There were significant increases in call-outs from RNLI stations in Largs, Mallaig, Tobermory and Campbeltown which are all on the west coast.

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Another major factor in the development of Scottish coaches and managers has been the rise in prominence of the Scottish national training center in Largs, on the Ayrshire coast.

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McGhee was another coach who spent time at the Largs training center, and he too believes the skills he learned there went some way to his success as a coach.

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Police are urging drivers to stay away from the area, with southbound traffic being diverted at Largs onto the A760 at Hayley Brae and northbound traffic being diverted at the Hunterston Roundabout.

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In Kintyre, Campbeltown's total doubled from seven to 14, call-outs from RNLI Mallaig in Lochaber increased by six, from 11 to 17 and call-outs at RNLI Largs in Ayrshire rose from 13 to 18.

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In the south, 84-year-old Jean Fleming from Largs, was identified as the 13th fatality when a Ford Escort she was travelling in on the A737 Beith bypass in Ayrshire collided with a Renault Laguna on Sunday afternoon.

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Mr Coats told the court that he travelled almost daily down to West Kilbride to see her between 14 and 26 April and was told by Smith and Parker three days later, when he met them by chance in Largs, that she had left and gone to Dumfries.

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