The free, anonymous app helps stop the spread of COVID-19 and saves lives SNP MP Drew Hendry has urged people across the Highlands to download, install and activate the new ‘Protect Scotland’ app – to help slow the spread of Coronavirus and support the easing of lockdown restrictions. The free app can be downloaded onto […]
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Time is running out to save thousands of jobs as the Chancellor seems intent on pursuing his reckless plan to scrap the furlough scheme next month. We have not heard a single plausible argument for ending this support, and along with my SNP colleagues, the business community and leading economists, I’m urging him and the Treasury
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The COVID virus is still out there, but we are making progress, and it’s been encouragingly ‘normal’ to pass children on their way to school and to see things a bit busier. However, just as some normality is returning to our streets; our economy faces its most significant hurdles. The Office of National Statistics recently
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Recent developments in Aberdeen are a reminder of just how fragile our progress is and of the important role we all have to play in our efforts to protect our communities from a COVID19 resurgence. People who have been shielding are now allowed to leave their homes after almost five months, children can now look
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There was a rumour doing the rounds last week that, on his appearance in Scotland, Prime Minister Boris Johnson would visit Inverness. Had he come and – I know it’s a stretch – met the public, he could have answered some of our questions. He could tell us why, for years, his Government have been
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As Covid-19 restrictions gradually lift, it’s heart-warming to see those kept apart from loved ones getting together, especially children, who are now able to play and socialise freely. I even got to hold my new grandson – a moment made more special after the long wait, and I’m grateful for the many, many good wishes
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I know I am not alone in welcoming my colleague Fergus Ewing’s announcement that tourism businesses can start getting back to business from mid-July. To protect health services and save lives, we’ve been telling people to stay away from the Highlands and finally, we are starting to see our sacrifices pay off as lockdown eases.
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The good news is that we are now in stage one of easing the lockdown. We can move around a bit more, and some businesses can start to reopen – a tribute to the way everyone has contributed to keeping the virus under control. For the next few weeks, at least, we all must hold
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Your collective efforts to protect our communities and NHS has been exemplary and has undoubtedly already saved lives and will continue to do so in the weeks ahead. Even as we look toward a gradual easing of lockdown measures, it is clear that day to day life is going to be very different. Just as
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We all know the lockdown will come to an end. The answer everyone is looking for is when is that likely to be? It’s a question I’m asked by constituents every day – I even ask it myself. Frustratingly, there is no straight answer. We have never faced this kind of threat before, and public
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