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.
Commenting on an embargoed report from School Leaders Scotland (SLS), which shows a sharp decline in the number of successful applications for additional support needs provision in secondary schools, with 80% of SLS members stating that their workload has
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged the Scottish Government to adopt his party’s plans for a national lung cancer screening programme, as new figures showed that a rise in the number of deaths from cancer in Scotland.
Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Jamie Greene has today pressed the Scottish Government over the impact on traffic as figures uncovered by his party revealed that the average LED sign deployed on Scotland’s road network breaks down more th
Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has welcomed the UK Government’s decision to allow more than 30 critically injured Palestinian children to be evacuated to this country for medical care.
Marking ten years since Nicola Sturgeon promised to close the attainment gap, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie has today (Monday 18th August) said that this promise ‘lies in ruins’ and that the SNP have betrayed a whole gener
Responding to an open letter to John Swinney from more than 200 health and social care charities warning that the sector faces collapse, published in the Herald this morning, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Her service; her sense of selflessness; her steadfast commitment to the nation. These values and her service have defined Her Majesty’s seven decade reign, and will continue to define her.
Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, but also in his voluntary roles in the community.
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.
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.