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.
Responding to a report published by the Prison Officers’ Association (POA), which warns that overcrowding and understaffing have pushed Scotland’s jails to ‘crisis point’, and states that staff morale is at an all-time low, Scottish Liberal Democrat justi
Responding to the news that the overnight vote count will be axed at the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, with votes being counted on the Friday following polling day instead, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP today said the SNP Government's landfill ban has "fallen apart" because ministers failed to prepare, after SEPA published new rules allowing mass breaches of the imminent ban on la
Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, and Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, have written to both the UK and Scottish Government to demand an alternative carrier for Eastern Airways flights.
Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs Spokesperson Susan Murray MP has today pressed the Chief Executive of STV over the impact of the organisation's cost-saving plans which will close STV North and cut 60 jobs.
Responding to a new report on drugs which shows the number of drug-related hospital admissions was 10% higher between April and June 2025 than the previous quarter, while suspected drug deaths increased by 12% between June and August 2025 compared to 2024
The Lib Dem Bill will give an estimated 2.4 million carers across the UK a statutory right to take five days of unpaid leave per year, helping carers to better balance work and care.
I will keep fighting for the rights of the entire LGBT+ community, until true equality is achieved.
Liberal Democrats gained 407 councillors and control of 12 councils in England, giving us our best result in decades.
British people are struggling with eye-watering food prices and yet this Conservative Government is refusing to help. Liberal Democrats are putting forward a proper plan to make food cheaper.
This is a devastating blow to our country’s environment.
We love our country and want to transform it for the better. To build a liberal Britain, and spread real opportunity to every city, town and village across our great United Kingdom. To deliver the fair deal that the British people deserve.