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Arran rescue team completes stretcher challenge
Members of Arran Mountain Rescue Team braved all the elements during a charity stretcher push round the island. Around 20 of the team took part in the relay to pull the Macinnes stretcher with a single...
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Free gift from The Highland Craft Company when you subscribe
Subscribe to The Arran Banner today and receive a FREE gift containing natural handmade bath and body products, courtesy of Highland Craft Company. Worth £22.50! QUOTE ABNS0814 when ordering. Based in...
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Brodick couple’s final open garden
A green-fingered couple have opened up their Brodick garden to raise money for charity for the final time. Robbie and Marlene Brown have been transforming their garden since 1991 but say it is now time...
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Island’s splendour on show
Arran showed it is a productive island – and not just on farmland – when islanders brought their flowers, vegetables, craftwork and home cooking skills to be judged at the Isle of Arran Horticultural...
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New study on possibility of oil and gas reserves
A new study is being made to establish whether or not there might be oil reserves in the Firth of Clyde, south of Arran. The Scottish government has teamed up with industry and academic experts to...
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Win a three night break in an Edinburgh arthouse
Worth £345! An Edinburgh city break is even more special when you stay in a guest house which is also an ‘art centre.’ Wallace’s Arthouse, on the upper floor of Leith’s Grade A-listed Assembly Rooms...
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Street art transforms bus shelters
Four traditional bus shelters which were saved from bulldozers are being turned into modern works of art around Whiting Bay by artist David Aitchison. For more photos and the full story see the Arran...
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Arran Milk to disappear from shelves
Arran Milk will disappear from shelves next month as the last milk processing operation on Arran falls silent ending generations of tradition. For more the full story see the Arran Banner edition of...
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Pupils honoured at annual prizegiving
‘Never give up’ – that was the advice given to the pupils of Arran High School last Thursday night as they gathered for the annual award ceremony. Guest speaker Mary Margaret Brown, a urologist and...
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Summer’s football stars named
The Arran football season came to a close on Saturday with the players of the year being announced. After a successful season that sadly ended with defeat in the Arran Football Cup on Saturday...
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End of season high for southend
Southend celebrated the end of the football season in style on Saturday afternoon. The team beat Brodick 1-0 to take the Arran Football Cup for 2014. An inspired goal by young player of the year, Donny...
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Shiskine pupils grow their lunches
The children of Shiskine Primary, together with enormous help from Heather Munro and Donald Robertson have been growing vegetables in the school garden. School cook, Jacqui Rankin, is delighted to see...
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Win an autumn break on Skye
The 18 bedroom Duisdale House Hotel, which looks out over the Sound of Sleat to the Knoydart wilderness peninsula, was named Best Hotel at the Scottish Thistle Awards held by VisitScotland last...
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Impressive home win for Arran’s hockey ladies
Cat Galbraith and her Arran Ladies Hockey team mates secured an impressive 11-2 win on Saturday October 4 against Clydesdale Western. Despite torrential downpours of rain and hailstones, the Arran...
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Arran golfer helps Scotland to win disability golf international
Scotland beat England in the Auld Enemies Cup at London’s Shire golf course last week with a little help from an Arran golfer. John Pennycott of Whiting Bay, right, formed part of the Scottish team...
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Arran Belles complete Macmillan cycling challenge
More than 700 female cyclists crossed the start line at the Macmillan Cycletta Scotland event, setting off from Scone Palace in Perthshire on a variety of picturesque routes ranging from 20km to 100km....
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Kids will go wild for new adventure park
A major new tourist attraction is coming to Arran. The Wild Arran Adventure Park is to be built in the grounds of Brodick Castle and promises to be a forest full of family fun and outdoor adventure....
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The Lamlash bathing pontoons – what ever happened to them?
What ever happened to the bathing rafts in Lamlash? Earlier this year 80-year-old Moira Hogg of Kilbarchan approached The Banner with this very question. ‘My family, grandpa, aunts, uncles etc always...
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Can RET be the saviour of Arran tourism?
Arran is just days away from the biggest shake up seen on the island’s lifeline ferry routes for many years. The much anticipated introduction of RET could see an increase in visitor numbers by as much...
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Wigtownshire 5 – Arran 29
Given the number of players lost to injury, Arran RFC’s game ended with an incredible 29-5 away win for the island team in Stranraer. After 10 minutes Arran were awarded a penalty for a ruck offence in...
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