Councillors have decided that some children as young as eleven should continue to board away from home for high school, outraging parents ...

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Students have contacted The Herald to share their opinions on the council’s decision and describe their experiences of education on and off ...

The decision means pupils in the south of the island would still have to travel to the mainland by ferry to attend boarding ...

Acacia, who is 14, is home-schooled in Bunessan rather than attending school in Oban For decades, children on Mull have been divided by the location of the island's only high school. Pupils living ...

In just a year and a half, at least eight victims of drug misuse have been buried in Oban's Pennyfuir cemetery. Operating theatres at Lorn & Islands Hospital experienced "significant" damage with ...

Currently, and to looks to remain so, most pupils in the south of the island have to travel to the mainland by ferry to ...

As things stand, she faces travelling and boarding in Oban every week - like all children on the south of the island. He told BBC Scotland News: "As a foster carer, our child has faced separation ...