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.
All the latest news from the Highland and Scottish Liberal Democrats, Angus MacDonald MP and Jamie Stone MP
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.
Following new Scottish Liberal Democrat analysis which shows that more than 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid, party leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today warned the Scottish Government that it is not doing any
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Jamie Stone has today criticised the Scottish Government’s travel plans as he highlighted figures showing that less than half of voters in remote rural areas are satisfied with public
Responding to today's report from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child into children’s rights in the UK which urges Scottish ministers to bring the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill back to the Scottish Parliament, with changes in place to ensu
Responding to comments made by Dougal Sharp, founder of the Innis and Gunn Brewing Company, on BBC Radio Scotland this morning where he described the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme as “a bonfire of chaos,” pointing out that there has been “ch
Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP has welcomed a consultation on changes to the rules allowing the installation of solar panels, but has accused the government of lagging behind other parts of the UK.
Responding to the Our Scottish Future event in Edinburgh later this evening, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.