The Latest Breaking News from Mairi Gougeon

NATIONAL parks can “deliver improved public well-being” for both visitors and locals, a new report has found, with the study adding that…

A COALITION of organisations and individuals have united to call for the Scottish Government’s Land Reform Bill to be strengthened ...

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon was asked about the Health Secretary as she launched an independence prospectus paper.

THE opportunities for Scotland’s marine sector have been set out in the latest independence paper published by the Scottish Government.

INDEPENDENCE would allow for the “full potential” of Scotland’s marine sector to be unlocked, the Rural Affairs Secretary has said.

SCOTTISH Government ministers wrote to the UK Government after finding out about possible trade negotiations with the US through media reports.

Rural affairs secretary Mairi Gougeon and trade minister Richard Lochhead said they had only heard about the talks through the media.

THE Scottish Government is being urged not to listen to “vested interests” but press on with more radical land reform.

Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon said that since 2000, 15.7 million trees have been felled on land managed by Forestry and Land Scotland to make way for wind farms. She said that represents about 7,858 hectares (19,417 acres) of trees. The government is looking to more than double the…