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Scott Maclennan


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Scott MacLennan is the political reporter for the Highland titles at Highland News and Media. He joined the company in 2019. Scott went to university in Glasgow and Moscow and reports on the Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Scottish Parliament.

Meet the new owner of Caley Thistle - he’s been studying football ownership for at least 3 years

26 July 2024
Meet the new owner of Caley Thistle - he’s been studying football ownership for at least 3 years

Meet the new owner of Caley Thistle - he’s been studying football ownership for at least 3 years

26 July 2024

He says the key financial are ‘commercialisation, fan engagement, entertainment, leisure options and community building’.


Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

24 July 2024
Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

24 July 2024

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.


More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

22 July 2024
More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

22 July 2024

Scottish Labour says ‘This is what privatisation looks like – those who can, pay for a private dentist; those who can’t, suffer’


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

18 July 2024
WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

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

18 July 2024

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


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

17 July 2024
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

17 July 2024

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

17 July 2024
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

17 July 2024

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

16 July 2024
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

16 July 2024

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


POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024

Meanwhile Liberal Democrats head to London to represent the Highlands with a new UK government in place.


POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024

Meanwhile Liberal Democrats head to London to represent the Highlands with a new UK government in place.


Double Highland win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ but determined to make the north heard

07 July 2024
Double Highland win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ but determined to make the north heard

Double Highland win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ but determined to make the north heard

07 July 2024

Jamie Stone intends to ‘get the health service right, let's get education right – these things matter and people were telling me that’.


BREAKING: Liberal Democrats’ Angus MacDonald wins Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat after marathon recount

06 July 2024
BREAKING: Liberal Democrats’ Angus MacDonald wins Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat after marathon recount

BREAKING: Liberal Democrats’ Angus MacDonald wins Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat after marathon recount

06 July 2024

The recount has only just concluded as Mr MacDonald overcame the SNP’s Drew Hendry.


No guarantee the ‘mismanaged’ Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire recount will be delivered today

06 July 2024
No guarantee the ‘mismanaged’ Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire recount will be delivered today

No guarantee the ‘mismanaged’ Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire recount will be delivered today

06 July 2024

Conservatives, Lib Dems and SNP election staff say ‘we are getting more frustrated as this mismanaged election count goes on’.


The new UK cabinet has already met while Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is yet to declare a winner

06 July 2024
The new UK cabinet has already met while Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is yet to declare a winner

The new UK cabinet has already met while Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is yet to declare a winner

06 July 2024

A recap of the count chaos that led to today’s embarrassing recount leaving the seat the last in the UK to announce its results.


The Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire recount is underway by hand – for the third time since the general election

06 July 2024
The Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire recount is underway by hand – for the third time since the general election

The Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire recount is underway by hand – for the third time since the general election

06 July 2024

The flaw in the original vote does not appear to have been identified but it is clear there has been a problem.


Could there be a challenge to the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire count?

06 July 2024
Could there be a challenge to the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire count?

Could there be a challenge to the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire count?

06 July 2024

The Electoral Commission and SNP lawyers are present overseeing the recount process for the last constituency in the UK to declare.


Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire election count abandoned until tomorrow morning

05 July 2024
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire election count abandoned until tomorrow morning

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire election count abandoned until tomorrow morning

05 July 2024

A ‘discrepancy’ between verified and the provisional total votes could not be reconciled.


Kate Forbes says the SNP needs to ‘rebuild and regain the trust of the electorate’ after a ‘difficult night’

05 July 2024
Kate Forbes says the SNP needs to ‘rebuild and regain the trust of the electorate’ after a ‘difficult night’

Kate Forbes says the SNP needs to ‘rebuild and regain the trust of the electorate’ after a ‘difficult night’

05 July 2024

Deputy First Minister says with two years before the Holyrood elections the SNP must ‘ensure we can demonstrate delivery, implementation and change’.


BREAKING: Vote check underway for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

05 July 2024
BREAKING: Vote check underway for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

BREAKING: Vote check underway for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

05 July 2024

A ‘discrepancy’ was found between the verified vote tally and the actual vote tally.


BREAKING: Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone wins the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat

05 July 2024
BREAKING: Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone wins the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat

BREAKING: Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone wins the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat

05 July 2024

It is another seat for the Lib Dems who are enjoying a good night with the party expected to get more than 50 seats.


Constituency exit polls suggests Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is too tight to call

05 July 2024
Constituency exit polls suggests Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is too tight to call

Constituency exit polls suggests Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is too tight to call

05 July 2024

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross on the other hand is projected to be a Liberal Democrat win


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