Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.
Clarity is urgently needed over the ban on wood burning stoves, a Highland MSP has warned after being inundated with concerns from confused residents.
Politicians must now get permission from the education boss to visit schools which they say impedes their ‘ability to represent our constituents’
Top officials say that councillors, MSPs and MPS must get permission from education bosses before visiting schools.
Sewage was dumped in the Highland area almost 1500 times last year – a figure described as "disgusting" by far north MP Jamie Stone.
ONLY 36 per cent of pupils in one Highland Virtual Academy class achieved an A, B or C in their exam.
A Highland MSP has asked Highland Council to take urgent action to enforce their policy banning the use of pesticides on school playgrounds.
Geoff Aberdein says the party needs to hold the Highlands ‘to have any chance of winning’ the general election in Scotland.
If agreed by Highland Council, a Wester Ross village will be consulted over whether or not a control zone should be introduced for short-term lets.
Scottish Land & Estates has called for better ‘rural-proofing’ of policies in the wake of the debacle over a ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes.
