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Core foods driving increases Unfortunately, the prices show that the main foods driving the higher increases in the food basket over the past five months are still the core foods most South African households reasonably expect to have in their homes and required for all basic food preparation to avoid hunger, with a 15% increase in maize meal, 3% for rice and cake flour, 5% for white sugar, 33% for sugar beans, 7% for samp, 4% for cooking oil and potatoes, 2% for onions and 4% for bread. Accord...

Premium Content Subscriber only Theres more than one reason the debate over the Dunoon dam and future water resources runs deep. Its why the dam gets ping ponged between councils across the Northern Rivers and back to Rous County Council for another look. Everyone knows there is going to be winners and losers if a dam is chosen over aquifers and vice versa. Maybe neither of them is the right option. Its also looking like a turf war between Lismore and Ballina over which town is top dog in ...

Campbeltown Courier In 2011: Former Lighthouse keeper Hector Lamont of Campbeltown at the Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse. 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 future of our journalism, the time has n...

A notice of motion was introduced by councillors Sharon Cadwallader, Eoin Johnston and Stephen McCarthy. The recommendation from Ballina will be sent to Rous County Council. "(Ballina) council has major concerns about a secure water strategy for the region and ask that Rous County Council continue with further investigations as to the viability of the Dunoon Dam proposal," the statement voted in today reads. "The groundwater on the Alstonville Plateau has many demands on it and should not b...

Ballina Shire Council met for its first meeting of 2021 today, with the Dunoon Dam at the top of the list for discussion. Deputy Mayor Sharon Cadwallader asked councillors to side with her and send a clear message to Rous County Council, asking it to continue its investigations into the dam. The motion was passed, with 6 of the 10 councillors voting yes. “I’m hoping that councillors at Rous County Council will see the merit of continuing on with the studies,” Deputy Mayor of Ballina Shire...

Nicola Sturgeon announces 82 new coronavirus deaths and 1,201 cases in Scotland in last 24 hours The First Minister announced the figures at the Scottish Parliament earlier today. The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll inclu...

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 future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...

Campbeltown Courier Updated: 26/01/21, 12:01 pm Many phone boxes have been adopted by the community for a variety of uses, such as this one which has been turned into a book swap. 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 ...

Argyllshire Advertiser Updated: 26/01/21, 12:01 pm Many phone boxes have been adopted by the community for a variety of uses, such as this one which has been turned into a book swap. 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 ord...