Columnists
View from Westminster: Brendan O’Hara

While the government at Westminster sinks into a mess of its own making. We are fortunate that Scotland’s government is getting on with the day job for our public-sector and low-paid workers,

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Rules and regulations

A bag of oranges is usually weighed and for that to happen a set of standardised scales are used. Weights and measures are an important part of retail life to ensure that customers are not ripped off.

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Kintyre’s musical talents

Charles Maclean, from just up the road in Lochgilphead, may be an adopted son but he carries the torch for Argyll military piping and currently has three Campbeltown protégés.

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Gigha is ferry popular

Many who had enjoyed the afternoon’s activities had to scramble just after 5pm as the final boat leaves at 6pm.