McGrigor rejects Bank’s response on Islay situation and asks for hard facts
Jamie McGrigor has the bit between his teeth. The response he received from the Bank of Scotland came not from the Bank’s CEO to whom he had written – these days such people consider themselves above...
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Results: Sustainable Design Awards 2009
The wraps have been taken off the decisions of the Panel of Judges for Argyll’s Sustainable Design Forum’s inaugural 2009 Awards. At the same time, we are announcing the winners of each category...
View ArticleBudget increase for NHS Highland
Scotland’s NHS revenue funding allocations, just announced in Parliament by Health Secretary, Nicola Sturgeon show NHS Highland’s allocation for 2010-11 rising to £480.6 million, an above-inflation...
View ArticleCouncillor Morton hopes school closure selection criteria published 9th March
Education Spokesperson, Councillor Ellen Morton, has told us that she hopes that the enhanced criteria to identify schools which may be proposed for closure will be published on the council’s website...
View ArticleRussell’s description of school closure criteria as ‘mince’ loops back to...
In the throes of Argyll and Bute Council’s first and failed attempt to close a swathe of rural primary schools, there was a public meeting in Benderloch. This was held by three local schools in the...
View ArticleCouncil cannot say HOW they decide on media accreditation
For Argyll will not be at tomorrow’s first meeting in the new session of Argyll and Bute Council.Since 11th May we have been trying to resolve the situation which began with our sudden and vindictive...
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Auchindrain: why impose crisis managment on the heritage sector?
A week ago, the Convener of the Auchindrain Trust, Alison Hay, issued a statement on the Auchindrain website.This confirmed that Scotland’s last preserved highland farm township was caught in the...
View ArticleSNH publishes guide on decomissioning wind farms
With recent authoritative research from Professor Gordon Hughes of Edinburgh University showing that, at 10-15 years, the lifespan of onshore wind farms is much less than has been estimated [25...
View ArticleConsultation on school closures now running: McGrigor urges constituents to...
The Scottish Government recently published a consultation paper setting out its proposals for amendments to the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010. This relates to recommendations made by the...
View ArticleScotland’s joke education where none can fail
Scotland is looking, on the one hand, at a situation where universities have had to introduce remedial classes for degree students – and on the other, the revelation today that the Standard Grade...
View ArticleAudit Scotland report: work in progress an oasis of reason
The Audit Scotland report on Argyll and Bute Council, made public yesterday, is an oasis of reason in a desert of the shifting allegiances in the political management of the council – which the report...
View ArticleNominate Argyll baton bearers for Commonwealth Games baton relay
The Commonwealth Games’ Queen’s Relay Baton will come to Argyll ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.While, from its start at Delhi in India it will have travelled through the 70 nations and...
View ArticleEducation Secretary does a Macavity in worsening chaos around new Nationals
Today’s press has been highlighting the pressured desperation in which teachers and pupils find themselves as they try to prepare for the imminent onset of the new National 5 and 6...
View ArticleLocal Government Boundary Commission for Scotland starts new stage of fifth...
With some procedural thinking seeming less than secure, the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland has today begun another stage of its review of Scotland’s local government electoral...
View ArticleArgyll and Bute Council and personal care charges levied on the terminally ill
On Monday 16th June, Mary Galbraith, Labour candidate for the Argyll and Bute seat in the 2015 General Election, wrote to Council Leader Dick Walsh, raising the issue that the council levies charges...
View ArticleScottish Affairs Committee reports credibility as key issue in opposition to...
The Scottish Affairs Committee of the House of Commons has made clear the overall conclusion to its evidence-taking on the impact of a possible currency union between the United Kingdom and a...
View ArticleConsultation on Ofcom’s current list of major parties to guide media for 2015...
Ofcom yesterday issued a consultation on its current list of designated ‘major parties’ for the purposes of the United Kingdom General Election to be held in May 2015.The parameters for determining the...
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