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.
Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Susan Murray MP has today called for the Chief Executive of STV, Rufus Radcliffe, to appear before the Scottish Affairs Committee to answer questions on the announcement that STV is to cut 60 jobs, equivalent
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has urged the UK Government to act immediately to secure the safety of a University of Edinburgh student currently aboard a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that the SNP Government’s sluggish rollout of an NHS app has left patients and staff feeling like they've stepped back in time, as he raised the case of a carer who lost access to a variety
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged the SNP government to do much more to tackle the social care crisis as new figures revealed that the number of people waiting on social care assessments and care at home packages is the h
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said that "cancer patients deserve better" as new figures reveal that waiting times under the SNP Government are still among the worst on record.
Responding to new figures showing only 63.4% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 21st September, while 3,502 people waited over 8 hours and 1,462 waited over 12 hours, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.