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On Friday 14 August 2020 Edward Mountain MSP visted Mountview Hotel, Nethy Bridge, which was resuming business following the period of lockdown. Edward Mountain MSP commented: "I'm delighted to see Heatherlea and Mountview Hotel business resume operations in a covid-responsible manner, and to meet

Since lockdown restrictions started to be lifted it is of no surprise that many have chosen to visit the Highlands on their staycations.

Shadow Health Secretary Donald Cameron is taking action to force the Scottish Government to begin an inquiry into why Covid patients were sent to care homes. Mr Cameron, a Highlands and Islands MSP, has submitted a parliamentary question following a Sunday Post investigation that found dozens

A new scheme which will help distilleries cut carbon emissions is being enthusiastically backed by Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron. The £10m Green Distilling Fund, funded by the UK Government, and launched today, will help distilleries harness energy sources such as low-carbon hy

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that evidence of growing anti-English sentiment in Scotland is deeply worrying following the release of a poll showing that four in ten Scots do not want English tourists visiting Scotland without a period of isolation. Mr Cameron said: “This p

A leading public health expert has criticised the SNP’s lack of transparency over Test and Protect data.  On today’s Good Morning Scotland (Thursday 14 August), the Edinburgh University professor, Linda Bauld, said the SNP government’s lack of transparency over the Test and Protect f

Edward Mountain MSP today criticised the SNP Government’s lack of action in helping a group of sixty recently qualified teachers secure permanent contracts within the Highland Council. The Highlands and Islands MSP first raised the issue with the Cabinet Secretary for Education in an email on 15 Ju

School children are set to return this week, however, pupils in the Highlands will be unable to benefit from the UK Government’s Eat Out to Help Out Scheme in their school canteens. Moray Council and Aberdeenshire Council have registered their schools for the initiative, however, Highland Council h

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that he is both humbled and proud to have been appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport by Scottish Conservative Leader, Douglas Ross.  Mr Cameron said: “It is a very great honour to have been entrusted with this position, p