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Threat from ticks
Angus MacDonald

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

Corran Ferry, electric proposal

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.

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Angus MacDonald

A Rum deal

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?

AMD
4 Jul 2023
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Scottish News

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Cole-Hamilton: SNP not focused on crisis in A&E

Responding to new figures showing that just 65.6% of attendees at A&E were seen within 4 hours and 15,107 attendees waited more than 8 hours in December 2023, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton criticised a lack of

6 Feb 2024
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Liam McArthur MSP

McArthur urges restraint over under 18s trapped on remand

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today urged the Scottish Government to rein in the use of remand for under 18s as he revealed that hundreds of teenagers have been retained in custody without being convicted over the pa

6 Feb 2024
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Liam McArthur MSP

244 die in custody in just one year

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today urged ministers to take action to cut deaths in custody after a new report found almost 250 deaths in just a single year.

5 Feb 2024
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UK News

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