Three organisations have added to the objections facing plans for the Giants Burn on th Cowal Peninsula. Glasgow Airport, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and SEPA have all lodged objections to the proposals by Statkraft. The Norwegian state-owned company wants to build seven turbines on a site near Dunoon and Sandbank, five with a blade tip height of 200 metres and two with 180-metre blades. Concerns remain over delays in objections being published by the Scottish Government’s energy consents unit, with . . .

A pilot project making it easier for communities to own renewable energy developments has welcomed – though with a warning that it doesn’t go far enough. And campaigners on the Cowal Peninsula, where there are two plans for large wind farm developments currently being put forward – have said it is ‘painfully ironic’. Following a campaign of pressure from community energy groups, the Scottish Government says it is making it easier for communities to own windfarms, hydroelectric schemes and solar PV arrays on public land.

Police have confirmed that a body found on the beach in Kilcreggan was a man who had gone missing from a ferry on the Firth of Clyde. Mark Federspiel, 64, was reported missing from the Western Ferries ferry MV Sound of Shuna on June 15 as it crossed from McInroy's Point in Gourock to Hunters Quay near Dunoon. Sparking a major search.

The newly constructed Balliemore Bridge in Glen Lean, Cowal, opened to traffic yesterday, marking a major milestone in Argyll and Bute Council’s infrastructure recovery efforts following severe weather in 2023.