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Workers in the Western Isles walk thousands of milesBusinesses throughout the Western Isles have clocked up more than 13,146 miles in a challenge designed to increase the physical… »
New ZEV for Western Isles council FleetA new Nissan Leaf Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) has been purchased by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar for use from its offices… »
Largest ever regional presence for Highlands and Islands at international energy showThe Highlands and Islands of Scotland will once again have the largest regional presence at the All Energy exhibition and… »
HebCelt secures £5,000 music awardThe award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival’s efforts to provide a stage for up-and-coming musical talent have earned it a… »
Hope for Stornoway Black Pudding PGI by end of yearHighlands & Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, is hopeful that the Stornoway Black Pudding name could be protected by the end… »
NHS Western Isles provides grant for Samaritans premisesA grant of £13,000 from NHS Western Isles has brought the local Samaritans branch to its financial target to purchase new… »
McGrigor challenges Scottish Government on Western Isles UBC job lossesJamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands MSP, today raised the impact of the recently announced loss of 90 construction jobs in… »
Highlands &Islands Labour MSP calls for re-think over C-Diff screeningHighlands & Islands Labour MSP David Stewart is to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Nicola Sturgeon, today (17/5/12)… »
NHS Western Isles issues advice on NorovirusAs cases of Norovirus on the mainland have resulted in recent ward closures across Scotland, NHS Western Isles is issuing… »
Highlands & Islands Labour MSP again presses government to reinstate tug in the MinchHighlands & Islands Labour MSP, David Stewart, is again pressing the government to reinstate the ETV in the North West with… »
SNP Archive
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Arnish identified as” key renewable manufacturing site”
Posted on February 4, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MP, Angus MacNeil, and MSP, Alasdair Allan, have today welcomed the publication of a report by Highlands and Islands Enterprise which lists the Arnish Fabrications Yard in Lewis... -
Cut in prescription costs on the cards
Posted on February 3, 2010 | No CommentsScots will move a step closer to free prescriptions today, if the health committee approves the latest price reduction. Regulations introduced to parliament recently, which require the committee’s approval, will... -
Western Isles MP condemns BBC 3 documentry
Posted on February 2, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MP Angus MacNeil has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons condemning the BBC Three documentary ‘Britain’s Really Disgusting Food: Fish’. They presented highly biased... -
Western Isles MP and MSP call for Arnish to benefit from offshore wind power
Posted on February 2, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MP, Angus MacNeil , and MSP, Alasdair Allan, have today called on Highlands and Islands Enterprise to make Stornoway and the Arnish Fabrications Yard a strategic location for... -
Future of infection control
Posted on February 2, 2010 | No CommentsClinicians, patients and the public must work together to prevent antibiotic resistant infections taking hold – while ensuring that Scotland continues to win the battle against Clostridium difficile. That was... -
Comprehensive account by Macsween over Hebrides Range review
Posted on February 2, 2010 | No CommentsCommenting on the latest claims by the SNP regarding Hebrides Range, Councillor Donald John Macsween issued this statement: “I knew absolutely nothing about any review of Hebrides Range until I... -
MSP seeks assurances over Highland Airways routes
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today contacted the Government for more detail on their contingency plan to provide cover for lifeline island air routes should Highland Airways prove unable... -
Western Isles MP’s broadside over Uist Range jobs
Posted on January 28, 2010 | No CommentsThe SNP have expressed surprise that months after Labour climbed down over their threats to the Uist Range that they are still playing politics with jobs a Labour Government threatened.... -
Future of west Harris in their own hands
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, last night attended the official handover by Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, of the three West of Harris estates of Borve, Luskentyre and Scaristavore. The land... -
Tennent’s backs minimum pricing for alcohol
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsScotland’s largest brewer, Tennent’s, has backed the Scottish Government’s proposal for minimum pricing for alcohol. In a statement, Mike Lees, Managing Director of Tennent Caledonian Breweries, said he believed that... -
Western Isles new cockles enforcement order
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsMSP for the Western Isles, Alasdair Allan, has welcomed the new Inshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing for Cockles)(Western Isles)(Scotland) Order which comes into effect today. The Scottish Government have now... -
Haggis sales on the up
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsAs Scots prepare to celebrate Burns Night new figures show demand for haggis is on the rise. Total haggis sales for 2009 in the UK alone were worth £8.8 million... -
Free prescriptions a year away
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, today spoke in the Scottish Parliament in support of plans to abolish all prescription costs by April next year. This was in the face of... -
Western Isles MP welcomes OFT investigation
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MP Angus MacNeil has welcomed the announcement from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that they will investigate further the acquisition by Scottish Fuels of rival firm Brogan... -
MacNeil welcomes new houses for Stornoway
Posted on January 20, 2010 | No CommentsNa h-Eileanan an Iar SNP MP Angus MacNeil has welcomed the announcement that construction work has started on some of the 54 new houses being built in Stornoway by Hebridean... -
Western Isles MSP meets Digital UK
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MSP,Alasdair Allan visited the Digital UK drop-in clinic which was held in the Barvas and Brue Community Centre to inform the local community about the forthcoming digital TV switchover.... -
Ian Scarr-Hall backs Independance
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No CommentsIan Scarr-Hall, life president of international property company GSH and a supporter of the buy out of the North Harris estate – at its time Scotland’s largest community land buy... -
Rural development funding for Western Isles
Posted on January 7, 2010 | No CommentsWestern Isles MSP, Alasdair Allan, has today welcomed £1,997,353 in Rural Priorities funding for 29 projects in the Western Isles, which forms part of the Scottish Rural Development Programme. Among... -
Western Isles MP and MSP praise road workers
Posted on January 6, 2010 | No CommentsMP, Angus MacNeil, and MSP, Alasdair Allan,have praised those people who have been working throughout the night to keep Western Isles roads clean during the recent prolonged period of adverse weather.... -
Prescription charges set to fall
Posted on January 6, 2010 | No CommentsPrescription charges for patients throughout Scotland are set to fall from £4 to £3 from April, if Parliament approves regulations expected to be laid before it today. The planned cut...