A Ross-shire MSP who has also worked as a pharmacist is encouraging all eligible people in Highland to get their winter flu jag.
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The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.
But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.
Hikes to employer national insurance contributions will cost Eden Court an extra £100,000 a year, it has confirmed.
The family of Nairn’s Alistair Wilson, murdered in 2004, said they were “extremely grateful” to the First Minister after he met with them yesterday.
But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.
The First Minister has met the family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after more than two decades.
The public has until February 25 to make their views known as critics slam the scheme as a waste of money.
The rises are the local authority’s way of dealing with both a massive deficit and to invest in infrastructure.