Young leaders need your vote to help lift award
There is still time to vote for the Arran entry battling to win one of the Provost’s Civic Pride Awards 2018. Arran’s Active Schools young leaders are one of three finalists vying for the sports award...
View ArticleArran groups urged to bid for share of awards pot
Community projects on Arran have less than a month left to enter an awards programme which could see them earn a share of a funding boost totaling £75,000. The Clydesdale Bank Spirit of the Community...
View ArticleArran Banner letters – week 08
Can you use heading quite big: Forget the Winter Olympics try Arran pothole slalom Sir, I am certain that viewers of the Winter Olympics have, like me, been impressed with the courage and skill of the...
View ArticleSeeing double in Brodick
Don’t worry you are not seeing double – there really are two CalMac ferries in this photo taken in Brodick today. The MV Clansman was here undertaking berthing trials at the new pier and swapped places...
View ArticleBanner is a big success
The Arran Banner was the best performing weekly newspaper in Scotland last year by achieving a rise in sales. Your Banner was the only paid for title in Scotland, to record a year on year sales...
View ArticleGet on your marks for 30th anniversary Ormidale 10K
Dozens of runners, both from Arran and the mainland, will take to the roads of Brodick next month for the 30th anniversary Ormidale 10K race. This year it will be held on Sunday April 22 and, as usual,...
View ArticleMarket report from Stirling
United Auctions had forward 1,050 store cattle, 126 cast cows and 1,882 store sheep at their sale at Stirling on Wednesday February 21. The leading prices were: LimX Blks £1250, 250p, Craigview. AAX...
View ArticleExhibition features the father of Arran printing
Stephen Gill who set up the island’s first printing press – undertaking all of Arran’s printing needs from his press in Whiting Bay – will be posthumously featured in the exhibition space at the Arran...
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Arran bird watch finds chaffinch is most common garden bird
The last weekend in January was the weekend of the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch. Individuals, families or groups not only took part in this survey of garden birds but some shared their results with me....
View ArticleThought for the week. Week 09
Thought for the week ‘I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether...
View ArticleNew ferry terminal to be open soon
Brodick’s new £30 million ferry terminal and pier could still be open in time for Easter, it emerged this week. Caledonian MacBrayne staff are now working in the new terminal building ahead of the...
View ArticleDepleted Arran team earns a plucky draw in Glasgow
Milne Craig Clydesdale Western 6s 2 Arran Ladies 2 With less than a full squad, Arran Ladies travelled to Hutchinson Grammar School in Glasgow to play Milne Craig Clydesdale Western 6s on a...
View ArticleArran dodges Beast from the East
Arran has been one of the few places in Scotland has dodged the worst of weather conditions known as the Beast from the East which has caused major travel disruptions across the rest of the country....
View ArticleArran Banner letters
Time will tell Sir, Your readers will have seen claims from the SNP that North Ayrshire Council is set to receive an increase in our budget this year. I have even seen a claim from one of our MSPs,...
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Arran Banner 20 Years Ago
Saturday February 28, 1998 Road recycling Juggernaught roadbuilding machines have been churning up the String Road this week. By the weekend the brow of the hill should have one of those quite smooth...
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New bid to tackle Arran’s potholes
Here is the new £65,000 machine which has been brought in by North Ayrshire Council to fix Arran’s potholes. As first revealed in last week’s Banner, the EuroPaver mobile asphalt machine will allow the...
View ArticleHouse captains organise successful charity day
Pupils at Whiting Bay primary recently held a fundraising event in aid of the British Heart Foundation. The event was organised by the school house captains Eden, Jesse, Greta, Rhys, Catie and Patryk....
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Beth paints her way to Burns contest success
There was a record entry for this year’s Burns primary school painting competition which is now in its third year. This year’s theme was the poem To a mouse and the contest was won this year by...
View ArticleSpring show will soon be in bloom
Final arrangements have been put in place for the Arran Horticultural Society’s spring show which will this year be held on Saturday March 24 in Brodick Hall at 2pm. As always there is a wide range of...
View ArticleAnnouncements for dates 05/03/18 – 11/03/18
DEATHS NOTEMAN: Janet (Shona) Peacefully after a short illness at Arran War Memorial Hospital on Friday, 2nd March 2018. Shona, aged 83 years, beloved wife of the late Joseph, much loved aunt of the...
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