Ballachulish

A Lochaber care home is celebrating after getting top marks following an inspection by the Care Inspectorate. Abbeyfield Ballachulish received an overall “Excellent” Grade 6 – the highest grade possible – which means it sits in the top two per cent of ...

Anyone with a personal or professional interest in using slate to build features, such as dykes, cairns, plinths and seating, has been invited to attend the workshop that forms part of a wider £277,000 project to conserve and interpret the historic ...

As part of the course in Lochaber, the participants also visited the nearby Ballachulish slate arch to hear at first hand from contractors about the construction of the arch and the works currently underway to conserve it, and to see the works for ...

A lorry overturned on the A82 south of Glencoe, closing the road for several hours. A diversion was put in place via Ballachulish, Oban and Tyndrum using the B828 and A85 roads to allow for work to remove the lorry. The road has since reopend.

Firefighters have been battling a blaze at a garage on the main route between Oban and Fort William this morning. Residents were evacuated from their homes in Appin after Gunn's Garage caught fire, due to the hazard of gas cylinders being within the ...

Residents from 16 homes have been evacuated after a fire broke out at a garage in Argyll. It is understood the fire broke out at around 5am on Monday at Gunns Garage in Appin. It caused the temporary closure of the A828 road between Connel and ...