Kate Forbes MSP has hit out at “scandalous” delivery charges to the Highlands, after new figures revealed her constituents are thought to be paying more than £6m extra a year compared to the rest of the UK.
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A small Highland community which overlooks Loch Ness is celebrating after their constituency MSP Kate Forbes convinced Transport Scotland to build a pavement allowing villagers to safely make it to a local bus stop on the A82.
Big-hearted Highlanders are being urged to get behind a crowdfunding plea for a purpose-built pod so that a terminally-ill child – who is now completely blind and can only say ‘mummy’ – can remain at his family home near Inverness.
Kate Forbes MSP has urged community groups across the Highlands to consider applying for Scottish Government funding aimed at helping rural communities deal with increased tourism.
Patients from the Isle of Skye will soon be able to receive treatment for kidney dialysis locally after the chief executive of NHS Highland confirmed to Kate Forbes MSP the service will start in the next six months.