Sleight of hand on BT claim to drop charges for non-geographic 0845 and 0870...
BT trumpets that it has bowed to public pressure at last and is scrapping charges to the ‘non-geographic’ 0845 and 0870 numbers from 16th January 2009. These currently cost callers 5.8p a minute.That’s...
View ArticleScottish Water charges to be frozen for 2010 at least
The Water Industry Commission has proposed that water companies’ charges to customers should be frozen for at least one year; and that they should decrease in real terms over the next five years from...
View ArticleEvent saboteurs exist beyond Mull
2009 saw two major Scottish outdoor competition events troubled by circumstances impacting on their respective programmes.Both incidents were the height of irresponsibility and both could have caused...
View ArticleCouncil drops planned car parking charges for Tobermory
A public hearing was held yesterday by Argyll and Bute Council, following the lodging of a petition by almost 300 businesses and residents on the Isle of Mull, protesting against the proposed...
View ArticleLicense charges for performances in Argyll and Bute: Russell warns of...
In a statement on a matter which has been of great recent concern to those involved in presenting public performances in Argyll and Bute, the area;s MSP Michael Russell is warning of a threat to the...
View ArticleCrackdown on metal theft
Scotland’s prosecutors have emphasised that they are going to get tougher on metal thieves in Scotland.This is a profoundly destructive and anti-social theft and has even involved the pointless...
View ArticleBT Broadband service revelation – be advised
Yesterday, with For Argyll’s broadband down from early morning [and not restored until mid morning today], our efforts to get reconnected led to an important discovery that is in the public interest to...
View ArticlePolice Scotland Lochgilphead: police reports for week to 28th May 2013
Theft of Bicycles Between Wednesday 1st and Thursday 16th May a white Kona downhill dirt jump bike described as having blue circles round handle bars and black writing on the front suspension, was...
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Scottish Water charges to rise from 1st April – but below inflation
Scottish Water’s household charges will rise this April, 2014, by 1.6% – 1% below the level of inflation (RPI).This is only the second rise since 2009 and is levied to build on customer service...
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Indictment of council handling of Easdale junta’s serial abuse of ferrymen
For Argyll has been working through several dossiers of papers in relation to the persistent harrassment and abuse by an unrepresentative local junta of a series of ferrymen employed by Argyll and Bute...
View ArticleSerious consequences of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service decision to levy...
Yesterday, 30th May, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service [SFRS] announced that they plan to levy charges on members of the public for call outs to incidents deemed as ‘non-emergency’, and for...
View ArticleCabinet Secretary responds to McGrigor on Crown Estate change concerns
Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, has told Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP, that he acknowledges the concerns of marine tourism businesses in the Highlands...
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