Tag: aberdeen and north east
about 2 months ago
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Demand for public access after Glasgow Airport Consultative Committee meets behind closed doors b...

West coast airport the odd one out as Aberdeen, Prestwick and Inverness’s scrutiny body meetings are also accessible ...

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3 months ago
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Raac concrete Scotland: Discovery of Raac in housing could be beginning of ‘national scandal’

Scores of social landlords are still investigating tens of thousands of properties for potentially dangerous concrete

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3 months ago
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Hundreds of Edinburgh drivers fined in Scotland’s first crackdown on pavement and double parking

Glasgow issues nearly 150 warning notices ahead of launching pavement parking enforcement

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8 months ago
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‘Unrelenting’ focus needed to ensure no repeat of Stonehaven derailment – rail safety chief

‘Key challenge’ to mitigate impact of landslips as not all can be prevented

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9 months ago
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Stonehaven fatal crash: Network Rail fined record £6.7m over safety failings

Penalty reduced from £10m because infrastructure body tendered guilty plea to charges

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9 months ago
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Stonehaven fatal crash: Network Rail fined £6.7m

Penalty reduced from £10m because infrastructure body tendered guilty plea to charges

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9 months ago
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Fatal Carmont derailment near Stonehaven: Network Rail to face criminal charges at High Court in ...

Infrastructure body hearing next month

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9 months ago
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Drivers’ union Aslef to discuss lifting threat to boycott train fleet in fatal Carmont crash

Third anniversary on Saturday of derailment near Stonehaven was original deadline for veto

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about 1 year ago
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New safety equipment being added to ageing ScotRail fleet involved in fatal Carmont crash

Stronger safety equipment to cut the risk of trains being derailed by landslides and other debris is to be added to t...

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about 1 year ago
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FlixBus announces Edinburgh-Aberdeen route in latest step to become Scotland’s biggest coach oper...

FlixBus has vowed to become Scotland’s largest long-distance coach operator as the German firm revealed a five-fold i...

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about 1 year ago
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Why Humza Yousaf knows the importance of transport even though he omitted it from Màiri McAllan’s...

Humza Yousaf told me he missed transport after he was promoted to Justice Secretary.

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about 1 year ago
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Potholes Scotland: Why do Scottish roads have so many potholes? What causes the potholes and why ...

Scotland’s ageing, waterlogged roads are being pummelled by the “sink plunger” impact of traffic that is worsening po...

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over 1 year ago
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Freeports Scotland: Anger over Aberdeen and north east green freeport snub as new project urged

Business leaders who backed the failed green freeport bid in the north east of Scotland have condemned the Scottish a...

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over 1 year ago
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New book sheds light on brutal Roman battle in Scotland

It is the earliest recorded battle in Scotland’s history, and it remains one of the bloodiest.

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over 1 year ago
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Major Scottish road schemes like Loch Lomond A82 ‘threatened by funding squeeze’

A series of major road schemes are threatened by the Scottish Government’s funding squeeze, according to construction...

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almost 2 years ago
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Huge ScotRail train orders in pipeline to replace diesel with all-green fleet

ScotRail is to place orders worth hundreds of millions of pounds to transform its trains into a green, zero-emission ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Office of Rail regulator raises concerns about Network Rail Scotland’s remedial work after fatal ...

The rail regulator has raised concerns about Network Rail Scotland’s work to help prevent a repeat of the fatal Carmo...

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almost 2 years ago
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Aberdeen face further English Premier League interest as Brentford eye Celtic-linked Connor Barro...

Aberdeen’s in-demand midfielder Connor Barron is now attracting interest from the English Premier League.

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about 2 years ago
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The mansion built on site of Princess Diana’s grandmother’s former home that is most expensive ho...

A spectacular mansion house, built on the site of the former home of Princess Diana’s grandmother, has gone on sale f...

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about 2 years ago
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Book review: Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines – Where Beeching Got it Wrong, by David Spaven

Written ahead of the 60th anniversary of the notorious Beeching report, David Spaven’s new book suggests that there m...

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