Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for fresh action by trade ministers to open up exports of traditional Scottish haggis to the United States, ahead of Burns Night this evening.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has pressed the government on progress in implementing the Shared Rural Network, a plan to increase mobile coverage in rural parts of the UK and to eliminate ‘not-spots’.
Detailed proposals that will deliver over £8 million in council service-related savings and support the delivery of a balanced budget for the next financial year have been published.
West End councillors Fraser Macpherson and Michael Crichton have today expressed their deep concern at Police Scotland proposals to close the Ryehill Police Station in Pennycook Lane in their ward area and other proposed closures in Dundee.
The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative Government of overseeing a “shoplifting epidemic” as new statistics reveal shoplifting offences have risen by a third in the past year.
2024 is set to be the biggest election year in history. 4 billion people across 70 different countries, half the world’s population, will be going to the polls.