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The council’s Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee has approved new guidance to help with assessing applications for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) across PվɫÇéƬ and Bute. The new, non-statutory guidance was put together following public consultation. There are four key principles: Support getting the right number of HMOs in the right places; Ensure they are of good quality and properly maintained; Manage the impacts on local amenities; and

Pupils from Kilcreggan Primary School have received a prestigious Young Reporters Scotland award in recognition of their creative reporting on environmental issues. The pupils were presented with the accolade as part of the Young Reporters Scotland 2019 competition - which encourages young people to share their voice on sustainability subjects through film, writing and photography. The initiative provides a platform for participants to investigate and report on the subjects they are passionate about and increase their knowledge and awareness of environmental topics.

From Tuesday 28 May, householders and businesses on Islay and Jura will no longer have to put recyclable material into separate plastic bags before it goes into blue bins. There is no change to the materials collected and no change to the frequency or days of collection. From now on plastic bottles, tubs and trays, tins, cans and empty aerosols go straight into the blue bin.

Work to improve the junction at Barmore and Garvel Roads in Tarbert will begin later this year after the council’s Policy and Resources Committee approved the plans. The improvements to the junction were drawn up under the council’s £3million Tarbert and Lochgilphead Regeneration Fund and will result in it being easier for vehicles to enter and exit Garvel Road in all directions, while also improving visibility and safety at the junction.

Staff and pupils from Parklands Primary School were invited to a special lunch at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow to tell guests how charity funding from SPIfox has benefitted them. SPIfox was launched in 1983 by a group of property and construction professionals, with the main objective of raising funds to help disadvantaged young people. The sensory room at Parklands was in need of refurbishment and, following a visit from SPIfox, the charity agreed to fully fund a complete overhaul of the room, costing more than £22,000.

Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh is being used as a leading example by Remarkable (previously known as Investors in People).

It was a special day for PվɫÇéƬ and Bute Councillor Donnie MacMillan today (Friday) when he was presented with the British Empire Medal. Councillor MacMillan was elected to PվɫÇéƬ and Bute District Council in 1980 and has been elected continuously ever since.  He has served on almost 50 committees and agencies, and is extremely well-know in the community, attending numerous local events.

National Foster Care Fortnight starts this Monday and to mark the occasion PվɫÇéƬ is hosting a series of information events to help raise the profile of fostering in the area. The annual campaign, which runs from 13 to 26 May, is organised by the Fostering Network and is the UK's biggest foster care awareness-raising campaign.

PվɫÇéƬ is boosting local business and reducing food miles with sustainable school dinners, receiving a national award for their work putting local food on school lunch plates. PվɫÇéƬ has once again been recognised for offering fresh, healthy and sustainable school lunches, receiving the Soil Association Scotland’s Bronze Food for Life Served Here award for the seventh year running.