On Arran, we are not always aware of the desperate conditions that prevail in mainland North Ayrshire. Last week Council members and officers met with Alex Neil, Minister for Housing and Communities a...
Russell Cheshire It would seem that there has been some speculation about the mysterious twin lights seen hovering over Pladda. Instead of the usual welcoming sweep of light from the lighthouse, a ser...
Scotland’s authors are a pretty quiet lot, on the whole. You won’t find them leaping up and down to advertise anything on TV, since they are for the most part quite unglamorous, but when they get ...
Arran Events CIC (Community Interest Company) has been started by Jon Hollingworth, Andy Surridge, Andy McCallum and Robin Fisher. The new company will provide benefit to any organisation or group pro...
Duelling Blackbirds This time of year is when wildlife activity starts to increase as animals and birds start to vie for territory. Species such as Blackbirds, Wrens, Robins, and Finches that more or ...
Corinna Goeckeritz – National Trust for Scotland Ditches dammed for NTS bog restoration project A team of local contractors has been braving wintery conditions restoring an area of blanket bog b...
NHS Ayrshire & Arran will receive a government funding increase of £15.5 million (2.8 per cent) for the coming financial year. This is on top of last year’s general allocation of £574.7 millio...
More from Jim Henderson on the Clearances journey of Arran people to Canada At the end of their long trek to the allocated land at Lac Joseph, the Sannox folks found a forested area running down to th...
Judith Baines Sewing as an activity is often neglected these days but children from four or five upwards can get great pleasure from using a needle and a wide variety of threads. What often puts child...