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Concentrations of the toxic exhaust gas, nitrogen dioxide, on busy urban streets over the year were found to be about 30% lower than in 2019
THE coronavirus lockdown cut toxic exhaust fumes in Scotland’s towns and cities by a third in 2020 – but the reduction only lasted three months. An analysis of new official figures reveals that for the first time no street breached the annual average safety limits for air pollution, which came into force in 2010. But the seemingly dramatic improvement was only because polluting traffic was radically reduced during the first lockdown in April, May and June last year.
THE introduction of charges by local authorities has created a middle-class culture of music education with costs to families per year typically reaching over £700, a new study has revealed. While children and young people from poor or working class households in Scotland are increasingly excluded from instrumental music education those from more affluent families were more able to afford it, or by going private, seeking alternatives out of school, according to the University of Strathclyde study. It revealed that one typical family was forking out £415 a year plus travel costs on top of the local authority-imposed costs of lessons of £295. Across Scotland fees can be as high as £524.
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