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Funding for bridge and jobs

Sturgeon pledges a further £50 million to boost Tay region

Cross Tay Link
An extra £50 million will be invested in the Tay region by the Scottish Government to support transport infrastructure, housing and investment in manufacturing

Package is dubbed a 'gimmick'

ScotRail compensation ‘not good enough’ says Labour

Class 320 ScotRail train
Cancelled trains have caused widespread anger   Scottish Labour has labelled ScotRail’s “extra compensation” scheme for passengers hit by recent delays and cancellations as “just not good enough”.  The party respondedRead More

Passenger numbers rise

Tram use rises ahead of crucial vote on extending service

Princes Street, trams and big wheel
Trams are a familiar site on Princes Street and could go further (pic: Terry Murden DB Media Services)   Tram passenger numbers in Edinburgh rose by about 10%, according toRead More

Public anger over performance

Rail spending pledged amid fares rises and overcrowding

Borders railway
Rail investment will hit record levels say industry chiefs   Rail chiefs have pledged to tackle overcrowding and delays with record investment as the latest rise in fares comes intoRead More

Vinci buys majority stake

GIP’s Gatwick sale may fuel speculation over Edinburgh

Gatwick airport
Gatwick: at peak times it has the world’s busiest single runway   Gatwick airport owner Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and its co-shareholders, is selling a 50.01% stake to Vinci Airports for £2.9 billion.Read More

Normal service resumes

Man and woman arrested over Gatwick drone disruption

Gatwick corp pic
Gatwick hopes to run a near normal service from today (pic: Gatwick airport)   A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the drone activity which causedRead More

App could reduce road defects

New cost-saving device detects potholes before they occur

Holes in roads, potholes
Crumbling roads are a growing concern for motorists and councils (pic: Terry Murden) A group of technical experts have come up with a device that detects potholes in roads beforeRead More

6.30pm update: More chaos at airport

Gatwick resumes flights amid search for drone ‘criminals’

Gatwick chaos
Confusion spread as flights were grounded   Gatwick Airport resumed flights after earlier being forced to ground aircraft after new suspected sightings of drones around the airfield. The airport resumedRead More

Green vision launched

Letting agent pioneers electric charging points for tenants

Derek Macdonald
Derek MacDonald: ‘driving change’   Scottish letting agent Newton Property is to install electric vehicle charging points in properties it factors as part of a £100,000 initiative. Newton is theRead More

First section to open next week

Costs of delayed Aberdeen by-pass are set to soar to £1 billion

Aberdeen bypass by-pass
By-pass is suffering from cost over-runs   Aberdeen’s long-awaited by-pass is running more than a quarter of a billion pounds over budget, it was revealed today as contractors finally confirmedRead More