Cole-Hamilton takes on judo champ and pledges to restore Highland services Cole-Hamilton: Time to beg UK Government and European operators for vessels for Dunkirk-style effort to tackle ferry crisis Greene: Scottish Tory economy plans show they are the 'nasty party' again Cole-Hamilton takes on judo champ and pledges to restore Highland services Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today tried his hand at judo alongside former Commonwealth medallist, British champion and Highland councillor Connie Ramsay, as he set out his party's pledge to restore services to Highland communities. In September 2025, Connie Ramsay won a Highland Council by-election for ...
Today I bagged another Edward VII postbox. Having stalked and photographed the three examples in Leicestershire (on the Saffron Lane Estate and in Earl Shilton and Hugglescote) a couple of years ago, I was looking for more worlds to conquer. Then I read online that there was a box in Stamford. And here it is. You'll find it on Ryhall Road, not far from Greyfriars Gatehouse.
If you'd been reliant on Radio One and Radio Luxembourg for your music in 1974, this single would have sounded like something from another planet to you too.
Trump's war on Iran is impacting more than just the price of oil. It is also impacting fertiliser shipments, which, combined with the UK government decision to tax fertiliser (being introduced in January 2027) will cause food prices in the UK and around the world to increase – hence why the government needs to seriously start looking at food security. Although both are incredibly important, the increase in the cost of oil and food resulting from Trump-Netanyahu's attack on Iran and the Iranian retaliation is well known. What is perhaps less covered is its impact on the export of helium. ...
So, we can breathe again. For a few days at least. But it's more likely than not that we will be back up at the top of this hill again in a fortnight. And if Trump's behaviour over the tariffs is repeated, he'll up the ante with even more offensive language and we'll go from deadline to deadline. To see the leader of the free world openly threatening genocide ("A civilisation will die tonight") and war crimes attacking civilian infrastructure was horrifying. The bit that made me gulp was when the White House denied that he was planning to use ...
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Cole-Hamilton: I want to fix delayed discharge, gain four new Highland and Island seats and send the...
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has used a visit to Wick to set out how his party can win four additional constituency seats in the Highlands and Islands from the SNP and to launch his party's plans to tackle delayed discharge. Mr Cole-Hamilton was in Wick to meet Margaret MacGill who is just home after being stuck in hospital for a year when she didn't need or want to be there – a case he repeatedly raised at First Minister's Questions. Margaret was first admitted to Raigmore Hospital in November 2024 with a rare spinal condition, before moving to ...
The Independent reports that one of Sir Keir Starmer's top allies has paved the way for another fight with MPs over benefits cuts, calling for "further reform" to Britain's welfare bill. The paper says that in a move that risks a repeat of last year's chaotic U-turn, which sparked questions over the prime minister's authority, education secretary Bridget Phillipson said there "needs to be further reform to the social security system for people to get back into work": Last year, Sir Keir attempted to impose welfare reforms that would have saved around £5bn per year, but he was forced to ...
