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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

Willie Rennie MSP

Rennie comments on investment bank’s £8m DRS loss

Responding to the news that the Scottish National Investment Bank made an £8m loss on the SNP and Green’s bottle deposit return scheme, a hit which made up the majority of the bank’s £14.6m losses in the last financial year, Scottish Liberal Democrat Will

21 Aug 2024
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Daniel O'Malley

Lib Dems respond to Transport Minister’s comments on GMS

Responding to Fiona Hyslop’s interview on the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme, in which she said that the Scottish Government was “prepared to go back” to scrapping peak rail fares in the future, after announcing yesterday that it would be reinstati

21 Aug 2024
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Daniel O'Malley

Scot Lib Dems comment on ScotRail fare hike

Responding to the news that the Scottish Government is reintroducing peak time ScotRail fares, with the price of the top ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh now rising by 8.6% to £31.40, Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley sa

20 Aug 2024
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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Drug deaths more than double over a decade

Responding to new figures showing that there were 1,172 drug deaths in Scotland in 2023, an increase of 121 compared to 2022 and more than double what they were ten years ago, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said the Scottish Gover

20 Aug 2024
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UK News

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