SEVERAL councillors have decried the growing prevalence of child poverty in the isles – with one describing the UK benefits system as “not fit for purpose”. Recent research showed that an estimated 15.8 per cent of Shetland bairns are living in child poverty – up 2.5 per.
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A SENIOR academic from Aberdeen University has issued a word of caution regarding the huge expectation around the role hydrogen could play in helping to mitigate the climate crisis.
Professor Tom Baxter of the universityâs school of engineering is warning that the future potential of hydrogen is being oversold and that significant steps to combat climate change can be achieved now – and more quickly – with technologies that already exist.
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His comments come after Strathclyde University announced yesterday (Tuesday) that it had joined the ORION project, set up by Shetland Islands Council (SIC) with the ambition for the isles to become an international clean energy hub.
COUNCIL leadership will be seeking early talks with Scotland’s new rural affairs and islands secretary following her appointment yesterday (Wednesday). Angus North and Mearns MSP Mairi Gougeon took on the role as part of first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s cabinet reshuffle..