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Argyll and Bute Council gets an extra £2.455 million
Our neighbouring council, Argyll and Bute Council, was appalled when its budget for 2011was cut to £220.059m, £11.49 million less than its 2010 allocation. It protested vigorously, and after some debate, the…
Europe at Auchrannie
The Sports Hall at Auchrannie was transformed to an outpost of the European Union on Monday 21st March, when a discussion on Sustainable Tourism involved interested people from all over Europe. A…
Oodles of oomph in Pot Noodle
On Saturday 19th March, fourteen young people from Arran High School put on a show called Pot Noodle, written, produced and acted entirely by themselves. The result was astonishing. Pot Noodle boiled…
Magazine Archive
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Isle of Arran Community Council Archive
Click on a link to view the minutes of the Isle of Arran Community Council meetings. January 2011
Late News
Drama Festival Results The Jean Bannatyne TrophyAwarded to the best supporting acting performance in a youth play went to Gavin Davidson for “The Waiter” in “Between Mouthfuls”. The Douglas Sillars TrophyAwarded to…
On Whatever
Alison Prince Travelling unravelling The word ‘package’ has a lot to answer for. It started out harmlessly enough, meaning any kind of small parcel, but once it got attached to ‘tour’ it…
Shooting of seals limited
LAWS have come into force that make it an offence to kill any seal at any time, unless holding a specific licence or for animal welfare reasons to end suffering. However, owners…
Friends of the Earth stunt
Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoES) staged an oil-drinking stunt (watched by concerned Dr Green) outside the Royal Bank of Scotland last week to demonstrate their support for a Green Investment Bank.…
Bad Girls coming
No, we are not seeking to alarm our worthy local police force – it’s just that later this year, the Music and Drama Society are staging Bad Girls the Musical. It will…
Community Theatre latest
Following an explosion of public indignation over the situation at the Lamlash Community Theatre, where no member of the community was allowed to touch any of the technical facilities, a partial resolving…
Climate protection with knife and fork?
Assja Baumgärtner 20% of all CO2 emissions are caused by the production, storage, transport and preparation of food. In 2005 it was around 14%, so we are looking at a rapid and…