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It’s Still Scotland’s Oil - The Highland Times

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By Kenny MacAskill
| The Highland Times
Rachel Reeves budget offered little for the beleaguered North Sea industry. It’s now over 50 years since the discovery of oil and whilst Aberdeen was the epicentre, the Highlands saw Nigg, Adersier and Kishorn along with other areas develop, bringing many north for work. An “Its Scotland’s Oil” campaign was launched and the play “The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black Oil” toured the country, raising hope and expectations for social and economic benefit for Scotland.
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Council House Construction - The Highland Times

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By Kenny MacAskill
| The Highland Times
Tom Johnston’s viewed as transforming the Highlands and Islands when Secretary of State for Scotland, establishing the hydro-electric board bringing power to the Highlands, along with setting up the Forestry Commission and the Tourist Board. Another Red Clydesider also left a legacy for the Highlands and indeed all of Scotland and did so a few decades before Johnston. That was John Wheatley who was Health Minister in Ramsay McDonalds otherwise ignominious administration in 1924.
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Onshore No More - The Highland Times

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By Kenny MacAskill
| The Highland Times
“Lochaber No More” sang The Proclaimers in their hit “Letter from America” but its “Onshore, No More” that Highlanders are now demanding. Wind farm developments are all across Scotland, but the north is perhaps most affected. With more planned NESO, the National Electricity Supply Operator suggests that Scotland will produce 70% of Britains onshore wind by 2030.
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