Letter: Use Westminster connections for broadband fix
Alistair Redman should be able to get Skipness’ broadband fixed with his London Tory connections.
Letters
Letters
Letter: KRL used to tackle recycling problem
I told the council I could not tell if the decision to bring Kintyre Recycling to its knees was by accident or design.
Columnists
Online world ignores poor literacy
There are plenty of people struggling with literacy and as the government rolls out Universal Credit, which must be applied for online, more will suffer.
Columnists
MACC base’s space race
The Courier raced to publish details of the first ‘spaceport’ firm confirmed for Machrihanish on its website.
Letters
Letter: Wrong flu statistics used
I have now discovered that he was quoting Tory MSP Jackson Carlaw who had claimed that Scotland was lagging behind England in flu jabs for the over-65s.
Letters
Letter: Drop kerbs should be marked
There was not a very deep pavement and sometimes it is possible to cross if the kerb is low enough, so I tried but got my wheels stuck in a drain.
Letters
Letter: Will crossing ‘elf’ and safety be taken seriously?
Will Transport Scotland get its skates on? Maybe, but at which Christmas and will elf and safety be taken seriously?
Letters
Letter: Immunisation uptake down
Nicola Sturgeon needs to give an assurance to at-risk groups that they can access the optimum flu jab before winter really begins to bite.
Letters
Letter: Christmas threat, a positive outcome
If the town is not supported by its people the TOFS building will not be the only vacant shop premises turning our local gem into a ghost town.
Columnists
Theresa’s troubles and a wee dram
Philip May, it seems, has made a point of having a dram (of unknown magnitude) ready for his wife after she returns from a hard day at the office.
Columnists
Online world ignores poor literacy
There are plenty of people struggling with literacy and as the government rolls out Universal Credit, which must be applied for online, more will suffer.
Columnists
MACC base’s space race
The Courier raced to publish details of the first ‘spaceport’ firm confirmed for Machrihanish on its website.
Columnists
Theresa’s troubles and a wee dram
Philip May, it seems, has made a point of having a dram (of unknown magnitude) ready for his wife after she returns from a hard day at the office.
Columnists
Road crossing discrimination
The situation seems to discriminate against disabled people when the government makes much of its inclusivity.
Columnists
Rugby players put Kintyre on the map
The players from Kintyre are carrying the torch for a proud rugby tradition.
Columnists
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, November 16 2018
I pondered about this and thought what a lovely concept.
Columnists
Musical treats on a poignant weekend
On Sunday morning, pipers John McGeachy and teenager Calum McKillop, roused the town, at 6am, with Battles O’er and In Flanders Fields.
Columnists
Great War commemorated
War has not diminished and every decade since 1946 has seen endless death no matter how much peace is preached.
Columnists
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, November 9 2018
Let us go forward in hope and let us honour every single poppy with a commitment to strive for peace and to turn aside from war.
Columnists
Campbeltown’s sports for all
On the tennis courts it was a privilege to watch Jamie Morris and Sary Rahma, battle it out for league honours.
Letters
Letter: Use Westminster connections for broadband fix
Alistair Redman should be able to get Skipness’ broadband fixed with his London Tory connections.
Letters
Letter: KRL used to tackle recycling problem
I told the council I could not tell if the decision to bring Kintyre Recycling to its knees was by accident or design.
Letters
Letter: Wrong flu statistics used
I have now discovered that he was quoting Tory MSP Jackson Carlaw who had claimed that Scotland was lagging behind England in flu jabs for the over-65s.
Letters
Letter: Drop kerbs should be marked
There was not a very deep pavement and sometimes it is possible to cross if the kerb is low enough, so I tried but got my wheels stuck in a drain.
Letters
Letter: Will crossing ‘elf’ and safety be taken seriously?
Will Transport Scotland get its skates on? Maybe, but at which Christmas and will elf and safety be taken seriously?
Letters
Letter: Immunisation uptake down
Nicola Sturgeon needs to give an assurance to at-risk groups that they can access the optimum flu jab before winter really begins to bite.
Letters
Letter: Christmas threat, a positive outcome
If the town is not supported by its people the TOFS building will not be the only vacant shop premises turning our local gem into a ghost town.
Letters
Letter: Archaic Skipness broadband
The archaic broadband must be brought up to the same standards enjoyed in cities.
Letters
Letter: Remember the fallen in any way
I have begun to attend the service at the war memorial but I must admit I find the prayers uncomfortable.
Letters
Letter: Cinema and pool forget children
My 10 and 11-year-olds went to the swimming pool at Aqualibrium only to be told it was adults only lane swimming until 3.30pm.
Obits
OBITUARY: Rev Catriona Anne Hood – ‘Gracious and gentle, funny and faithful’
Occasionally in life, if we are fortunate, we meet someone who makes a difference.
Obits
Obituary: Regius professor and Scottish law commissioner
Many former students have tweeted their sadness at the news of his death. One wrote: ‘Who could ever forget the lesson from a tale that began: ‘Imagine I wished to enter into a contract to purchase some black silk sheets…’
Campbeltown
Crafting group’s tribute to a ‘brave’ member
Not only did Mary benefit from the recreational event, the group was also greatly inspired by her positive manner, and her wish to help others by giving something back.
Campbeltown
Maurice McMillan Duncan: August 29, 1954 – August 11, 2017
Obituary for musician, composer, adjudicator and tutor
Campbeltown
Farming pillar was was a truly good man
The farming community in Kintyre has lost one of its best-known figures.
Obits
Adam Bergius 1925-2017
A NAVY man who feared battleships and volunteered for ‘special service of a hazardous nature’, surviving the Second World War, was laid to rest in Kintyre last weekend.