I am delighted to see the rebirth of the Scottish ferry service from Rosyth to Zeebrugge , with its inaugural voyage due on the 18th of May, 2009. It may not be the best money spinner around but it is a vital link to Europe from Scotland and it is especially important that it is [...]
Statistics just released from the US Justice Bureau show that by the end of 2007 more than 7million men and women were under correctional supervision in the nation’s prisons, or on probation or parole. This equates to about 3.2 percent of the U.S. adult population, or one in every 31 adults, being incarcerated or under [...]
Two new hydro schemes have been approved by the Scottish Government. These projects will bring hydro electric power to more than 3500 homes in Scotland.
The 3.5 Megawatt Black Rock scheme, near Evanton in Ross-shire, will supply electricity for over 2,000 homes and the 2.5 Megawatt scheme on Allt Coire Chaorach, near Crianlarich, will power over [...]
Maybe it’s just me, but why does a country with approximately 75% of its population living on or below the poverty line, and a birth rate that is beyond imagining, need or want to send a spacecraft to the moon? Surely the money for this mission could have been more wisely spent on an attempt [...]
Anyone who has observed Brits abroad will be painfully aware of the general lack of language skills- if you point enough and shout enough you’ll get your message across.
Currently only 53% of the most successful under-30s in the UK can speak at least two languages; 14% only speak English. Things must change to take account [...]
According to a report in ‘The Scotsman’ pensioners in Scotland are missing out on unclaimed financial aid to the tune of £575million. The figures suggest that around 125000 pensioners do not claim housing benefit, 180000 do not claim council tax benefit and 150000 do not claim pension credits. The question that immediately springs to mind [...]
You just know dropping Physics at the end of first year was the right thing to do when you read a three hundred word article about the ‘big bang’ experiment and realise that although you understood every individual word you still have no idea what it is all about.
Today, apparently, saw the start up of [...]
If this had been the 1st of April I would have laughed at the news item I just heard on tv. Apparently, due to the fact that the UK no longer seems to remember how to make things for itself, we are being hit by an international shortage of wheelie bins and local authorities in [...]
