The Abernethy/Glenmore Wildfire, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and Helicopters

Calls for John Swinney to order independent review of Cairngorms wildfire response

The Liberal Democrats are calling for an independent review of the response to the Cairngorms wildfire

The Abernethy/Glenmore wildfire, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and helicopters

This morning the board of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) is meeting for the first time since the Abernethy/Glenmore wildfire which started on Wednesday 15th July.  Increasingly the CNPA has started to resemble the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority where staff take all the decisions and the board acts as a figleaf. The...