The West Coast Today Podcast

In this week’s Oban and Lochaber Times; the Iona Breakwater project could cost £1.5 million more than budgeted by Argyll and Bute Council officers, a care crisis on Mull has left an elderly woman with a terminal illness bed-bound, we also hear about a Dunbeg family’s backpacking dream, and an 11-year-old from Ardgour raising funds for Lochaber Rugby Club.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times, another dangerous trap is set on the cycle track in Oban's Glencruitten Woods, Tobermory Golf Club's Greenkeeper marks 50 years of service, Iona Grant takes steps forward in finally getting home, and we quiz the election candidates for the local area.

In this week's Oban and Lochaber Times; Read all about the grand return of one of the nation’s favourite television programmes — Balamory, a Kinlochleven teacher’s almighty effort to spread a message of hope, and an exciting update from the upcoming World Clipper Races’ arrival in Oban.

In this week’s Oban and Lochaber Times, read about Oban’s incredible Joan Felgate, who has been showcasing her strength on stage at a major expo event. Discover the extraordinary story of a woman’s papal friendship with a death row prisoner, follow Charlie Troman’s 20,000 km charity cycle for Ewan’s Room, and catch up on the latest developments in Iona’s ongoing care crisis.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: Police are investigating a horror spike trap laid on a popular forest walk in Oban, the Headcorn is finally lifted from the depths of Oban Bay, a new hydro scheme in Invergarry is rejected and branded a scar on the landscape, and Ballachulish fights for the future of the Donkey Hill Cycle Track.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: We catch up with Iona Grant as she is finally offered a care package to return home to Fort William, but unfortunately not one that meets her needs, the Mull Rally is flung into jeopardy as the brand owners pull out, Ballachulish gets bathing water status, and a petition against traffic lights at The Bridge Over The Atlantic tops 1000 signatures.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: Existing Chemists in Oban object to plans for a new pharmacy, islanders are furious as Argyll and Bute Council begins to install traffic lights at the Bridge Over the Atlantic, plans are made to fix the rockslide problem at Gribun on Mull, ScotRail fails to confirm new trains for the West Highland Line and Lochaber community leaders discuss the oil crisis.

In this week’s Oban Times and Lochaber Times: Hear all about Bob MacIntyre’s latest PGA Tour outing, read about an Oban Bay oil spill, the latest chapter in a Fort William woman's bid to get home and a family with rare identical twins are raising money for Down Syndrome Scotland.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: An Oban man stuck in hospital for 10 months waiting for a care package survives a scare that could have seen him loose a leg, work begins on the new Corran Ferry infrastructure and new owners save the day at Dalmally's Village Store.

In this week's Oban and Lochaber Times: Read all about the heartbreaking story of Renee Shawcroft’s cancer diagnosis and how you can help, all the latest from the council budget meeting last week, news from the boat at the bottom of Oban Bay and a Fort William mother’s call for people to carry out regular checks and attend mammograms after her diagnosis.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: tributes have come flooding in for young farming star Dougie MacDonald, Lochaber is in mourning after another fatal crash claims two lives, an update on the Mull Campus saga, and a groundbreaking film on Argyll and Bute's refugee programme. Also in this week's papers find a supplement on Scottish Apprenticeship Week and a pullout on all things home renovation.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: An Oban nurse and mum of two who has been hailed a hero after saving a choking diner is urging people to learn the Heimlich Manoeuvre, outrage on Mull at housing plans for Calgary Bay, the owners of Allt-na-Reigh cottage have committed to its demolition to rid Glen Coe of the eyesore and Jimmy Savile's legacy and an new quest for Oban Rugby Club.

In this week's Oban and Lochaber Times, we bring you news from the 135th Highland Cattle Society Spring show, an update from ACHA after a string of vandalism, Kilchoan residents' efforts to replace essential village services and the latest in the ‘Polar Express’ saga.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: a solution could be coming at last for flooding from Oban's Black Lynn Burn, another bomb is safely detonated on Tiree, and Lochaber residents have tackled Mount Kilimanjaro.

Oban's 'luckiest man' wins his second free car in less than a decade, a bed blocker's worries he could die a broken man in Oban's hospital, division in the Mull Rally's organising team sees a mass exodus, and an on pitch proposal is the talk of Claggan Park. All that and more in this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times.

In this week's Oban and Lochaber Times, we bring you an update on brave mum Eilidh Lowell’s fight against cancer, a round up from the Scottish Government's Budget, the economic figures from the Lochaber Mòd, and the latest update about a new Co-Op on Mull.

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: tourists are not paying their fair share at Lochaber caravan parks, the freezing temperatures on the 'Polar Express' are causing injury, Oban's Happy Wee Health Club is lobbying the Scottish Government to help it reduce burdens on the NHS and beloved Oban cat Monty has moved onto pastures new, as he follows his owners to Stirling.

In this week's Oban and Lochaber Times, hear about how Paul Watson, who helped rebuild lives after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, is helping Oban dad's network with each other. With lots more on an almighty furore in Lochaber, a special winner in the New Year's Honours List and is 2026 the year for Bob MacIntyre in the majors?

In this week's Oban Times and Lochaber Times: its our final papers of 2025! Red squirrel populations are on the rise, Donations are nearly at goal to fund pioneering treatment that could save an Oban mum's life, Lochaber's panto is absolutely wonder-full, A fire rips through a Tiree Church, and councillors push for regular updates into flooding in Oban.

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Find out what's happening in this week's Oban Times, Lochaber Times and online at www.westcoasttoday.co.uk

Find out what's happening in this week's Oban Times, Lochaber Times and online at www.westcoasttoday.co.uk

Find out what's happening in this week's Oban Times, Lochaber Times and online at www.westcoasttoday.co.uk