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Storm Arwen response review: Rehearse door-knocking drills to protect vulnerable

Emergency responses to devastating storms should improve to protect people left without power for days, a review of Storm Arwen has found. Mass door-knocking in areas affected by power outages should be rehearsed and practised in future to ensure ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Train timetables slashed due to pandemic staff shortages

Hundreds of daily trains are being removed from timetables in an attempt to improve reliability following weeks of short notice cancellations. At least eight operators have either already reduced frequencies on many routes or will do so in the ...

31 Dec 2021 at 11:25

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Scottish site in the running to become pioneering nuclear fusion station

A nuclear fusion energy station could be built in Scotland as the UK’s Atomic Energy Authority looks to develop low carbon forms of power. The UK Government will select one of five potential locations to build the prototype fusion power plant,...

21 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Scotland

Scottish spaceport aims to be included as part of green freeport bid

A spaceport in Shetland which hopes to host rocket launches next year is aiming to become part of the North East Scotland freeport. SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst is in talks to become a subzone of the North East Scotland Green Freeport (NESGF) ...

25 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland and north-east England face further rail disruption after heavy rain

Disruption is expected on much of the rail network in Scotland and north-east England on Saturday following flooding and power cuts amid heavy rainfall. Forecasters issued an amber rain warning for an area of north-east Scotland stretching ...

18 Nov 2022 at 23:41

UK set for cold and wet weekend with ice warning for Scotland

Widespread heavy frost across Scotland will make ice a major problem in the early hours of Saturday while the rest of the UK is forecast to see low temperatures for a wet and windy weekend. Friday night saw a Yellow Weather Warning for ...

08 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Thousands of baby boxes filled in Scotland for babies in Ukraine

Organisers of an initiative sending donated baby boxes packed with essential items for babies to Ukraine say they have been “overwhelmed by Scotland’s kindness”. Thousands of people around the country have flocked to give boxes they ...

11 Mar 2022 at 15:55

In Pictures: UK and Ireland shiver as cold snap sweeps in

People in the north of England, Scotland and the island of Ireland have woken up to snow as a cold snap swept in. Tuesday could be the coldest night of the year so far, with temperatures set to plunge to minus 15C in some isolated ...

07 Mar 2023 at 11:23

Threats in far north and Arctic may need greater military presence, MPs told

The UK should reassess its defence presence in Scotland in light of new threats in the most northerly part of the globe, a committee of MPs has recommended. The Scottish Affairs Committee also said a strategy on protecting ...

21 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Yousaf vows to ‘stand up for north east’ against Labour windfall tax plans

Humza Yousaf has said he will “stand up for the north east” of Scotland against Labour’s plans for a windfall tax on oil and gas company profits. But Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar hit back, saying the SNP is “on the ...

22 Feb 2024 at 13:08

Storm Otto to bring high winds, rain, and travel disruption to parts of the UK

Storm Otto is set to cause disruption to parts of Scotland and north-east England as it moves across the UK on Friday. The storm, the first to be named this winter, has been labelled Otto by the Danish Meteorological ...

17 Feb 2023 at 06:50

Dead minke whale washes up on Scottish beach

A dead minke whale has washed up on a beach in Scotland. The female was first spotted in North Berwick on Wednesday and is 31ft (9.5m) long, according to East Lothian Council. Unfortunately a dead Minke whale has ...

20 Apr 2023 at 13:36

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