By-election Success! Friday, 8 November, 2024 On Thursday 7th November, residents across the Mearns went out to the polls for the Mearns Council By-election. Following polling day, our fantastic candidate, local community champion and Save our Mearns co-founder and Chair Tracey Smith was duly elected with over 1,000 votes on the first round. Tracey said: 'It is a privilege to have been elected to serve the Mearns - an area I have lived in for... Local News
North East commuters will have to wait until 2019 for high speed rail link 12th July 2011 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has accused the SNP of dithering and delaying improvements to transport infrastructure in the North... Local News
Milne backs NFU shelf watch campaign 1st July 2011 Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has encouraged local residents across Aberdeenshire to take part in a new campaign launched by NFU Scotland... Local News
MSP backs – “Be Epilepsy Aware” campaign 20th June 2011 Dr Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East today showed support for the thousands of constituents who live with epilepsy. The North East MSP... Local News
MSP pushes for progress on re-opening North East stations 8th June 2011 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has written to re-appointed SNP Transport Minister, Keith Brown MSP seeking a cross-party meeting to... Local News
North East MSP calls for urgent inquiry into NHS workforce planning 26th May 2011 Dr Nanette Milne MSP, Shadow Minister for Public Health has called for an urgent inquiry into NHS workforce planning. Speaking in the Scottish Governments... Local News
Milne welcomes progress on supermarket watchdog 25th May 2011 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed progress by the UK Conservative Government towards the creation of a supermarket... Local News
North East MSP calls for urgent action from SNP on broadband black-spots 25th May 2011 Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East has called on the SNP Scottish Government to bring forward funding to address rural broadband black... Local News
MSP welcomes Olympic torch relay to Aberdeen 18th May 2011 Nanette Milne, Shadow Minister for Sport and Scottish Conservative MSP for the North East, has welcomed the news that the Olympics torch relay will come to... Local News
£10 million to further cancer drug availability for Scots 15th April 2011 Dr Nanette Milne, Scottish Conservative Candidate for Aberdeenshire West is making a renewed commitment to the people of the North East for a Scottish Cancer... Local News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News
Your Questions Answered by: Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer 18th June 2020 Your questions answered by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer. National News
Shop safely today: shops can reopen their doors in England 15th June 2020 From June 15th, shops are able to reopen their doors in England, in the next step in our careful easing of lockdown – provided they are meeting robust safety... National News
Let us work peacefully and lawfully to defeat racism and discrimination 9th June 2020 The Prime Minister has condemned the violence seen against police officers during protests over the weekend. National News
Boris Johnson: We will meet our obligations to Hong Kong, not walk away 3rd June 2020 Britain wants nothing more than for Hong Kong to succeed under “one country, two systems”. I hope that China wants the same. Let us work together to make it so. National News
How we're protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods as we begin to kickstart our economy 3rd June 2020 Our top priority has always been to support people, protect jobs and businesses through this crisis. The furlough and self-employment schemes have been a... National News