Families evacuated after Islay collapse: Island distillery grain store crashes into gardens
From The Oban Times, Thursday November 20, 2008
Six families who were evacuated from their homes on Friday following the collapse of a grain silo at Port Ellen Maltings, on the Isle of Islay, were allowed to return on Sunday afternoon.
However, the clean-up job at Bay View, a housing development next to the maltings, is far from over and much of the hundreds of tonnes of grain still lies in the families' gardens.
The silo at the maltings, which is owned by drinks company Diageo and supplies many of the island's famous distilleries, collapsed at 5:15 am last Friday.
Appin Murder case could reopen after 256 years: Glasgow lawyer claims historical conviction 'needs to be quashed'
The Oban Times, Thursday November 20, 2008
A 256-year-old Argyll murder case could be re-examined after a Glasgow solicitor last week lodged papers with the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission, claiming the hanged 'criminal' was innocent.
The Appin Murder, as it has become widely known, happened on May 14 1752 when Colin Campbell of Glenure, a government agent, was shot in woods near Ballachulish while on his way to evict tenants, the Stewarts of Appin.
Although the killer was believed to be Allen Breck Stewart, James Stewart of the Glen was accused of being an accessory to the murder and tried in Inveraray in front of a jury consisting mainly of Campbells.
And some eye-catching headlines:
West coast prawn fishery under threat (Nov. 20)
Shipwrecks to provide jobs to Lochaber (Nov. 20)
Beavers will spend six months in quarantine en route to Argyll (Nov. 27)
(These are European beavers being reintroduced into the wild here in Scotland for the first time in 400 years. Not anyone associated with Oregon State University, in case you were wondering.)
Earliest aquatic turtle fossils found on Isle of Skye (Nov. 27)
Are sea eagles to blame for rise in lamb deaths? (Dec. 11)
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