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Scott Maclennan


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Scott MacLennan is the political reporter for the Highland titles at Highland News and Media. He joined the company in 2019. Scott went to university in Glasgow and Moscow and reports on the Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Scottish Parliament.

Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

24 July 2024
Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

24 July 2024

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.


More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

22 July 2024
More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

22 July 2024

Scottish Labour says ‘This is what privatisation looks like – those who can, pay for a private dentist; those who can’t, suffer’


WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

18 July 2024
WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

18 July 2024

In the first adjournment debate of new the parliament, he said: ‘17 years of centralisation has wreaked havoc on my part of the world’.


Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

17 July 2024
Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

17 July 2024

Campaigner Laura Hansler says it is ‘absolutely inexcusable’ that the highest recorded speed was 140 mph.


Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

17 July 2024
Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

17 July 2024

MP Jamie Stone says ‘the Highlands is the biggest generator of clean, green energy in Scotland, and yet we suffer from a lack of job opportunities’.


Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

16 July 2024
Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

16 July 2024

He says he has heard ‘horror stories’ but ‘there is not the wit or willpower in the Scottish Government’.


POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024

Meanwhile Liberal Democrats head to London to represent the Highlands with a new UK government in place.


Double Highland win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ but determined to make the north heard

07 July 2024
Double Highland win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ but determined to make the north heard

Double Highland win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ but determined to make the north heard

07 July 2024

Jamie Stone intends to ‘get the health service right, let's get education right – these things matter and people were telling me that’.


Kate Forbes says the SNP needs to ‘rebuild and regain the trust of the electorate’ after a ‘difficult night’

05 July 2024
Kate Forbes says the SNP needs to ‘rebuild and regain the trust of the electorate’ after a ‘difficult night’

Kate Forbes says the SNP needs to ‘rebuild and regain the trust of the electorate’ after a ‘difficult night’

05 July 2024

Deputy First Minister says with two years before the Holyrood elections the SNP must ‘ensure we can demonstrate delivery, implementation and change’.


BREAKING: Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone wins the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat

05 July 2024
BREAKING: Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone wins the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat

BREAKING: Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone wins the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross seat

05 July 2024

It is another seat for the Lib Dems who are enjoying a good night with the party expected to get more than 50 seats.


Constituency exit polls suggests Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is too tight to call

05 July 2024
Constituency exit polls suggests Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is too tight to call

Constituency exit polls suggests Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire is too tight to call

05 July 2024

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross on the other hand is projected to be a Liberal Democrat win


Exclusive: Caithness Councillor Struan Mackie confirms if Douglas Ross wins his Westminster bid he will replace him at Holyrood

04 July 2024
Exclusive: Caithness Councillor Struan Mackie confirms if Douglas Ross wins his Westminster bid he will replace him at Holyrood

Exclusive: Caithness Councillor Struan Mackie confirms if Douglas Ross wins his Westminster bid he will replace him at Holyrood

04 July 2024

Mr Ross is a Highland list MSP but is seeking election to the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat, if he wins then he will resign from Holyrood.


The first votes are being counted as the boxes start to arrive at the count centre

04 July 2024
The first votes are being counted as the boxes start to arrive at the count centre

The first votes are being counted as the boxes start to arrive at the count centre

04 July 2024

Exit polls are suggesting a sure in the Lib Dem vote while the SNP is predicted to keep just 10 seats.


The numbers behind the election count in the Highlands – by far the UK’s largest voting territory

04 July 2024
The numbers behind the election count in the Highlands – by far the UK’s largest voting territory

The numbers behind the election count in the Highlands – by far the UK’s largest voting territory

04 July 2024

There are more than 200 polling stations and more than 700 staff spread across an area twice the size of Jamaica.


UK general election 2024: Polls open in the Highlands in the most competitive races for year

04 July 2024
UK general election 2024: Polls open in the Highlands in the most competitive races for year

UK general election 2024: Polls open in the Highlands in the most competitive races for year

04 July 2024

Voters will choose the next MPs for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seats.


Final day of frantic campaigning sees candidates all over the Highlands make one last push for votes

03 July 2024
Final day of frantic campaigning sees candidates all over the Highlands make one last push for votes

Final day of frantic campaigning sees candidates all over the Highlands make one last push for votes

03 July 2024

From Caithness to Inverness the general election looks to be as competitive as we have seen in many years.


UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024
UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024

The snap election called just six weeks ago sparked a rush to get ready in time.


The Multi-tasker: The SNP’s Lucy Beattie is a newcomer to politics but says ‘I’ve been a lifelong supporter of independence’

03 July 2024
The Multi-tasker: The SNP’s Lucy Beattie is a newcomer to politics but says ‘I’ve been a lifelong supporter of independence’

The Multi-tasker: The SNP’s Lucy Beattie is a newcomer to politics but says ‘I’ve been a lifelong supporter of independence’

03 July 2024

The academic, crofter, teacher and would-be MP wants to place reason and evidence at the centre of her efforts.


The Passionate Pragmatist: Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone speaks out on how he still gets fired-up for the Highlands

03 July 2024
The Passionate Pragmatist: Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone speaks out on how he still gets fired-up for the Highlands

The Passionate Pragmatist: Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone speaks out on how he still gets fired-up for the Highlands

03 July 2024

After almost years serving the north he says ‘I’ll tell you, there’s life in the old dog yet’ as he vows to fight for carers and jobs.


WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

02 July 2024
WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

02 July 2024

The First Minister was heckled on the campaign trail in Alness and told: ‘This party has ruined Scotland’.


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