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Halcro Johnston welcomes connectivity boost for Highlands and Islands

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed the UK Government’s £1bn mobile connectivity programme, calling it very good news for his region. As a result of the new Shared Rural Network scheme, people in rural parts of the United Kingdom stand to enjoy huge impr

Halcro Johnston: SNP must use “banked” UK funding to save tourism

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has urged SNP ministers to use millions of pounds of unspent Covid cash to support struggling tourism businesses across the Highlands and Islands. The Shadow Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise made the call after it was revealed

MSP demands Sturgeon takes action over ferry “disaster”

A Highlands and Islands MSP has demanded that Nicola Sturgeon takes personal responsibility for the crisis which has engulfed the ferry service across the West coast of Scotland. Scottish Conservative MSP Donald Cameron said that islanders’ patience had finally snapped following the decision o

Welcome for Oban Harbour proposals

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has given a welcome to the prospect of  independent port trust status for Oban harbour. Mr Cameron commented after Argyll and Bute Council circulated a report which provided an update on proposals for the harbour which provides a base for ferry ser

MSP disappointed by “missed opportunity” on Covid testing

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that the failure of SNP ministers to adequately promote its own advice that people should take two Covid tests prior to travelling to Scotland’s islands was a missed opportunity to contain the spread of Covid-19. The Scottish Conservativ

Connectivity boost for Highlands and Islands welcomed by MSP

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that the UK Government’s £1bn mobile connectivity programme is good news for his region. People in rural Scotland, Wales and the North East of England will enjoy huge improvements in their mobile coverage due to the new Shared Rural Network sch

MSP says Small Isles are yet another victim of SNP ferry fiasco

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that the Small Isles (the Inner Hebrides islands of Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna) are the latest victims of the SNP’s ferry fiasco which is affecting island communities across the north and west of Scotland. The Scottish Conservative MSP sa

Cameron presses Sturgeon on distancing rules

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has pressed the First Minister about the discrepancy between social distancing rules at cultural venues compared to hospitality. The Scottish Conservative MSP challenged Nicola Sturgeon on the subject yesterday during the First Minister’s Covid update o