Wick and Thurso urged to apply for regeneration cash

14 May 2009
Peter Peacock, Highlands and Islands regional Labour MSP is urging Wick and Thurso to submit their bids for the Town Centre Regeneration Fund.
Mr Peacock said: “Fort William’s Community Council have put forward fantastic proposals to regenerate their town centre and I would urge all other areas to submit their own plans to better [...]

Speech on Flood Risk (Management) Scotland Bill

13 May 2009
I have spoken in Parliament about a visit that I made to an old lady in the village of Caol, near Fort William, who told me about the terrible flooding that she had experienced.
She told me that all her family photographs, which had been in the bottom drawer of a desk in her [...]