
Threat from ticks
Scotland is banning the use of the only spray that can control bracken, Asulox, whereas England will continue to allow it. Bracken harbours ticks which carry Lyme’s disease.
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Scotland is banning the use of the only spray that can control bracken, Asulox, whereas England will continue to allow it. Bracken harbours ticks which carry Lyme’s disease.
It was a call that I’d been dreading – last Thursday, Jeremy Hosking rang to say he’d had enough and was withdrawing his offer to buy Kinloch Castle on Rum.
There was only one Corran proposal on the table at the Highland Council meeting on the 11th May 2023, and all us local Cllrs supported it. It was for the maximum £50 million bid to the Westminster Levelling Up Fund.
The Highlands is becoming the home to a significant percentage of Britain’s green energy needs. Even before wind, our post war hydro dams made the Highlands 100% self sufficient in electricity.
A gorgeous castle on a Hebridean island with a world class sea view and a decent skelp of land for sale at possibly as little as a £1. Tempted?
I am a Highland Councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan but I write on behalf of all West Highlanders, there are few of any political persuasion who would not support my request below.
Responding to the evidence session at the Scottish Parliament’s Education Committee, during which the interim principal of Dundee University admitted there has been ‘incompetence’ at the top of the institution, as MSPs heard it could run out of cash by th
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that visits to Skye House, Scotland's biggest children's psychiatric hospital, appear to have ‘skimmed the surface’.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today criticised the Scottish Government for failing to complete a promised review of safeguarding in relation to elected representatives and their access to vulnerable groups. It committed to the re
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today announced plans to introduce the Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill in Parliament on Wednesday 19th March. The Bill is intended to introduce a range of provisions to get fairer prices for farmers and foo
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that people need a focus on preventative health care, including faster access to GPs, after new figures forecast an increase of more than half in Scotland’s dis
Responding to comments from Jenny Gilruth blaming the crisis at Dundee University on financial mismanagement, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:
Liberal Democrats want a way forward which works for Britain - that cuts down red tape, reduces costs for businesses and makes people better off as a result.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.