Tag: glasgow and strathclyde
3 months ago
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Janey Godley on being banned, mocked, humiliated and told off for swearing trying to break into S...

Stand-up comic Janey Godley says she was left feeling ‘anxious and isolated’ by fellow comics

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3 months ago
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Electric cargo bike test ride: Moving back to the office – Alastair Dalton

When Covid struck Scotland nearly two years ago, I joined fellow Scotsman staff and most other office-based workers i...

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3 months ago
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Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco: Glen Sannox completion delayed another two months to July

Wellbeing Economy Secretary Màiri McAllan says latest setback for CalMac vessel now due to be finished exactly six ye...

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4 months ago
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Glen Rosa launch: What future for Ferguson Marine as hugely-delayed ferry leaves slipway? – Alast...

Launch of the second of the Port Glasgow yard’s two huge CalMac vessels calls into question what happens next

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4 months ago
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Ferries crisis: CalMac and Ferguson Marine chief executives’ sackings – we’re running out of fall...

Robbie Drummond follows David Tydeman out of the door in little over a week, but to what end?

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4 months ago
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CalMac chief executive Robbie Drummond ‘removed’ from post – Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop

Surprise move comes a week after the chief executive of ferry builder Ferguson Marine was also sacked

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4 months ago
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Demand for public access after Glasgow Airport Consultative Committee meets behind closed doors b...

West coast airport the odd one out as Aberdeen, Prestwick and Inverness’s scrutiny body meetings are also accessible ...

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4 months ago
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New ScotRail app to enable passengers to travel without buying tickets

Rail as You Go among possible names for system that will automatically recognise arrival station

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4 months ago
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CalMac ferries crisis: ‘Challenging times’ for another two years – chief executive Robbie Drummond

West coast operator under pressure from ageing fleet until replacements arrive

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4 months ago
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Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco: Shipyard board moved to sack chief executive David Tydeman a mont...

Scottish Conservatives condemn “brutal” sacking as “disgraceful”.

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4 months ago
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Ferguson Marine shipyard chief executive David Tydeman sacked amid further delays

Surprise move follows “performance concerns” as Wellbeing Economy Secretary Mairi McAllan describes further delay to ...

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4 months ago
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Ferguson Marine shipyard chief executive David Tydeman sacked

Port Glasgow yard chair Andrew Miller new “strong leadership”

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4 months ago
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Full restoration of ScotRail trains every 15 minutes on flagship Glasgow-Edinburgh line ‘highly u...

Post-pandemic passenger rebound weaker in Scotland than across Britain

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4 months ago
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Historic steamship Sir Walter Scott launches first full Loch Katrine season for five years

Vessel will sail three times a day between Trossachs Pier and Stronachlachar

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4 months ago
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Sir Brian Souter lends Glasgow’s oldest bus to Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust for centenary celebr...

The 1928 Leyland Titan was driven 50 miles to city by former Stagecoach chief

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5 months ago
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Inside Grangemouth: Forth Ports complex handling 30% of Scotland’s economic output from lager to ...

Expansion plans despite shadow of threatened adjacent Grangemouth refinery closure

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5 months ago
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CalMac crisis: Chief executive Robbie Drummond condemns ‘chaos’ caused to its busiest Arran route...

Ferry operator facing “very challenging” summer with one of its largest vessels out of action until at least mid-June

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5 months ago
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International Women’s Day: Scottish rail passengers urged to report non-criminal harassment of fe...

Infrasisters cycle campaigners to stage latest mass Edinburgh ride to mark annual day

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5 months ago
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CalMac ferry crisis: Passengers warned of sold-out summer sailings on main Arran route to Brodick

Operator announces major fleet shake-up triggered by key ferry’s extended repairs after already being stretched “to t...

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5 months ago
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Ferguson Marine: Mairi McAllan will ‘leave no stone unturned’ to secure future for Port Glasgow y...

Cost increases to hugely-late Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa “deeply disappointing”

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5 months ago
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Forth & Clyde Canal museum planned beside new Bella the Beithir artwork to showcase Glasgow’s for...

Attraction proposal to celebrate global reach of city’s ceramics past in Scottish Canals art park at Stockingfield Br...

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5 months ago
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Ferguson Marine: Award contract for seven new CalMac ferries to shipyard – GMB union

Urgent demand ahead of statement on yard by Wellbeing Economy Secretary Mairi McAllan

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5 months ago
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Emma Caldwell murder: Police admit major failings after Iain Packer convicted of killing

Solicitor Aamer Anwar calls for officers suspected of criminality to be prosecuted

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5 months ago
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Glasgow OVO Bikes hire scheme’s soaraway success an example to Edinburgh – Alastair Dalton

Update on operators Lime and Dott’s interest in the capital due in April

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5 months ago
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Lumo: Cut-price train operator plans to extend London-Edinburgh services to Glasgow

Proposal comes despite rival LNER axing its last services on route

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5 months ago
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Falkirk Wheel: Behind-the-scenes tours to follow unique 22-year-old canal boat lift’s biggest ove...

An unprecedented four-month closure for major improvements by Scottish Canals will significantly cut power consumption

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5 months ago
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Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco: Glen Sannox may not be completed until June

But shipyard chief hails new Arran ferry as a “smooth and quiet ship we are all going to be proud of”

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5 months ago
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Ferries Scotland scandal: Further delays as potential cost hits almost £400m for Ferguson Marine ...

Inverclyde yard Ferguson Marine has set out revised targets to MSPs – and the update has confirmed more likely delays...

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5 months ago
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Airport hand luggage liquid limits: Jet2 warns UK will be ‘world leader in queues and chaos’ unle...

Edinburgh among airports requesting extension to UK Government’s June 1 deployment directive to speed up security

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5 months ago
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Ferguson Marine CalMac Glen Sannox ferry fiasco: Construction failures ‘won’t be repeated’ on sis...

MSPs “encouraged” by standard of finish on ill-fated ferry due to be completed six years late in May

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5 months ago
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CalMac Arran ferry nightmare as ageing Caledonian Isles repairs will take four months

Main route to Brodick will be without its principal vessel until at least mid June

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5 months ago
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Scottish whisky: Poll shows more than half of voters want Scottish and UK governments to do more ...

Whisky distilleries in Scotland have complained about a hike on duty

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5 months ago
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Hugely late CalMac ferry Glen Sannox’s sea trial results ‘overwhelmingly positive’ – Ferguson Marine

Four days of tests completed in Clyde with vessel successfully reaching top speed

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5 months ago
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‘Colossal scandal’ over Scottish Government’s handling of ferries as Scottish Conservatives uncov...

News of bill comes as hugely-delayed Glen Sannox moves under power for first time at ‘milestone’ start of sea trials

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5 months ago
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Glen Sannox: Massively delayed Ferguson Marine ferry for CalMac moves under own power for first t...

Vessel reported to have sailed far further down Clyde than expected on day one of ‘milestone’ testing

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6 months ago
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Hundreds of Edinburgh drivers fined in Scotland’s first crackdown on pavement and double parking

Glasgow issues nearly 150 warning notices ahead of launching pavement parking enforcement

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6 months ago
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CalMac ferry fares could rise up to 40 per cent for island visitors under Scottish Government review

SNP’s “road equivalent tariff” which has significantly cut prices since 2015 may be restricted to residents

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6 months ago
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Scotland ferries fiasco: Handover of massively-late Glen Sannox may now be delayed beyond May

CalMac ferry already six years behind schedule and three times over budget

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6 months ago
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Ferries fiasco Scotland: Hugely delayed Glen Sannox to sail under own power for first time

GMB union expects sea trials to highlight further work will be required on CalMac ship already six years behind schedule

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