Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:20:00 GMT
Fort William is the gateway to the Highlands and the underpass is the gateway to the town. Visitors arriving by train or bus and heading for the High Street have to pass through it, and for those of us who live in Fort William, many journeys around town b
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:14:00 GMT
I’ve been reading the local papers about the impending local council decision to suspend the Corran ferry service for up to 4 weeks while essential works are carried out on the Nether Lochaber slipway.
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:42:00 GMT
Global stars on the mountain bike circuit are set to descend on Scotland once again for the award-winning Fort William UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, which returns to the Highlands on the 5th and 6th June 2010.
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
The controversial bill which could give Scotland the chance to vote on independence is expected to be cleared by the Scottish Cabinet today – paving the way for it to be sent to parliament....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
A mother cleared of trying to murder her desperately ill daughter could have been spared a court ordeal if a law on assisted suicide had been in place, Margo MacDonald claimed last night....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
New social attitude statistics show that since Prime Minister Gordon Brown took charge at No 10, Britain has turned to the Tories....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Crofters on the scenic coast of south-west Harris took over three crofting estates from the Scottish Government yesterday....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
A Moray bridge, which was closed because of flood damage last year, is likely to reopen within weeks....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
SQUADS of heavily-disguised men brandishing burning torches will snuff out months of hard work tonight when they torch a lovingly-crafted Viking longboat....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Momentum is the key for Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee as the countdown to the top six begins at Pittodrie....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
DUNDEE United caretaker manager Peter Houston won’t read too much into St Johnstone’s weekend mauling by Celtic when Saints travel to Tannadice tonight....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Jimmy Calderwood feels he is making progress with his Kilmarnock players – despite the hectic start to his reign....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Rafael Nadal believes it is only a matter of time before Andy Murray wins a grand slam title....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
ALAN Tait, the former Tartan Tour number one, last night lifted the lid on the PGA rules row that has sent shockwaves through Scotlands club professional scene....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Scotland took charge of their Intercontinental Cup meeting with Kenya after a superb allround display at the Gymkhana Ground in Nairobi yesterday....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THE difficulties facing Highland Airways demonstrate the fragility and vulnerability of lifeline services in remote areas, as the company negotiates for further investment....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
PARTS of Inverness are not the prettiest examples of contemporary architecture, but to suggest for one moment that the city is on a par with the concrete monstrosity that is Cumbernauld is stretching ...
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
JUST as news breaks that there is now a greater chance than ever before that alien life-forms exist on other planets, we learn that any which do exist won’t be able to see their earthly cousins becaus...
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
SIR, – I would like to give some advice to our city councillors who will finally determine the fate of Union Terrace Gardens and who, after all, are only there to represent and listen to the citizens ...
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
MY CAREER as a runner of marathons is well behind me, but I remember the business of “hitting the wall". The term was used to describe the phase in running when you suddenly find yourself out of steam...
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
EVERY week as a teenager, John Inches would make the hour-long bus journey to Tulloch Lodge, in Ballater, for his training to become a chef....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
THIS deceptively spacious three-bedroom home would be perfect as a buy-to-let property thanks to its central location in Bucksburn, which is ideal for travel to the city centre and the industrial esta...
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
WHEN you enter 1 Canmore Place in Kingseat, Newmachar, the first thing you notice is how clean and clutter-free the family home is....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
IT WOULD be fascinating to be able to turn back the clock and visit 1 Victoria Terrace, Inverness, when it was a newly built house....
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
MOVING house can be a fraught process at the best of times, but the cold winter weather can make the process even more stressful. reallymoving.com, a leading UK provider of instant online quotes for h...
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
SOME Highland League teams returned to football action on Saturday after weeks of frozen weather.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
LUING islanders have been given the clearest indication yet that Argyll and Bute Council wants a fixed link between Seil and Luing – after a wait of 11 years.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
AN INVERGARRY stalker has condemned the slaughter of 26 starving deer in a Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) plantation near Loch Arkaig.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
THE COMMUNITY company behind plans to build a short-stay marina in Oban’s town centre bay has been given until April to revise its proposals.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
A KINTYRE wind turbine tower manufacturer is to extend its current factory to take advantage of the growing market in off-shore windfarms.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
FOUR LOCHABER councillors have failed to defer a decision on a 60-bed private care home planned next Fort William Health Centre at Camaghael.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
THE SINGLE-track diversion route expected to handle Corran ferry traffic during repairs to the Nether Lochaber slipway is in an even worse condition following recent extreme weather.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
DALMALLY-based charity Mary’s Meals is desperately trying to help the thousands of children it supports on the earthquake-stricken island of Haiti.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
CHAMPAGNE corks popped on Eigg last Friday when island delegates to the Big Green Challenge competition returned from London victorious.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
CALLS have been made for the UK electricity regulator OFGEM to give the go-ahead to an electricity export cable from the Western Isles to the mainland.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
BE CAREFUL on the Esplanade at night because quality of light tests by two businessmen have proved that visibility is zero on some stretches, they claim.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
A CONNEL musician, who is currently studying a doctorate in piano performance in America, came back to his old primary school to let the pupils hear him play.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
A FORT William woman has celebrated 20 years with Lochaber Citizens Advice Bureau after joining the organisation as a volunteer back in 1989 through a simple suggestion from a friend.
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
EXTREME measures were required during the height of recent frosts to ensure funerals went ahead on time, it has emerged.
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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
AMBITIOUS plans to breathe new life into a "neglected" area of Fort William town centre have received a major boost, the Lochaber News can reveal.
The Scottish Government has paved the way for the r...
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
COMMUNITY council representatives in Ardnamurchan and Morvern have requested an urgent meeting with Highland Council engineers to discuss the proposed closure of the Corran ferry service for up to fo...
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
I READ with interest on numerous occasions last year of plans to move the end of the West Highland Way. What a brilliant idea to boost shops at the west end of town!
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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
CHILDREN at Upper Achintore Primary School are doing their bit to help the people of earthquake-hit Haiti.
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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
NO sooner is the "giant" success of this years Eden Court panto Jack And The Beanstalk behind you, than along comes the next one.
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Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT
IM not going to mention the weather, beyond remarking on the "frost fissures" which have appeared on most of our tarmac pavements.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
KIND-hearted teenagers are strapping on their boots to raise cash for a hospital where a Lochaber tot will spent the next eight months undergoing treatment for a brain tumour.
Touched by the plight ...
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
HIGHLAND councillors have agreed to delay for three months the tendering process for five new care homes, which includes a replacement for Fort Williams Invernevis House.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
FORT William FC boss Calum MacLean reckons coping with the height of Forres Mechanics will be the key hurdle on Sunday.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
IT seems strange to mention a plant, namely mistletoe, that does not occur in the Highlands but it is such a topical subject at this time of the year it is worth looking at more closely.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A NEW two-day festival headlining rockers Status Quo aims to attract 20,000 a day to the outskirts of Inverness in May.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
WELL, were certainly having our share of the wintry weather.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A NEW NHS dental centre for Oban will be delayed until April 2011 because new services in Campbeltown are costing more than anticipated.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
HIGHLAND councillors meet in Inverness today (Thursday) to debate a potentially explosive move to postpone a £21 million plan for five new council-run nursing homes.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
ORGANISERS of the cancelled Oban Hogmanay Street Party have promised that revellers ‘will be not be out of pocket’, as they announced an indoor line-up for 2010 celebrations - or a refund.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A CHARITY that started by using The Oban Times’ under-£50 column to sell unwanted items has gone on to donate thousands of pounds to good causes in Argyll and now has a shop in Oban town centre.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
KINLOCHLEVEN Community Trust members have given overwhelming backing at its AGM to relocating the village Post Office from its present location on Leven Road into the Aluminium Story building, which ...
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
WORK is about to begin on the first stage of rebuilding the fire damaged Raasay House.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
IF AN independent review of Scotland’s water rescue capability can save lives then it will be judged a success.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
LOCHABER’S Citizens Advice Bureau manager says he will be speaking up for people’s concerns in the area after being elected to the organisation’s national board.
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
TOROSAY Castle held its annual Christmas Fair to the sound of the Young Musicians of Mull and the smell of mulled wine.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A MAGICAL duo of Santa Claus and Harry Potter are riding to the rescue of a Fort William-based disabled charity targeted by vandals!
Now a special Christmas grotto is being set up and Potter film-ma...
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
FORT Williams Claggan Park has emerged officially as Highland Councils favoured location for an ultra-modern artificial community sports pitch.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THIS is the time of the year when peoples minds turn to presents for others for the festive season, but for a change why not give wild birds a present?
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
WEATHER mixed. And mixed messages from Highland Council as well.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
FORT William FC boss Calum Maclean hopes the frost will not put them out of action again this weekend.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THE Lochaber Community Wind Band hit all the right notes when they played in the Inverness area section of the Scottish Concert Band Festival recently.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A RETIRED Lochaber anglers 90-minute battle with a 32-pound salmon has netted him a prestigious gamefishing prize.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A RETIRED Lochaber anglers 90-minute battle with a 32-pound salmon has netted him a prestigious gamefishing prize.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A SET of traffic lights with pedestrian crossings outside Oban High School has been branded ‘a tragedy waiting to happen’.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
NEW YEAR revellers hoping to go to Oban’s Hogmanay Street Party have 48 hours to secure their tickets, organisers have announced.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
TWO wards at Belford Hospital in Fort William are to merge in an effort which NHS Highland says will reduce waiting times and the length of time people need to stay in hospital.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A MASTERPLAN has been revealed for a new ‘model green’ village to be built on the island of Skye.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THE NEW head of road policing in Argyll and Bute has warned drink/drugs drivers that his officers will be out in force over the festive period.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
BUS routes in Kintyre, on Islay and Jura that rely on grants could be threatened by pressure on council budgets.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
OBAN’S ‘white building’ on the North Pier, which until October housed the Mod Shop, is being taken over by MacQueen Bros for its community benefit fund.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
PUPILS from Fort William got into the Christmas spirit with a visit to the West Highland Museum.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
ISLAY businesses fear for their livelihoods just a month after the Bank of Scotland announced its island-based business banking manager would be made redundant.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
IT was all things Scottish to the fore when Lochnell Primary School held a tartan tea on St Andrew’s Day in aid of Macmillan Cancer.
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A NEW high-tech college course is set to offer locals the chance of a lucrative career.
Lochaber College UHI and the Underwater Centre have combined resources to offer tuition in remotely operated v...
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
I WOULD like to begin by voicing my agreement with Mr Ian Chisholms letter ( Lochaber News , w/e December 5), but I would like to look at the waterfront project from the angle of the developers havin...
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THE UKs largest construction firm has concluded negotiations which could pave the way for a massive retail, business and community-use development at Fort William.
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
CALUM Maclean is set to sign a striker to bolster Fort William FCs bid to rise up the Highland League.
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A CAPACITY Nevis Centre crowd lapped up the action on Saturday as Lochaber Phoenix Boxing Club hosted its latest show.
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THATS the December date into double figures already.
And the weather pattern keeps chopping and changing.
"Raw" best sums it up as far as Im concerned.
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THE curtain rises on Lochaber Showstoppers 2009 pantomime tonight (Thursday) in Fort William.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
USE IT or lose it is the message from the boss of Oban Cinema.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
GLENGARRY has given a resounding thumbs-down to a biomass electricity plant planned at a former Forestry Commission depot near the local cemetery.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
PARENTS in Appin have fulfilled the ambition of a community stalwart, the late Rab MacDonald, by setting up a youth club in the village.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
OBAN Pipe Band has a new pipe major and pipe sergeant but the ‘old’ ones have not gone very far.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
BIG-HEARTED pupils from Glencoe and Duror primary schools are putting a smile back on the faces of children in northeast India.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
PUBLIC consultations on an £80 million, five-year programme to transform Fort William waterfront begin today (Thursday).
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A MEETING held to resolve Argyll and Bute Council’s plan to remove roadside signage on the A85 and A828 roads did not come to any conclusion. But another meeting has been planned.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THE RADIOLOGY department at Lorn and Islands District Hospital in Oban may have missed, or been late, in diagnosing serious medical problems in as many as 47 patients.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THE FERRY Shop in Fionnphort on the Isle of Mull has been put up for sale.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
PUPILS at Craignish Primary had a very special and colourful lesson from a Maasai last week.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A WINDOW in some wintry weather saw the annual parade through Oban with Santa and his reindeers draw a large crowd of followers.
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Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
THIS year there is a guaranteed way to avoid the postal strikes interfering with the delivery of your Christmas cards in the Oban and north Lorn area.
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
A BID to get a classic car onto the summit of Ben Nevis to mark a motoring landmark is back on track after what appears to be a U-turn by conservation chiefs.
The ambitious plan by organisers of a F...
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
SERVICES at Fort Williams Belford Hospital are being redesigned to reduce waiting times and the length of time patients need to stay in hospital.
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT
STORMY weather! A bit like everywhere else, in fact!
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