Argyll and Bute

Gang's £200m plot to flood Scottish streets with drugs
Wednesday 15 May 2013

Gang members who flooded the west of Scotland with up to £200 million worth of heroin and cocaine have been jailed for a total of 119 years, with police claiming a significant victory against serious organised crime.

Death sentence lifted for Arduaine secret garden's 1000 larch trees
Tuesday 14 May 2013

A death sentence on 1000 larch trees has been lifted as the disease that threatened their existence is not spreading as quickly as first feared.

SNP lifts suspension on council members
Tuesday 14 May 2013

THE suspension of the 11-strong SNP group on Argyll and Bute Council has been lifted by the party, but the group leader has stood down following a row over a new coalition.

Prawns stolen by thieves at loch
Wednesday 8 May 2013

Police are appealing for information after 10kg of live prawns were stolen from a loch.

Islanders mark fourth anniversary of heroic soldier's death
Monday 6 May 2013

To his Army comrades he was one of the bravest young soldiers of his time, killed in an explosion as he gave his life for his friends in Afghanistan.