Rapid electric vehicle chargers light the way
Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye Lochaber and Badenoch, said she was delighted that World Electric Vehicle Day has been chosen to launch this initiative in a rural part of Scotland she knows so well.
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Lochaber MSP hopes for improvements to notorious A82 Fort William bottleneck
Kate Forbes MSP has continued to raise the Fort William transport network in her regular meetings with Transport Scotland
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Small Isles school ferry to remain on a weekly basis for now
The council said no timescale had been decided upon for the length of time the weekly sailing schedule would remain in place.
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Forbes furious as new figures show constituents paying £9M in parcel delivery surcharges
Ms Forbes said it was a ‘scandal’ that retailers were charging over £9 million to customers in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch when it came to parcel delivery surcharges.
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Local MSP Kate ties the knot at church service in Dingwall
The pair – Ali is 41 and Kate is 31 – announced their engagement earlier this year.
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MSP supports call for people to back businesses in their community
Local cards will be rolled out in a series of regional launches over the coming months, as councils agree to promote the programme in their area.
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New snorkel trail launched to boost Lochaber marine tourism
The new snorkel trail began as a final year project for one of the college’s Marine and Coastal Tourism course students.
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Fears that dirty camping is ‘out of control’ on Arisaig and Morar beaches
‘I know of instances of tourists abandoning their stay in the area prematurely because they couldn’t put up with the behaviour of some other tourists. Something more needs to be done’ – Kate Forbes MSP speaking this week.
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Top up taps reach magical milestone at Glenfinnan
The taps, which are maintained weekly, are plumbed directly into the public water supply and each has digital tracking technology which logs how much water is being used and how much plastic potentially saved.
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Kates Forbes formally opens car park and toilet project at famed Fairy Pools site on Skye
Since opening with the first 100 parking spaces in January 2019, and despite closing for Covid-19 lockdowns, the car park has already generated enough revenue to pay for two full-time and eight casual support staff, the rent, PPE equipment, and further site infrastructure development and admininstration costs.