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The Coastguard said it towed the vessel to Oban and arrived at about 22:00.

Many parents wanted a more central location so that pupils in the south of the island would no longer have to travel by ferry to Oban for schooling and stay in hostels during the week.

Pupils living in the north go to the school in Tobermory, but the commute is more than 90 minutes for those living in the south, and most travel to Oban on the mainland, staying in hostels during the week.

But most of those living an hour-and-a-half's drive away in the south face having to leave their families and catch a ferry to Oban on the Scottish mainland, where they stay in boarding school hostels during the week.

Amy said that if the council's preferred option of a new school in Tobermory is selected she would feel forced to leave her village when her kids reach secondary school age, rather than be separated from them if they had to board in Oban.