Campbeltown Courier - Letters to the Editor 7.2.25

With rural communities already struggling due to rising fuel and living costs, this policy will worsen the financial strain on those who contribute to food production and land management. Public safety is critical, but this fee hike will do nothing to improve it.

I urge the government to reconsider and consult with rural communities to develop a fairer, more balanced approach that doesn’t undermine our way of life.

Councillor Alastair Redman, Kintyre and the Islands ward.

Go Red this Heart Month

February is Heart Month – a time to reflect on and act upon how heart and circulatory diseases affect around twice as many people in the UK as Alzheimer’s and cancer combined. 

Here at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), we urgently need your help to fund the cures of tomorrow, so we are asking readers to Go Red in Heart Month. 

Whether it’s a big ball, an office dress-up day, a coffee morning or a red-themed quiz, red is a great theme to have some fun with. 

By fundraising for the BHF this Heart Month, you can help get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases and help to keep hearts beating. 

Too many of us have felt the pain of heart and circulatory diseases – losing a loved one to a cardiac arrest, supporting a child with congenital heart disease or coping with the devastating impact of heart failure. 

We are also encouraging your readers to learn the lifesaving skill of CPR in just 15 minutes, through our digital tool RevivR. Using just a cushion and a phone, you could learn the skills to help save a loved one’s life in the event of a cardiac arrest.  

You can donate to the BHF this Heart Month here: www.bhf.org.uk/donate

April Davidson, regional fundraising manager, BHF Scotland.