5 h. ago Anger over plans for 'floating warehouse' of wind turbines off Scots coast

Campaigners have demanded a halt to the proposed development they say will blight beach views, destroy fishing grounds and desecrate a protected war grave.

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4 d. ago Cumbria train derailment: West Coast Mainline reopens after Glasgow to London train derailment

Services have returned to normal after major disruption over the last few days.

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1 week ago The Piper Alpha oil rig exploded and collapsed – and I made a desperate 175ft jump into the sea

In July 1988, the North Sea oil platform ignited. As it melted around him, Joe Meanen knew there was only one possible, but highly perilous, way out for himIt took Joe Meanen about six seconds to hit the North Sea, after jumping 175ft (53 metres) off the burning wreckage of the Piper Alpha oil platform. The fall seemed to last for ever, during which time, he says, his first thought was: “What the fuck have I done?”Piper Alpha stood about 120 miles off Aberdeen, on the north-east coast of Scotland. On 6 July 1988 it suffered multiple catastrophic explosions and collapsed, killing 167 of the 228 men on board, and a further two men from the rescue crew. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Swan disrupts Glasgow Central train services in rush hour chaos on station track

ScotRail, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express trains have been all been affected with services cancelled, delayed or revised.

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2 w. ago Clean lines and a connection with nature: the modernist beach house jutting out over a Scottish loch

A couple’s dream home on Scotland’s rocky west coast is an audacious, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired feat of architectureBuilding a bold new contemporary home directly on the British coastline is a tall order. Aside from the logistics of designing a house that functions successfully in such an unforgiving setting, planning permission is likely to make it a nonstarter. But on the shore of Loch Long on the Rosneath peninsula, 40 miles north-west of Glasgow, John MacKinnon and his wife Laura found a way to make it work for their house, Rock Cove. While the area is wild and ruggedly beautiful, its history has long been intertwined with the military and was once a brownfield site, home to disused Ministry of Defence huts and garages, overgrown and strewn with rubble.Back in 2008, MacKinnon had bought a property on the same site, a 1940s cottage that had been repurposed as a navy signalling station. MacKinnon has a deep-seated passion for design, and worked closely with architect Stuart...

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2 w. ago Wet weather boosts rare species numbers at Dumfries and Galloway nature reserve

RSPB Scotland’s reserve at Mersehead on the Solway coast is now home to a new population of tadpole shrimp.

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