内容摘要：Scotland official Mary Senior said: "It is an extremely worrying time for staff at the university, especially those in the areas targeted for voluntary severance.

Scotland official Mary Senior said: "It is an extremely worrying time for staff at the university, especially those in the areas targeted for voluntary severance.

Mr Clayton added that he fully supported the strike action by the refuse workers and said he had provided his service for "as cheap as I possibly can" to people who are "desperate" for their waste to be collected.The history of Grangemouth has been built on fossil fuels – but now its future depends on its reinvention as Scotland's green energy industrial hub.

The site, on the south bank of the Firth of Forth, is home to the UK's oldest oil refinery, which dates back to 1924.It is being closed down by owner Petroineos, with the loss of 400 of the 2,000 jobs which are based at the sprawling industrial complex.The Scottish and UK governments have funded a report - known as Project Willow - into the options for the site, which has

It says Grangemouth must switch to green energy to meet its vast need for power, and then use that to produce new sustainable products.The site already has many built-in benefits.

The location couldn't be better. It sits on a sheltered port which already receives weekly shipments of shale gas from the US.

Since output from the North Sea peaked in 1999, the supply of local gas has fallen dramatically and the replacement shale gas began arriving from Pennsylvania in 2016.The court heard an "excessive and unsecured" load caused the trailer to detach from the van.

Murchison was originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving but pleaded guilty to an amended charge earlier this year at a hearing at the High Court in Inverness.On that occasion, the court heard that Mr Martin's relatives did not want Murchison to be prosecuted.

A footpath improvement project in one of Skye's best-known landscapes has been completed.The Old Man of Storr, which features remnants of volcanic activity 2,800 million years ago, attracts about 223,000 visitors annually.