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Katrine Bussey & Peter A Walker

Concerns raised about planned power line across Highlands

Concerns about plans to install a new line of pylons through the Scottish Highlands have been raised with both First Minister Humza Yousaf and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Liberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone, who represents Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, wrote to the two leaders to highlight “great concern” that the proposed power line will “negatively impact beautiful stretches of scenery and heritage”.

It comes after energy firm SSEN put forward plans for a network of pylons to run for about 100 miles between Spittal in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland, to Beauly near Inverness.

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