- 'Sustainable' joint campus opens
- Clinic 'can boost IVF success rate'
- Cyclists in cancer charity ride
- Contamination found at nuclear site
- £24,000 fine for Legionnaires' case
- Olympic security test at Hampden
- Gun murder conviction appeal fails
- Scots 'devo-max' option highlighted
- Frew accused breaks down in dock
- House move costs up 69% over decade
- Two hurt in police car accident
- 'Scots should decide on referendum'
- Trump wants windfarm public inquiry
- Former Labour MP Eadie dies aged 91
- Pair hunted after armed bank raid
- Toddler death inquiry announced
- Salmond addresses sterling question
- Second man charged over car death
- Murder accused in blackmail claim
- Woman in court over assault claims
News
Rothesay pool in line for major upgrade
Rothesay Leisure Pool is set to undergo a massive renovation to the tune of £400,000 – work which, according to one local councillor, has to be done now to prevent a compulsory closure in the future.
Last chance to take part in forest consultation
TIME is running out for members of the public to have their say on the preliminary masterplan for Bute’s community forest at the north end of the island – and also for a proposed hydro power generation scheme in the community-owned woodland.
Row over council’s eight-minute meeting
A WAR of words has broken out among members of Argyll and Bute Council after a meeting of the full council at Kilmory last week which lasted all of eight minutes.
Bute renewables survey: full results published
THE complete results of Towards Zero Carbon Bute’s survey of opinion on Bute’s renewable energy potential have been published this week.
Live stargazing event on Bute
To celebrate the second year of the successful BBC Stargazing Live events, the Bute Astronomical Club has organized a special evening to allow the island to be part of this unique and exciting opening to 2012.
Sport
‘We refused to let our high standards drop’
ANY team coach will tell you that the tag of ‘overwhelming favourites’ is rarely one which sits comfortably: like coconuts at a fairground, you’ve been put up there on a pedestal which is not of your own making, just waiting for everyone else to try and knock you down.
Teamwork pays off for Bute’s second string
BUTE Shinty Club’s second team finished 2010 at the bottom of South Division Two - making them, statistically at least, the worst team in the south of Scotland.
A year of achievement for shinty youngsters
AS anyone who follows The Buteman’s shinty coverage will know very well by now, the local headlines in 2011 were dominated by Bute Shinty Club’s first team, who romped to the South Division One championship, and promotion back to the Premier League, without dropping a point - and landed the Balliemore Cup along the way.
Lifestyle
Five stars for Quintet Zambra
BUTE Arts Society’s largest audience of the 2011-12 concert season so far enjoyed a real treat on Friday in the form of a superb evening’s entertainment from Quintet Zambra.
Classical quintet to play in Rothesay
Coming to Rothesay Joint Campus tonight (Friday, January 13) as part of the Bute Arts Society’s 2011-2012 programme are the woodwind and horn ensemble known as Quintet Zambra.
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Weather for Rothesay
Friday 27 January 2012
Today
Light showers
Temperature: -3 C to 4 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: East
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 6 mph
Wind direction: South east
