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Unite leadership candidate calls for end to Labour obsession Gerard Coyne told the Record that if he wins the face to lead the Unite union his focus will be on jobs and investment. Keir Starmer has seen funding from Unite union cut by £1 million last year Get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve o...

The Dungeness B power plant in Kent will shut permanently, seven years earlier than planned, after owner EDF judged it is beyond repair. Dungeness B, one

NuClear news, No 1333    5 June 21 In February it was reported that Centrica had suspended the sale of its nuclear business. Centrica owns a 20% interest in the UK’s 8.25 GW of operational nuclear power generation fleet. In 2018 it announced it was looking for a buyer for the stake. The Company continues to…

THE owners of a famous Largs hotel have taken it off the market - insisting they wont sell it for a bargain basement price. Willie Wood and Lillian Wood, who have been successfully running the Woodhouse for the past 15 years, have taken the decision after a crippling lockdown left them with barely any bookings. The business in Barr Crescent was put up for sale with an asking price of £630,000 but the couple have instead decided instead to reinvest in the business in the hope of a staycat...

Scotland’s future electricity supplies are being put at risk due to failures by ministers to fully explore the consequences of relying on…

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IT was 50 years ago this week that the Invergordon aluminium smelter began production, bringing new hope to the north of Scotland that industries…

YOU have set out a reasoned case for teachers to have discretion as to the evidence on which they rely in order to test whether pupils have absorbed teaching and how well they can demonstrate their understanding of it, rather than rely upon a faux exam schedule prescribed by the Scottish Qualification Authority ("Still time to row back on flawed assessment system", Herald View, May 15). With respect, however, the case against that discretion is the stronger case. There is an underlying prin...

The reopening of Sizewell B has been delayed by three months, with repairs needed to steel components in the nuclear power station. EDF took the Suffolk power station offline on 16 April for planned maintenance and had been due to return it to service at the end of May. This date has now been extended until the end of August. According to The Times, repairs are needed to some of Sizewell’s stainless steel “thermal sleeves”, which form part of the mechanisms that insert control rods into ...

Nuclear industry warns that planned closures could derail global net-zero transition Key groups representing the global nuclear industry have penned an open letter to world leaders warning that the proposed retirement of existing nuclear plants could derail the net-zero transition, calling for the technology to have the same access to climate finance as renewables. The groups are also calling for nuclear to be included in national emission reduction plans The Canadian Nuclear Association, FORAT...