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Achievement Bute seeks Autism Mentors

Achievement Bute has received funding from the Scottish Government’s Autism Development Fund for a mentoring project to support young people on Bute who have and autism/Asperger’s Syndrome. This funding is part of the government’s National Strategy for Autism, which seeks to address the enormous challenges faced by the one in a hundred people in Scotland who have autism. Autism is a lifelong developmental condition which affects the way a person communicates with and relates to people around them.

Car Bute turns its gaze to mainland

ISLAND car-sharing club Car Bute has increased the size of its fleet with the arrival of a new vehicle, allowing the scheme to permanently base a car at Wemyss Bay to accommodate islanders’ mainland needs.

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Bute war graves fully restored

We recently reported that work was being carried out at North Bute Cemetery, in the grounds of the ruined St Colmac’s Church at Croc-an-Raer, to renovate the headstones of Merchant Navy seamen who died during the Second World War.

Land company appeals for new directors

The Bute Community Land Company is appealing for members with skills in project management, finance and administration, and community liaison to consider becoming directors at the company’s forthcoming AGM.

Dunoon result completes Argyll & Bute Council picture

INDEPENDENTS Dick Walsh and Jimmy McQueen and the SNP’s Michael Breslin have been elected as representatives for the Dunoon ward on Argyll and Bute Council.

Sport rss

Comfortable win for Bute at home

Bute’s second team cruised into the second round of the Bullough Cup, at the Meadows on Saturday, with a comfortable 3-0 win over a poor Aberdour side, writes Paul Rodger.

Bute to face Lochaber in second round of Camanachd Cup

The second round draw for shinty’s most sought after prize, The Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup, was made yesterday by Argyll and Bute Council Leader-Elect, Roddy McCuish and Argyll and Bute MSP and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Michael Russell MSP.

Golf: Liam leads field after M&M second round

LIAM SHANKS of Port Bannatyne Golf Club leads the way after the second round of the M&M Trophy, played at Rothesay on Wednesday.

P3 pupils from Bute's three primary schools at this week's football festival at Rothesay Joint Campus.

Football fever at Bute’s primaries

EIGHTY children from Bute’s three primary schools had an amazing day of football and fun at a Tesco Bank Football Challenge Festival this week at Rothesay Joint Campus.

Bute are edged out by Macpherson penalty

GARRY MACPHERSON’S 74th-minute penalty saw Bute emerge empty-handed from their key Premiership clash at Winterton Park on Saturday.

Lifestyle rss

Dogstar Theatre - The Captain's Collection - Picture by Andrew Wilson

Review: the captivating tale of The Captain’s Collection

THE Captain’s Collection, by Hamish MacDonald, was first performed in the tiny Stratherrick Hall way back in 1999 - but if Dogstar Theatre Company’s 2012 revival of one of its earliest productions is anything to go by, the tale of Captain Simon Fraser, fiddler, composer, publisher, dispossessed laird and Empire soldier, has lost none of its vitality in the intervening 13 years.

Win tickets to see Kieran Goss in Rothesay this Saturday

COUNTY Down singer-songwriter Kieran Goss is on Bute to play at Rothesay Joint Campus this Saturday, May 12 – and we have a pair of tickets to give away to the gig.

Galleries project celebrates life and legacy of Jimmy Reid

A PROJECT celebrating the life and legacy of trade unionist, broadcaster, writer and orator Jimmy Reid will culminate in a performance by members of the local community in Clydebank next month.

Charlotte (left) and Laura Carrivick in concert at Craigmore Bowling Club.

Carrivick Sisters in concert at Craigmore

THE Carrivick Sisters may be only 23, but they already have a pedigree many folk and bluegrass musicians would give their right arm for – and the reception given to the duo on their first visit to Bute suggests they’re well on the way to establishing a new fan base in the west of Scotland.

Island Voices choir to perform Fauré’s Requiem

THE Island Voices community choir will perform Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem at a special service in Rothesay Trinity Church this Sunday, April 29.

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Winners of Rothesay Academy's Mad March Matchbox Challenge, held in aid of Cancer Research UK, are pictured with Anna Harrison, manager of the charity's Rothesay shop.

Alfie scoops top prize in Academy’s matchbox challenge

Rothesay Joint Campus pre-five pupil Alfie Doyle scooped first prize in a charity matchbox challenge organised by pupils at Rothesay Academy.

A fascinating look into Bute’s history

AN ACTION-PACKED programme is on offer this weekend as the Discover Bute Landscape Partnership Scheme hosts a free event taking people on a journey through Bute’s history, writes Angela Haggerty.

Isabel Sharp casts her eye over Bute Museum's exhibition of jazz festival memories.

Museum hosts display of Bute jazz memories

QUARTER of a century of Bute jazz memories go on display at Bute Museum in Rothesay on Thursday ahead of the 25th Isle of Bute Jazz Festival this weekend.

Pictured at the Isle of Bute Speakers Club's 60th anniversary lunch are, from left: Chris Robertson, Connie Lovel, Ian Carmichael, Betty Norris-Smith and Johnny Beattie.

Gala lunch marks speakers club’s 60th birthday

SIXTY years perfecting the art of public speaking on Bute have been celebrated at a gala luncheon to mark the diamond anniversary of the Isle of Bute Speakers Club.

Library to close for window replacement

Rothesay Library will be closed to the public for one week, from Monday, May 7 until Tuesday, May 15, for the installation of new windows.

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