Friday 20 August 2010

BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 28 August – Friday 3 September 2010

Title: Scottish Premier League - Aberdeen V Kilmarnock

The latest full-match coverage from the SPL.

Transmitted: Saturday 28th August 2010
Time: 17:30


Title: An Ceanadach – Calum Kennedy

A tribute to the late Calum Kennedy. The programme reflects on his career which spanned half a century and a variety of stage and screen personalities give their recollections of "An Ceanadach".

Transmitted: Monday 30th August 2010
Time: 20:30


Title: Soillse: Climbing Mount Aconagua

The 'Stone Sentinel' is one of the nicknames of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and part of the Andean Cordillera. At 6,962 metres, it's the highest mountain on the continent.

Katia Lafaille is the widow of Jean-Christophe Lafaille, the well-known mountaineer who disappeared near the summit of Makalu in the Himalayas. She's also the mother of two children, aged 7 and 15. So what is it that drives her to attempt one of the toughest trails in the world?

Transmitted: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Time: 21:00


Title: A Song of Crotal & White An-diugh

Updating the impression of life on the Isle of Lewis given by the MacDonald Sisters, first broadcast in 1969.

Transmitted: Thursday 2nd September 2010
Time: 21:00


Title: Live Rugby - Glasgow Warriors V Leinster

Live Magners League rugby kicks-off on BBC ALBA as Glasgow take on Leinster at Firhill.

Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 19:00


Title: Aig Cridhe ar Ciuil

Unrequited love, tragedy and broken hearts often spring to mind when mention is made of Gaelic song. However, humour also has its own place. Rona Lightfoot and Donnie Macleod are amongst the singers who demonstrate the lighter side of Gaelic song.

Transmitted: Friday 3rd September 2010
Time: 21:30

Monday 16 August 2010

COUNCIL 'REVIEWS ITS VISION AND VALUES'

Argyll and Bute Council says it "is to review its vision and values as part of its ongoing improvement journey."

Councillors are being asked to agree that the authority moves away from the current vision (Leading Rural Area) and instead discuss its proposed replacement – ‘Argyll and Bute - Realising our Potential Together.

The authority’s Executive will debate a report on the proposal, drawn up following a period of consultation with council employees and elected members as well as community planning partners, on August 12.

Leader of the council, Councillor Dick Walsh, said that any new vision should be ambitious yet realistic, and something which is meaningful to all the authority’s stakeholders.

“Argyll and Bute has significant potential on all levels, and has very strong partnership connections. With this in mind, I believe that the vision Argyll and Bute – Realising Our Potential Together underpins what we are trying to achieve and should be encouraging one another to achieve.

“This vision translates into all areas of service delivery and can easily be applied to everything we do towards ensuring that we are delivering best value services to all our stakeholders.

“I look forward to hearing my colleagues’ views on this proposal for what is a vital element of the council’s identity.”

The report also details four new values, drawn up on the basis of feedback received from employees. These state the way in which the council should act in achieving its outcomes and set the standard of behaviour expected throughout the organisation. They are:


We involve and listen to our customers and communities
We take pride in delivering best value services
We are open, honest, fair and inclusive
We respect and value everyone

If the Executive approves the report’s recommendations, the proposed new vision and values will go out for consultation with the public and other partners through the Local Area Community Planning Groups before being formally adopted.