Author: sandyneil
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Council tax set to double on second homes in Argyll
In a bid to tackle Argyll and Bute’s housing emergency, councillors have voted to double council tax on second homes from next spring, if MSPs pass legislation as expected, and it may be tripled in the future
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Send asylum seekers to remote Scottish islands if Rwanda deal fails, says Tory deputy chairman
A right-wing Tory MP has been ridiculed after claiming asylum seekers should be sent Scottish islands as a back up to the disastrous Rwanda plan
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LT leader wk 47 21/11/23
Unfortunately too many people in this land, and in these times, will be able to remember going without food for a day. Few of us would wish to miss even a single meal. After just a few hours, your stomach rumbles and begins to ache around its emptiness. While ravenous, it becomes hard to think…
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Hunger striker enters fourth week
A founder of the Lochaber charity Kirsty’s Kids, John Bryden, has appealed to the Prime Minister for help as he enters his fourth week of hunger strike protesting against a “24/7” Network Rail yard next door, which has driven the charity to close its respite centre for sick children
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Historic West Coast vessels celebrated
Iconic Scottish vessels were celebrated at the National Historic Ships UK Awards 2023, filmed aboard The Royal Yacht Britannia in Leith
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Ballet teacher had sexual affair with teen pupil, trial told
A woman claimed she had a sexual affair as a teenager with her Prince Charming teacher at a “cult” ballet school
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Chancellor announces £20M for Corran Ferry
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has allocated £20 million from the Inverness & Highland City Region Deal to fund “essential landside infrastructure improvements for the Corran Ferry”
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Charity asks fundraisers to retrieve ironing board dumped on Ben Nevis
Fundraisers who left an ironing board atop Ben Nevis after “extreme ironing” have been told to remove it by a national charity
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CalMac ‘not banking’ on Glen Sannox in 2024
CalMac “do not yet have enough confidence” in its first new ferry from Ferguson Marine shipyard, the MV Glen Sannox, to factor it into next year’s winter timetable, Mull and Iona Ferry Committee claim
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Council to rule on plan to demolish Oban church
A controversial plan to demolish and replace the historic Oban Baptist Church to make more space for its growing congregation is due to be decided by councillors this week