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BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Biker who died in crash on A819 near Tullich named by police
A biker who died in a crash with a van in Argyll has been named by Marchand, 48, was riding a Triumph Tiger on the A819, near Tullich, when it collided with a Ford Transit van at about 16:00 on services were alerted but he was pronounced dead at the road was closed for 10 hours to allow for an accident investigation to take place. The driver of the van was uninjured. Mr Marchand's family have asked for their privacy to be respected at this Kenneth Malaney said inquiries to establish the full circumstances were ongoing and urged anyone with information to contact the force on the non-emergency line.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Two bikers killed in crashes in Argyll and Ayrshire
Two motorcyclists have been killed in separate crashes on Scotland's roads. A 48-year-old man died when his Triumph Tiger and a Ford Transit van collided on the A819, near Tullich in Argyll, at about 16:05 on Friday. Later, another biker was killed when his Sherco 290 bike crashed in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, shortly after midnight. Police named him as 34-year-old Kris Leitch. No other vehicles were involved. In Tullich, the road was closed for 10 hours to allow for an accident investigation to take place. The driver of the van was uninjured. In Ayrshire, Main Street in Auchinleck was closed for six hours. Police Scotland has asked anyone with dash-cam footage or information about either incident to get in touch. Contact Police Scotland
BBC News
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Motorcyclists killed in separate crashes in Argyll and Ayrshire
Two motorcyclists have been killed in separate crashes on Scotland's roads.A 48-year-old man died when his Triumph Tiger and a Ford Transit van collided on the A819, near Tullich in Argyll, at about 16:05 on Friday. Later, a 34-year-old man was killed when his Sherco 290 bike crashed in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, shortly after midnight. No other vehicles were Scotland said both men died at the scene of the incidents and their families had been informed. In Tullich, the road was closed for 10 hours to allow for an accident investigation to take place. The driver of the van was Ayrshire, Main Street in Auchinleck was closed for six Scotland has asked anyone with dash-cam footage or information about either incident to get in touch.
The Guardian
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me review – collecting songs on horseback, this Scottish musician is alive with ideas
Travellers' songs sung in Scots are the focus of Josie Vallely, a gutsy, Glasgow-based artist performing as Quinie (pronounced 'q-why-nee'; 'young woman' in the Doric dialect), whose third album acknowledges ancestors watching over her. It includes traditional singers Lizzie Higgins, Jeannie Robertson and Sheila Stewart, whose rawness drones, speaks and soars over these 11 varied tracks, mixing tunes from fiddles, Gaelic sean-nós singing, and canntaireachd (the vocal mimicry of pipe music). Quinie collected these songs from people using a method that fits the album's strange, rustic mood: she rode her horse, Maisie, across Argyll ('you pay attention to all your senses, have different conversations with people and connect to older ways of doing things,' she writes in the liner notes of this journey; she's also made a 15-minute film). On Auld Horse, her spoken words ripple against field recordings of water, the fabulous double bass of Stevie Jones (Alasdair Roberts, Sounds of Yell) and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh's rumbling viola. Another spoken word track, Health, Wealth a Yer Days, is warmed by handclaps and Oliver Pitt's bouzouki. Elsewhere, Quinie's unfiltered, ripe singing voice resonates like a siren. It twists around Harry Górski-Brown's pipes in the opening, viscous track Col My Love (which warns of the dangers of standing close to the shoreline). It confronts, but never overpowers, the floating, still tones of the duduk (an Armenian oboe) in Sae Slight a Thing. Quinie's cappellas are especially powerful: her take on Matt Armour's 1982 ballad, Generations of Change, is no-nonsense and moving, in which a grandmother recounts her father's life, the 'lang holidays' with her grandchildren, and how 'the weakness of age makes room for the young'. Alive with ideas, this record holds the past like a cauldron, broiling bewitchingly. Varo are Dublin-based musicians Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, partners in life and music, who unite with many contemporary Irish lodestars on their terrific second album, The World That I Knew (self-released). Highlights include Skibbereen, a duet with Junior Brother, and a majestic Green Grows the Laurel with John Francis Flynn. The Gentle Good says goodbye to the dimly lit, acoustic treatments of 2023's gorgeous Galargan for washes of vintage synths, distorted guitars and layered vocals on Elan (Bubblewrap). A warm, psychedelic portrait of a flooded valley in Powys, mid-Wales, its influences include 19th-century ballads, RS Thomas' poetry and, on the sunstruck To Be in Summer, west coast pop. Another joy is Last Call, the final album by folk-influenced singer and songwriter Steve Tilston, his voice as warm and spry as ever, his fingerpicking filling the title track with electricity.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Scotland's dry weather to end with rain and landslide warning
Scotland's five-week stretch of dry weather will come to an end later with heavy rain, hail and thunder expected over the in Argyll have been warned about potential landslides on the A83, with an alternate route to be opened as a agency Sepa has recorded water scarcity across the country after Scotland's driest period in 60 it warned that the incoming rain, which is due from Friday night, is unlikely to be enough to replenish river levels. It said that there would need to be "well above average rainfall" after the prolonged dry also said there had been no rainfall in parts of Fife for more than a month and the east of Scotland was particularly it said that if there was no significant rainfall over the next seven days, the River Esk in Dumfriesshire would be raised to "significant scarcity". In Argyll, the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful is known for its potential for agency Bear Scotland is planning to open the Old Military Road alternative route as a precaution from 20:00 on Friday until Tuesday Scott, Bear Scotland's north west representative, said: "The safety of road users is a top priority and we closely monitor conditions at the Rest and Be Thankful on a daily basis."While the weather has been extremely dry and sunny in recent weeks, our decision to divert A83 traffic is based on the incoming forecast for heavy rain, and our experience of previous events where landslides have occurred during the first heavy rain after extended periods of dry weather." Scotland has enjoyed dry weather for five weeks - the driest start to the year since hottest day of the year so far was 13 May, with temperatures of 25.5C recorded at both Tyndrum in Stirling and Auchincruive in South this spring is so far currently ranking at the driest spring in more than a century, according to the Met Office. BBC Scotland's senior weather presenter Christopher Blanchett said: "It's not rained in parts of Scotland for five weeks thanks to a blocked weather pattern."High pressure has been dominant overhead keeping conditions dry and settled, compressing the air and allowing it to warm. He added: "This weekend will see high pressure relinquish its grip, allowing the Atlantic to roar back to life and send weather systems our way from the west."We'll see a spell of heavy rain on Friday night, followed by an unsettled spell through the weekend and into next week too."There will be frequent showers on Saturday and Sunday with hail and thunder, along with a spell of blustery westerly winds."
