Posts Tagged Scotland

Countess to honour Afghan medics

Volunteer medical staff from Scotland are honoured for their work treating soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan.

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Published on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:47:11 GMT

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Passenger ferry service to stop

Scotland’s only direct passenger ferry service to mainland Europe, which runs from Rosyth to Zebrugge, is to be scrapped.

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Published on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:37:43 GMT

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Norway oil giant floats idea for bobbing windmills

An anchored Hywind prototype developed by Statoil will undergo two years of testing. The company is looking to install more floating wind turbine test farms in possibly Scotland or Maine.

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Published on Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:24:21 PDT

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Plan for first floating wind farm

First Minister Alex Salmond seeks to establish the world’s first floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

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Published on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:03:55 GMT

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Massive tidal turbine unveiled in Scotland

What is thought to be the biggest tidal energy turbine in the world has been unveiled in the Scottish Highlands, ahead of testing off Orkney.

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Published on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:54:08 GMT

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Drunk day-tripper attacked PSNI

A man who lost all his money on a horse racing day-trip to Scotland is fined £1,000 for drunken attacks on police after arriving back in Belfast.

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Published on Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:15:34 +0000

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Fresh denial of BP Lockerbie link

Scotland’s first minister again denies that the Lockerbie bomber was released due to pressure from oil company BP.

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Published on Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:37:18 +0000

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Salmond: ‘Release Megrahi files’

Scotland’s First Minister says the US preferred “compassionate” release for the Lockerbie bomber to a transfer to a Libyan jail.

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Published on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:42:56 +0000

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Monster egg flummoxes poultry farmer

A massive egg, three times the size of an ordinary large one, is found by a farmer on a poultry farm in Scotland.

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Published on Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:08:33 +0000

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Salmond writes to US over Megrahi

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond writes to US senators concerned about the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

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Published on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:54:06 +0000

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