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Watch as haar engulfs Scotlands east coast creating stunning scenery A dense sea mist, which descended on Scotlands east coast between Saturday and Sunday, was captured in breathtaking images. People in Edinburgh, Fife and Aberdeeen have taken to social media to share pictures and videos of the spectacular phenomenon.  Although this was set to be the warmest weekend so far this year, the haar has obscured the sun in parts of the country with images showing poor visibility.   After...

Real-world testing of fully-autonomous vehicles is key to their future deployment. Here we look at some of the UK trials taking place.

Atlanta Group CIO on digitizing insurance broker services Read later Audio version (Image sourced via Atlanta Group ) In the now long-forgotten era known as pre-internet, home and car insurance customers visited or called an insurance broker. The broker had access to a range of insurance service providers and could get the best deal. Today, insurance aggregators and their love them or hate them advertisements have largely taken on this role.  So what of insurance brokers? As is typical in the...

Silk ribbons and patience: Team at Nottinghams hidden library is back repairing ancient books We’re a bit rusty and just getting back into the groove Hillary Olleson replaces the red silk ribbon holding pages to the cover on a testimonial of thanks from his parishioners to the Rev. W R Cripps published in 1874 (Image: Rod Kirkpatrick/F Stop Press) Subscribe today to get the latest headlines straight to your inbox with our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again l...

Michael Parsons, brilliant civil engineer who revolutionised suspension bridge design – obituary His aerodynamic design for the first Severn crossing, with its streamlined bridge deck, influenced the design of bridges worldwide Michael Parsons Credit: family Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in designing and building four of the world’s greatest long-span suspension bridges – the Severn Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge, the first suspension bridge across the Bosphorus...

The ultimate British Isles bucket list Tamara Hinson © Provided by The Independent Apparently, we’re all clamouring to book the bucket list-worthy adventures we’ve dreamed about doing for years. Our advice? Don’t just focus on far-flung destinations, because there are plenty of once-in-lifetime experiences to be had closer to home. Skydive over Devon © Provided by The Independent With Devon skydives you get views of the oceanSkydive Buzz Throwing yourself out of a pla...

St Peters Seminary has unveiled ambitious plans THE new owners of the Kilmahew estate, which includes the abandoned former St Peter’s seminary in Cardross, have unveiled ambitious plans to achieve UNESCO World Heritage status for the site by 2030. Husband and wife team Stuart and Ally Cotton are CEO and chair, respectively, of the Kilmahew Education Trust (KET), which struck a deal with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow last summer for the transfer of legal ownership of the site. ...

By Jaro Uljanovs, Lead AI Developer & Data Scientist at Sharper Shape If you are in charge of a powerline transmission network, the chances are that errant vegetation is one of the major banes of your life. Utilities are forced to spend huge sums annually keeping lines clear of encroaching vegetation that could damage or bring down powerlines in bad weather, risking outages, expense and even fire. Like ‘painting the Forth Bridge’, it is an intensely manual task that is already overdue by th...

ROYAL NAVY amphibious assault ship HMS Albion arrived on the Forth today (May 4) as she prepares for deployment in the seas around Northern Europe this spring. Plymouth-based Albion sailed under the iconic Forth Bridge on Star Wars Day – May the 4th – on her way to Rosyth, where she will start her Littoral Response Group (North) deployment. This will see the task group – centred around HMS Albion and the Royal Marines of Arbroath-based 45 Commando – operate and train alongside NAT...