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© PA Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Scottish Greens have promised to dig deep for votes after proposing billion-pound plans to tunnel under the Firth of Forth. As part of a £22 billion “rail revolution”, new tracks that would travel underneath the water between Fife and Edinburgh would be built. The party commissione...

Graham Richardson, of Johnsons of Whixley, whose turnover topped £13million in 2020 despite the challenges. 2020 was the ultimate in roller coaster business journeys, says Graham Richardson, who fears the stakes have never been so high as 2021 starts. Graham is the group managing director of the 100-year-old commercial plant nursery, Johnsons of Whixley, in Kirk Hammerton, whose turnover reached £13.2 million in 2020 - the second-highest figure on record. Johnsons sold 5.3 million pla...

© Supplied by Navya Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Trials of a driverless bus are set to be held in Inverness later this year as part of a move to bring the technology across the Highlands and Islands in future. Inverness Campus has been earmarked as a site to trial an autonomous shuttle service to the nearby retail ...

Transport bosses warn they cant stop ice forming on Queensferry Crossing The dangers of falling ice and snow forced a three-hour closure of the crossing earlier this month. Updated The Queensferry crossing closed due to ice (Image: Daily Record) Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Somet...

December 11th, 2008 Lets face it, 2008 hasnt been a great year for popular music. Whilst sales dont equate to great music, compiling this list we found little of merit with a platinum/gold/silver disc to its name. After years of bands from our world breaking through (Arctic Monkeys, Franz, Outkast, Strokes, Bloc Party, Gnarls, Arcade Fire, etc...), it was a stark but healthy reminder just how clogged up the current mainstream is with the derivative and the unexceptional. We made a rather gargan...

Kingdom FM The Queensferry Crossing shut near the start of this month due to the risk of falling ice A trial diversion over the Forth Road Bridge will take place next month after southbound carriageway works were completed. Its following the testing of emergency procedures more than a week ago. The Queensferry Crossing and Forth Road Bridge had to shut for a night earlier this month to find out how long it would take to bring in an emergency diver...

THE Forth Road Bridge will be free from long-term roadworks this winter as work to replace the main expansion joints in the southbound carriageway is complete. Restrictions were lifted this morning (Monday) and the full capacity of the bridge is now open to buses, taxis, and other vehicles permitted to use the public transport corridor. The completion of these works means that the Forth Road Bridge can be used as an emergency diversion route, should the Queensferry Crossing have to close...

Submitting... Working on behalf of client UK Highways A55 Ltd, Spencer Group will begin the works on the 417-metre-long structure in January. The project is estimated to run for 23 weeks. Menai Suspension Bridge The Menai Suspension Bridge project is the latest prestigious bridges renovation contract secured by Spencer Group and underscores the company’s growing reputation for working on historic crossings. It began work recently to refurbish and rebuild the 200-year-old Union Chain Bridge, ...

by Katie Paterson and Gayle Ritchie December 19, 2020, 10:00 am © Supplied Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Our photo archives contain a goldmine of images recording events both great and small in Tayside, Fife and beyond. In our new weekly series, Katie Paterson and Gayle Ritchie bring you 10 photos that were in the news e...

Six years after administration and job losses, Angus firm wins £20m contract © Supplied by John M Henderson Some of the John M Henderson Machines staff members. After administrators were called to a historic Angus firm six years ago, no-one could have predicted the remarkable turnaround. The prospects for John M Henderson looked bleak when the Arbroath firm ran into financial difficulties in October 2014 and all but six of the 94-strong workforce were made redundant. It looked to be a sad dem...