The Scottish minister Lorna Slater chartered a boat for £1,200 to take her to the Isle of Rum, it has emerged.Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Green Party, vi
Built for the nouveau riche, left to the nation after the death of its owner and now a drain on Scotland’s public purse, how do you solve a problem like Kinloch Castle on Rum? Its future continues to divide opinion, not least since a group of residents and a government minister recently resisted a £10m private bid to buy and restore the pile.
A multi-millionaire has called for answers and accountability over his thwarted bid to buy a mothballed Scottish castle from the nation amid 11th-hour resistance from a group of residents and a government minister.
Kate Forbes MSP has said an island-wide poll on the future of Kinloch Castle on Rum should be held “as a matter of urgency” as the millionaire behind a bid to buy and restore the decaying landmark called for accountability over his failed purchase from the Scottish Government.