Top Stories

• Arran beer named best in Europe

  The Arran Brewery, the island’s beer maker that was bought out of administration two years ago, has revealed that its flagship Arran Blonde has been named as Europe’s best all-grain wheat beer.

• Compensation claims may be invited for road closure

  A small article on page two of last week’s Banner has created quite a stir.
  It referred to the fact that some Island businesses had received information about possible compensation for loss of earnings due to the nine-week String Road closure.

• Welders repair MV Caledonian Isles ferry after five days disruption

  Specialist welders from the Garvel shipyard worked through Monday night at Brodick pier to repair Arran’s main ferry.

• Council u-turn on shared school headships

  The future of Arran’s primary school headteachers could be safe after the council agreed this week to be more flexible with it’s shared headship plan.

• Mountain Rescue aid walkers

  Two male walkers who found themselves in need of assistance were the cause of two separate Mountain Rescue callouts this week.