Dunoon Observer and Isle of Bute News

22/08/2025

TGIF - In this week's packed edition of the Dunoon Observer -
🗞World champions to play next weekend's Cowal Games.
🗞Four injured in police crash on High Road.
🗞Number of assaults on officers across Cowal and Bute up.
🗞Dunoon's Dr Hip blues band bids a fond farewell.
🗞 A look back at the history of Holy Loch Marina following sale
🗞Double page special on local kids returning to school.
Plus loads more.

22/08/2025

TGIF - In this week’s packed edition of the Isle of Bute News -
🗞Last minute prep for this weekend's Bute Games.
🗞Bute BID's HQ on the move to town centre.
🗞Rothesay Academy receives praise following inspection.
🗞Bute remembers VJ Day.
Plus loads more.

21/08/2025

Massive thanks to everyone who submitted pics of their kids heading back to school. The response was huge and if your child isn't featured this week they will be featured next week.

18/08/2025

As doubt continues to grow over the future of Dunoon Pier, here's an article published in the Observer from 1999. It concerns an old plan for two breakwaters which was resurrected by the paper under the then editor Gerry Burke and 26 years on the plan is still a solid proposal.

Just another example of a decades long issue which has never been properly addressed.

15/08/2025

TGIF - In this week's packed edition of the Dunoon Observer -
🗞Local pensioner arrested for protest sign.
🗞Enormous AI development gears up for Toward.
🗞Holy Loch Marina sold to major organisation.
🗞Nuclear water leak into Loch long
🗞Dunoon's only Female firefighter calls time after 24 years.
🗞Nicola sturgeon launches book in Dunoon.
Plus loads more.

14/08/2025

Calls for transparency over serious nuclear incident at Faslane: SNP demands urgent answers after Category A event at UK’s nuclear submarine base, as past radioactive leak fuels safety concerns.

Fulls story in link below 👇

THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) is facing calls to disclose details of a serious nuclear incident at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, between 1 January and 22 April this year. Classified as Category A – the MoD’s most serious level – the event reportedly posed no risk to the public or environment. Faslane, ...

14/08/2025

🚨BREAKING: A crash involving a police van and another vehicle has delayed traffic on the high road next to the Sandbank Industrial Estate. initial reports indicate that there were no injuries.

Pic - Paul Paterson

14/08/2025

Is your kid going back to school today, maybe it's their very first day? Post your pics below & we'll feature them next week.

08/08/2025

TGIF - In this week’s packed edition of the Isle of Bute News -
🗞The show must go on - cinema handed lifeline.
🗞A volunteer’s perspective of ButeFest.
🗞A quarter-century of the West Island Way.
🗞Ten goals in Bute Shinty encounter.
Plus loads more.

08/08/2025

TGIF - In this week's packed edition of the Dunoon Observer -
🗞Visitor levy decision on the horizon for councillors.
🗞Academic aces celebrate exam results.
🗞Nicola Sturgeon to visit Bookpoint.
🗞A feature on Dunoon Amateurs, 50 years on from its formation.
Plus loads more.

03/08/2025

Weather warning for the local area for tomorrow.

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for high winds across much of Scotland for on Monday.

Areas affected are:

• Highlands & Eilean Siar (Highland, Na h-Eileanan Siar)
• Central, Tayside & Fife (Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling)
• Grampian (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray)
• SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders, West Lothian)
• Strathclyde (Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire)

The amber warning is in force between 10am until 10pm on Monday, 4 August. Further yellow warnings are also in place.

There is a high risk of disruption and travel conditions may be hazardous. Extra caution should be taken by all road users. Plan ahead and avoid unnecessary travel. Consider delaying travel until conditions improve. If you are travelling on the roads, prepare yourself and your vehicle for the conditions

• Make sure your mobile phone is charged and plan your journey, including an alternative route
• Have plenty of fuel, warm clothing, food, and water in case you’re delayed
• Do not ignore road closure signs – they are there for your safety
• Congestion caused by vehicles may restrict emergency services and recovery vehicles from providing essential assistance
• Listen to media broadcasts, including radio, for updates
• Follow your local authority for the latest updates in your area via Facebook, X, or their website
• Other information can be found on the Met Office and Ready Scotland websites.
• For public transport information visit: https://orlo.uk/6La3o
• Follow Traffic Scotland on X for up-to-date travel information.

Those in amber alert areas may experience power outages. For advice, visit Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks on X for up to date advice.

The full Met Office warning can be accessed via this link: https://orlo.uk/U5Q5A