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.
ONS figures, analysed by the Liberal Democrats, reveal that the cost of common ingredients for Pancake Day have soared by 7% in just one year, almost twice the rate of inflation.
Responding to new figures showing only 63.5% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 4th February, while 3,482 people waited over 8 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton sa
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart MSP has responded to the incident in Sandness, Shetland, where Police Scotland confirmed that around 16:55 on Sunday 11th February officers were called to a report of a disturbance.
Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Beatrice Wishart MSP has today called for a rethink of the SNP’s broadband rollout. Wishart said the voucher scheme has patently failed after a parliamentary question revealed that the government’s Scot
North East Scotland Liberal Democrats will this Saturday hold a mini spring conference in Inverurie, as they promised to prioritise “communities and public service” at the forthcoming election and criticised the SNP for having neglected this after more th
Responding to the First Minister’s long-awaited confirmation that Scottish farmers will continue receiving most of their existing subsidies for growing food, with 70% of future support to be within Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the new funding framework, Scottish
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
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.