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Joan McAlpine
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College sell-off deprives west Scotland of rural education, says MSP
Scotland’s Rural College criticised for preventing future generations from developing agricultural skills by selling off a key Ayrshire campus.
Ministers taken to court for rejecting Buccleuch wind farm
A company set up by the Duke of Buccleuch’s estate is taking Scottish ministers to court in a bid to overturn their rejection of a wind farm.
Buccleuch wind farm ‘could unearth lead contamination’ from old mines
The Duke of Buccleuch's plan to build a wind farm in southwest Scotland is facing fierce opposition from residents and politicians.
Fracking no longer viable, says government advisor
A leading academic who advised the Scottish Government on fracking says the industry has been “fatally undermined” by a UK Government policy U-turn.