Long-serving Mearns councillor to stand down

Councillor Ian Mollison will be standing down at the May election Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Mollison was first elected in 2007 to represent the North Kincardine ward which covers the Portlethen and Newtonhill area. A journalist by trade, he worked for Royal Mail in communications and then North East MSPs …

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Council welcomes funding lift off for Oban drones project

Plans for a drone hub to service Scotland’s islands with unmanned flights have taken a major step forward with UK Government funding. Argyll and Bute Council has welcomed confirmation of the award of more than £170,000 UK Government Community Renewal funding to create an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Innovation logistics …

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