Strontian

A Highland community could be about to teach the council a lesson – by building its own school. It is believed to be the first time in Scotland that residents have taken on such a challenge. People in remote Strontian, at Ardnamurchan, have decided to ...

A LOCHABER community is looking forward to plenty of rain this winter after completing its £850,000 hydro scheme. Five months after construction started, the community hydro scheme in Strontian has been commissioned and is now generating and ...

Now council officials are trying to restore relations between the community of Strontian at the head of Loch Sunart, and Melvyn and Sally Shaw, who own Drimnatorran Farm. The focus of local concerns is the large gate the Shaws put across the access ...

A protest walk will be held in Lochaber this week as a row over access to a cemetery continues. People in Strontian are furious that their access to the graveyard has been hampered by an “unmanageable” gate. Melvyn and Sally Shaw, of Drimnatorran Farm, ...

Roseanne Lynch prepares to dampen the ardour of Ian Macrae as Calum MacDonald looks on. Picture: � drew farrell. JOYCE MCMILLAN. 00:00 Saturday 18 April 2015. 0. Have your say. THERE was plenty to celebrate, as the audience gathered at the ...

However, one local man who did not want to be named, said: “The Kilchoan and Acharacle fire stations were off duty as there weren't enough firefighters available and it took Strontian an hour to reach the scene, by which time the house had been gutted.”.