| The Trump organisation say a letter from First Minister Alex Salmond has NOT changed their vehement opposition to Offshore wind turbines. Donad Trump is preparing to fly to Scotland next week to give evidence to a parliamentary committee on green energy. It's the first time Mr Salmond has responded directly to the dire warnings from the US Billionaire about the SNP policy. Around fifty disabled workers have gathered in Edinburgh to protest against the closure of Remploy factories across Scotland. Last month, it was announced that sites in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Wishaw and Glasgow would be among thirty six being shut down across the UK. The demonstration took place at the same time as protests in London and Sheffield. Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has given her backing to NHS Lothian which is taking legal advice after an operation had to be finished in torchlight when contractors shut off the power. A pilot's been suspended after a coastguard helicopter crew from Shetland used their chopper to collect meat in Orkney following a training exerice. The team were filmed landing in a field behind a butcher's shop - eighty five miles from their base. A scheme to cut youth crime, piloted in Aberdeen, is to be extended across Scotland. The whole-system approach saw youth crime in the city fall by 20 percent. A man's been seriously injured in aa two vehicle collision in the Highlands. The accident happend on the A82 two niles north of Invermoriston. A ward at Raigmore ... |
