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Dual the A96

SNP Abandons Commitment to Dual the A96

Friday, 6 December, 2024

Transport Scotland has recommended against fully dualling the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen. However, since this review, the road has seen multiple collisions, including a collision on Saturday that closed it for seven hours between Alves and Forres. Since 2021, 128 people have been killed or injured on the A96, yet promised improvements remain undelivered. The SNP appears to be abandoning...

Changes to Stagecoach Bus Services

23rd August 2024

I have heard from many concerned constituents regarding changes to Stagecoach bus services affecting communities across Aberdeenshire. I have written to...

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Aboyne Games Rotary Club

Aboyne Games 2024

3rd August 2024

I had the pleasure of attending the Aboyne Games today. The day featured solo pipers, dancers, fiddlers, athletes competing in light and heavy events, and much...

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Banchory Show The Seed Box

Banchory Show 2024

I attended the Banchory Show today, and it was a fantastic day full of trade stands, arts and crafts, and Highland dancing. There were also impressive livestock...

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Updates on Objections to Huntly MIU Overnight Closure

I have received the below response from Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership - AHSCP to my letter condemning them for their refusal to consider the...

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Insch hospital

Reopen Insch Hospital

In 2021 former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Insch and made a manifesto pledge to reopen Insch Hospital. 3 years and now 3 First Ministers later, this...

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Aberdeenshire Council 5-Year Plan Survey

Aberdeenshire Council have created a strategic document setting out how they plan to meet communities’ needs and expectations over the next 5 years. The...

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Save our stoves

Save Our Wood-Burning Stoves

Join our campaign to send a message to the Scottish Government to Save Our Wood-Burning Stoves. If you would like to join the campaign, you can do so via the...

pylons protest

Protest Against Pylons

Today I joined constituents outside Holyrood at their protest against pylons and windfarms destroying our countryside. It was fantastic to see such a great...

Scrap the Hate Crime Act

20th April 2024

Yesterday we used our party business to call for the SNP’s Hate Crime Act to be repealed. Humza Yousaf’s catastrophic hate crime legislation has created an...