Britain’s last coal-fired power station set to close in landmark …
WEB2 days ago · The UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station is to shut at the end of September, drawing to a close Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station has been generating electricity since 1968 via its four coal-fired boilers, eight vast cooling towers and 199-metre tall chimney, which ...
Concerns as homelessness goes up while housebuilding falls
WEB4 days ago · In Glasgow, there were 7725 applications in 2022/23 up from 6742 the year before and from 6075 in 2019/20. Hundreds of people said they had slept rough before making an application as homeless to the council in Glasgow. In the last year, there was a massive jump from 325 to 640 who said they were rough sleeping the night before.
More details emerge on demolition of Glasgow's Caledonian flats
WEB4 days ago · More information has emerged about the demolition of high-rise flats in the city's Southside. New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) has confirmed today that Caledonia Road flats are being prepared for demolition before they will be blown down by explosives in the summer of 2025. NGHA also added that they have appointed Dem …
Scientists believe they finally know what happened to Mars’ …
WEB3 days ago · by fire set to be transformed. Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight, scientists believe (ESA/Nasa/Hubble Space Telescope) When Mars lost its atmosphere billions of years ago, it transformed from a planet that could have supported life into a cold desert world. But exactly what happened to the thick air that once surrounded ...
Neolithic monument discovered under Thomas Hardy’s former …
WEB4 days ago · A Neolithic site discovered under author Thomas Hardy’s house has been protected as a scheduled monument. The circular enclosure, which is almost 100 metres in diameter, was found under the garden of Max Gate, in Dorchester, Dorset, and is made up of ditches and pits. Some of the pits contain sarsen stones covering human remains and …
Linwood Industrial Estate taped off due to bomb being found
WEB4 days ago · A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 9.05am on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, police were called after a device - thought to be an old ordnance device - was found in Burnbrae Dr, Linwood. "As a precaution, a cordon has been placed around the area and one local business has been evacuated. The EOD - Explosive …
Two men caught trying to smuggle drugs at Glasgow Airport
WEB3 days ago · Two men have been jailed after they were caught at Glasgow Airport trying to smuggle drugs from Dubai. Vincent Chiamingsan, 31, and Ng Zhan, 33, attempted to ferry a haul of cannabis inside two black suitcases. Immigration officials at Glasgow became suspicious of the pair carrying the luggage and they were stopped by Border Force staff.
Rough sleeping reports in Glasgow double in the last year
WEB4 days ago · HUNDREDS of people has reported rough sleeping in Glasgow over the last year. There has been a 15% increase in homeless applications in Glasgow contributing to Scotland recording its highest level in more than a decade. Latest figures show more than 40,000 homeless applications across the country. In Glasgow there were 7725 …
Plans to build new Glasgow homes changed again as more flats …
WEB3 days ago · Plans to build homes on the site of a Finnieston gym have been changed again — with more flats now proposed. Real estate firm Redevco has updated its application to Glasgow City Council after talks with planners and is now hoping to create 391 flats on Minerva Way. Permission was granted in 2021 to replace the Nuffield Health gym with …
Idah highlights Celtic and Norwich 'intensity' difference
WEB5 days ago · While affording Norwich full respect, Idah admitted that he was a little behind his teammates in terms of his preparation when he arrived back in Glasgow, with it taking him a little time to readjust to the rise in intensity that comes with representing such a massive club. When asked if he had been playing catch-up in terms of his fitness and ...
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