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A goal from former Kilmallie shinty player Peter MacIntyre was enough to consign Lochaber Camanachd to another defeat and give Inveraray a priceless win in their Orion Group Premiership title chase.

For the full report see The Oban Times, April 11 2013, also on line at www.obantimes.co.uk/digital

A FLAGSHIP theatre production tackling the independence debate will tour village halls and community centres across Scotland in the immediate run-up to next year’s decision day, The Scotsman can reveal.

IT HAS played to almost a quarter of a million people across four continents and won more than 20 awards.

As art galleries become more censorious over images of youngsters, the air of suspicion has a poisonous effect on us all, writes Tiffany Jenkins

The Isle of Mull ferry manoeuvres to avoid the sperm whale. Photo courtesy of Stephen Lawson.

On Monday April 8 2013, after being in Oban Bay for 10 days, Oban’s sperm whale left through the north channel and the hopes were that he would find his way back to open sea and . . . → Read More: Whale be back?

A cultural development agency in the Highlands and Islands is axing its 10 staff after funding cuts to the body.

ORIGINAL artworks for early Scottish pantomimes, which were saved from the scrap heap, have fetched almost £2,000 at auction.

Last of the Summer Wine has been shown on British television channels 483 times in the first 90 days of this year, according to new figures.

LIKE many a veteran still prepared to enter battle every summer, I can recall roughly when and where I had my first “Edinburgh Festival” experience.

THE last novel to be written by Iain Banks will be published on 20 June, according to his publisher.

YOU might end up with your very own Jack Vettriano, or even a John Bellany. Just don’t expect a signature.

SCOTLAND is attracting more migrant workers than most parts of the UK, according to official figures.

HOME buyers are being warned to steer clear of top- floor tenement flats amid fears that a lack of repairs has made ageing buildings structurally unsound.

AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would face a pensions timebomb that could lead to 20 years of “difficult financial decisions”, an influential House of Lords report will warn this week.

HE IS one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and produced some of the most memorable images of its powerful political leaders.

HE IS one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and produced some of the most memorable images of its powerful political leaders.

LABOUR is set to back handing more control over income tax to the Scottish Parliament and giving more power to local authorities, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.

Controversial artist Alasdair Gray is to publish a major new book setting out his case for Scottish independence in the run-up to next year’s referendum, The Scotsman can reveal.

A SCOTTISH art gallery has snubbed a renowned artist who offered to give it one of his works for free.

We must break with the social and political thinking of the past if we are to have a full and frank debate on Scotland’s future, writes Gerry Hassan