MSP urges fishermen to take part in safety consultation
Kate Forbes urges local fishermen to participate to help prevent deaths
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Crofters have their say on sea eagle attacks
Since their reintroduction, sea eagles have become more prevalent and have increasingly been targeting sheep.
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Health chiefs reopen Aird Ferry Resource Centre at Dornie
Health chiefs re-opening Aird Ferry Resource Centre at Dornie
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MSP hits out at criminals targeting business due to bank closures
Businesses that deal in cash are especially vulnerable because there appears to be increase in break-ins.
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Glengarry heart operation pensioner tells of phone fears
A couple in their 80s who live in a remote glen near Invergarry say they have been left without a vital phone lifeline for the last two months.
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Hundreds of local families hit by ‘two-child’ benefit cap
A total of 670 families and over 2,300 children across the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency of local MSP Kate Forbes, could be affected by the two-child cap, according to new research – prompting more calls for the UK Government to scrap the ‘heartless’ policy.
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Mallaig to Armadale crossing set for additional sailings
Additional sailings will be piloted over a three-year period from March 2020 to try to extend the tourist season on Skye.
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Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch mortgage arrears ‘highest in Scotland’
A new hard-hitting report by a national debt charity has revealed that Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch has the highest level of mortgage arrears in Scotland – prompting concern from constituency MSP Kate Forbes.
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Forbes to deliver inaugural John Macleod Memorial Lecture
The address will be delivered by Kate Forbes MSP in January.