ENERGY giant Drax has underlined the commercial value of the huge hydro power plant it operates in the Argyll hills as it works on plans for a dramatic increase in the scale of the facility.

THE Forests of Glenbranter sound like something out of Lord of the Rings. They carpet the Argyll hills around Strachur in a patchwork of green and brown, stretching as far as the eye can see.

A detour is in place while engineers work to clear the pass in the Argyll hills Contractors hope to clear the remaining debris from a 2,000 tonne landslip on the A83 and reopen the road at the ...

Car-sized boulders rolled onto the carriageway after 100mm of rain hit the Argyll hills. The road and the OMR will remain closed overnight into Thursday. Geotechnical experts carried out safety ...

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The tall, devout Scot is still in the rugged Argyll hills, but the fishing business is over. Now he runs a global charity from a wooden shed, directing the delivery of 700,000 meals a day to needy ...

They call it “Argyll’s Secret Coast”, a patchwork ... of short crossings around the Firth of Clyde that leads to lonely hills, picturesque villages, ancient forests and crags where golden ...

A detour is in place while engineers work to clear the pass in the Argyll hills Contractors hope to clear the remaining debris from a 2,000 tonne landslip on the A83 and reopen the road at the ...

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