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.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today pressed the Scottish Government over its decision not to make survivors of abuse at Fornethy House eligible for Scotland's Redress scheme.
Responding to Shona Robison’s interview on Good Morning Scotland in which she discussed Scottish Government cuts and plans to spend £460 million of cash remaining from the ScotWind scheme, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Speaking ahead of the First Minister’s Programme for Government, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today hit out at a “fiscal firestorm” of SNP cuts.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP today challenged Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth on the SNP's promise to close the poverty related attainment gap.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton today said Scotland needs world class mental health services after new figures showed the mental health waiting times targets being missed yet again for children and adults.
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.