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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 backs Scottish cheerleaders in exam battle

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has called on the Scottish Government and the Scottish Qualification Authority to look again at a decision over exam invigilation which will force Scottish cheerleaders due to sit Higher and National 5 e

10 Mar 2025
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

SNP leaving men at risk of fatal aneurysms

Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the SNP to rebuild a key screening programme to protect against potentially fatal aneurysms after new figures revealed that the number of men attending screenings and rec

10 Mar 2025
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Care board reserves shrink by 40% in a year

Responding to the embargoed report from the Accounts Commission which warns that community health and social care finances are ‘increasingly precarious’, with Integrated Joint Board reserves depleted by 40% in 2023/24 and an increase in the projected fund

6 Mar 2025
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UK News

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