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Work will begin next week on a £334,000 project to preserve the heritage of another historic building in Lochgilphead.

Funding secured by 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute Council is set to benefit Mull and Tiree with over £1 million to help local housing demand and create a new Community Care Hub.

Three secondary schools in 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute are preparing to take part in an award-winning mentoring programme that aims to help care-experienced and disadvantaged young people to unlock their potential, regardless of their circumstances.

New figures show that 93.9% of young people in 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute are currently in education, employment or training, placing the region in fifth place out of the 32 Scottish local authorities - an increase from its position of tenth in 2020-21.

Development of plans to restore historic buildings and bring them back into use are some of the key actions for the first phase of a new Tarbert Heritage Regeneration Scheme.

Education professionals, agencies and employers will meet in Dunoon this week for the inaugural Developing Young Workforce 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute Conference.

Please remove any trailers, caravans, boats or motorhomes in the next fifteen days or risk having them removed - that is the warning from 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute Council.

Kilcreggan Primary School has become the fifth school in 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute to receive gold accreditation in UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme.

Councillors are calling on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to address concerns across 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute communities, regarding the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).