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.
West Scotland Liberal Democrat MSP Jamie Greene has called for no further delays in restoring ferry services to Arran and Ardrossan after an announcement by the Scottish Government that the sale of Ardrossan Harbour is to proceed.
Responding to new figures showing that there were an estimated 231 deaths among homeless people in 2024, Scottish Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Paul McGarry said:
Following new statistics showing a record high level of delayed discharge, hundreds of people waiting more than a year for mental health support and thousands of nursing and midwifery vacancies, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP urge
Responding to new figures showing January 2026 to be the worst month on record at A&E, with only 65.1% of people attending A&E seen within the 4 hour target, while 19,806 (15.2%) people waited over 8 hours, a new record, and a staggering 10,374 (8%) waite
On Wednesday 4th March, Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Jamie Greene will lead a debate in the Scottish Parliament in which he will condemn the Scottish Government’s mishandling of key ferry services and highlight how, despite at least se
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called for ministers to urgently set out when they will conduct a national investigation into maternity services in Scotland, as he revealed there have been more than 3,000 complaints about mater
Scrapping the Protocol would represent a new low. It would be an egregious breach of international law.
The anticipated Somerton and Frome election will be a close two horse race between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.