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Arran Banner Updated: 19/02/21, 9:01 am The Arran Ferry Action Group are seeking the upgrading of Gourock so it can be reinstated as the port of refuge. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the futur...

Scotlands most chilling places to stay as Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel hits Netflix Gripping new TV show Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel, which is set to uncover the gruesome history of a hotel, has just arrived on Netflix. The Drovers Inn was the scene of a bloody fight between clans that ended in murder. (Image: Daily Record) Join thousands of others who have signed up to the weekly Scotland Now newsletter for the latest Scottish heritage and culture news.Invalid EmailSomething ...

Premium Content ONLY one year ago we had high temperatures, smoke and blistering temperatures. Now the rain gauges in some areas of the Northern Rivers are overflowing and gumboots are the footwear of choice. And according to the Bureau of Meteorology, theres more rain on the way. How the BOM reckons your place fared in the rain gauge in the 24 hours to 9am on February 18, 2021. Alstonville - 30mm

Premium Content Subscriber only Richmond Valley Council is calling on Rous County Council to continue investigations into the proposed Dunoon Dam. At last nights meeting, Richmond Valley councillors voted unanimously to write to Rous outlining their concerns about recent changes to the Future Water Project 2060, notably the removal of the proposed dam from the strategy. Mayor Robert Mustow said people needed time to think about the consequences of that decision. Rous supplies bulk water to ...

Rous County Council held its first meeting of the year today, with the proposed Dunoon Dam a hot topic, despite it being binned in December. Councillors debated a rescission motion - aiming to stop the sale of the dam site. Though temperatures flared, no one changed their vote. by Georgia Schefe | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

"We know that in dry times the water stops running," she said. "I am concerned that if enough stress is placed on the Alstonville aquifer, it will collapse. "In the councils involved, there is little to none understanding of the magnitude of this issue." Before the vote was completed, Cr Cadwallader said she will present another rescission motion for the next Rous County Council meeting. Cr Mustow called on his fellow councillors to support the motion. "I think its premature and short sig...

Premium Content Subscriber only Underground wells from Alstonville and Tyagarah will be the main source of water for the Northern Rivers if the Dunoon dam is removed from the Future Water Plan 2060. Other possible water sources Rous has been discussing could come from Newrybar and Woodburn extraction sites. Rous County Council’s chairperson, Keith Williams, supports the idea the region’s future water supply is safe without the dam. “The documents released by Rous last year for the Future...

Winde’s plans and policies under scrutiny ahead of Western Cape SOPA By Tshego Lepule Share Cape Town - The spotlight will be on Premier Alan Winde when he delivers his state of the province address (SOPA) on Wednesday that highlights achievements as well as plans in the fight against the pandemic. Winde will deliver his speech and host the subsequent debate in the Overberg town of Genadendal to which 50 people, including members of the provincial legislature, business chambers and local o...

SNP members with disabilities were subjected to vicious online abuse over leaked legal advice about measures to increase diversity in Holyrood, it has emerged. Guidance was published on Wings Over Scotland after the SNP’s ruling National Executive Council adopted new equalities measures. The body chose new rules over its selection process for the regional list in the Scottish Parliament elections, designating top-of-the-list spaces in some areas for people with disabilities and others f...

Dozens of people have gathered in Lismore's CBD, to urge Rous County Council to stop the Dunoon dam proposal for good. Traditional landowners organised the rally ahead of the water supply authority's next meeting this coming week Plans for the 50-gigalitre dam were scrapped in December ... by Lachlan Grant | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather