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What could new SNP leader mean for farming?
22 Feb 2023 06:51 GMT
Humza Yousaf, current Health Secretary lives in Dundee and represents the Glasgow Pollock constituency so can reasonably be regarded as urban centric. The same can be said for Ash Regan, former Minister for Community Safety and previously a PR consultant, …
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Stirling University honour for Deacon Blue and TV star Dougie Vipond
26 Mar 2024 16:33 GMT
… Drama, now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He was playing drums with … an anchor for Reporting Scotland and BBC Scotland’s flagship football programme … long-running farming and countryside programme, Landward, reporting on rural issues. In 2022 …
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Deacon Blue drummer and broadcaster Dougie Vipond to receive honorary degree
19 Mar 2024 10:15 GMT
… now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Dougie was playing drums … anchor for Reporting Scotland and BBC Scotland’s flagship … presenter of long-running farming and countryside programme, Landward … breadth of Scotland in his wellies, reporting on rural issues. In …
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Scottish Smallholder Festival thrives in new venue
20 Oct 2023 07:26 GMT
… 20,000 smallholders in Scotland, in addition to members … give advice and discuss rural issues, including Police Scotland and SEPA.
Kate … and Water Scotland, an initiative to help the farming sector keep … of the agricultural calendar in Scotland, and a central, …
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Nick will offer farming support
14 Feb 2017 07:28 GMT
… -on and academic experience of farming and rural issues.
Tim Parsons, H… of agriculture in England and Scotland.
“He has the knowledge and … working as a lecturer at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) in …
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Alasdair Macnab: Challenging new role gives me fresh angle on industry
27 May 2023 07:21 GMT
… , learn so much about Scotland and food production, and … mainly urban parliament about rural issues by getting MSPs onto … particularly on the timescales of farming decision making, is culpable. … about ensuring the future of farming, crofting, our industry, …
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PennLive’s 2023 general election voters’ guide: Perry County
16 Oct 2023 21:02 GMT
… to hold this office?
Farming teaches you many things, … This continued the Lyons Brothers farming legacy and partnership. After … prove vital in understanding the rural issues affecting Perry County today. … Gray family came from Scotland around 1780-85 and …
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Rural Affairs is an early flashpoint for new FM
07 Apr 2023 07:46 GMT
No sooner had Humza Yousaf been given the keys to Bute House, but his widely reported offer of the Rural Affairs role to leadership rival Mairi McAllan was snubbed.
Presented as a demotion by the media, the former Finance Secretary chose instead to leave …
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PennLive’s 2023 primary voters’ guide: Perry County
02 May 2023 10:02 GMT
… Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Experience: Farming teaches you many things, … continued the Lyons Brothers farming legacy and partnership. After … vital in understanding the rural issues affecting Perry County today. … Gray family came from Scotland around 1780-85 and …
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'Big cats live among us and I don't care if you don't believe it'
26 Mar 2023 04:50 GMT
… bits of the countryside of Scotland, England and Wales. The … I reported on foxhunting and rural issues, and over the years, many … Country’s staple of dairy farming is getting harder and harder … possible in mega-sheds. Sheep farming too, is tougher than ever …