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WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

In the first adjournment debate of new the parliament, he said: ‘17 years of centralisation has wreaked havoc on my part of the world’.


Deputy First Minister discusses her experience with postnatal depression in candid new podcast series

Deputy First Minister discusses her experience with postnatal depression in candid new podcast series

Deputy First Minister discusses her experience with postnatal depression in candid new podcast series

Deputy First Minster Kate Forbes has spoken about her experience with postnatal depression on the new series of the podcast, Speaking of Suicide.


Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

Campaigner Laura Hansler says it is ‘absolutely inexcusable’ that the highest recorded speed was 140 mph.


Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

MP Jamie Stone says ‘the Highlands is the biggest generator of clean, green energy in Scotland, and yet we suffer from a lack of job opportunities’.


Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

He says he has heard ‘horror stories’ but ‘there is not the wit or willpower in the Scottish Government’.


Highlands ‘obvious place’ to have GB Energy headquarters says newly elected MP

Highlands ‘obvious place’ to have GB Energy headquarters says newly elected MP

Highlands ‘obvious place’ to have GB Energy headquarters says newly elected MP

Inverness MP Angus McDonald has said he will be encouraging the energy minister to base the GB Energy headquarters in the Highlands.


Houses of Parliament are ‘a bit like Hogwarts’ says new strath MP Graham Leadbitter

Houses of Parliament are ‘a bit like Hogwarts’ says new strath MP Graham Leadbitter

Houses of Parliament are ‘a bit like Hogwarts’ says new strath MP Graham Leadbitter

New member for new seat says it has been a ‘very intense’ first week at Westminster


Highlands set to benefit from £7m funding for electric vehicles in the north of Scotland

Highlands set to benefit from £7m funding for electric vehicles in the north of Scotland

Highlands set to benefit from £7m funding for electric vehicles in the north of Scotland

Highland Council is set to benefit from a funding boost by the Scottish Government to support the growth of the EV charging network.


MSP with strong Highland links reported to be considering Scottish Conservatives leadership bid

MSP with strong Highland links reported to be considering Scottish Conservatives leadership bid

MSP with strong Highland links reported to be considering Scottish Conservatives leadership bid

A Conservative with strong Highland connections is reportedly considering a bid for the party's soon to be vacant Scottish leadership post.


COLIN CAMPBELL: Was Drew Hendry a victim of backlash against SNP’s grim record in recent times?

COLIN CAMPBELL: Was Drew Hendry a victim of backlash against SNP’s grim record in recent times?

COLIN CAMPBELL: Was Drew Hendry a victim of backlash against SNP’s grim record in recent times?

Had he been up against a less formidable, energetic and convincing challenger he might have resisted the anti-SNP tsunami, says our columnist.


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