in evidence-based thought and analysis. As someone with long and senior experience of...

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New SNP local division

There is news of another split in the already riven local SNP group – with the two local architects of the party’s fearful dash from power said to be ‘at each other’s throats’ – MSP Michael Russell and...

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FOI documents on Castle Toward support Actual Reality’s allegations against...

Documents received by For Argyll from Argyll and Bute Council on 23rd December 2013 under Freedom of Information legislation and relating to Castle Toward and Actual Reality Learning and Leadership...

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Silly sally into foreign affairs makes Scottish Government look hicksville

Making a misguided attempt to play in a league well above its performance rating, the Scottish Government swelled to a belief that it could bring its influence to bear on the Russian bear.Culture...

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The view from Lochinvar: party of the century from the Commonwealth Flotilla

Yesterday, 26th July 2014, was about a great river – the Clyde; about boating and commercial maritime business; and about people – so many people. CalMac’s newest ferry, MV Lochinvar, led the...

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Rally for Castle Toward – still a road to travel

The spirited Rally held in Dunoon on Saturday 17th January by supporters of South Cowal Community Development Company’s [SCCDC] campaign to buy the neglected Castle Toward estate from Argyll and Bute...

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Slavery today – and in Scotland

In one of the most indefensible actions, in 2012 the current UK Government amended the conditions laid down in the 1998 Overseas Domestic Workers Visa provision, a conscious reform of working...

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Labour in helpless self-harm over Blair money

One of the United Kingdom’s traditional two major political parties, adrift with no known destination, no passenger manifest [will the SNP be embarking in May], a rookie electoral navigator who’d...

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Lochgair Association ‘Beach Clean & BBQ’ on Saturday

The Lochgair Association is holding its annual Beach Clean and BBQ on Saturday 4th April – with support from West Loch Fyneside Community Council and the Grab Trust.The community comes together to help...

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Will Council’s Planning Committee finally take action against Helensburgh...

In what will  be a test of Argyll and Bute Council’s will to uphold the authority of law, this morning, 14th April, David Adams, Helensburgh Community Woodland Group [HCWG] Convenor, personally handed...

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