Tag: ash

Scottish site gets £500k award to turn landfill into “greener” cement

Business

Peter Laing - December 2, 2021

A SCOTTISH facility for the production of lower carbon cement from landfill has been awarded £500,000 by Zero Waste Scotland. The new site near Lanark,...

Unclaimed ashes of dead Scots to be dumped in mass graves

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 7, 2013

THE unclaimed remains of thousands of dead Scots are to be scattered without permission into mass graves. The ashes of around 8,000 urns a year...

80 year-old loco steams to the rescue of stranded flyers

Deadline News Journalist - May 17, 2010

By Michael MacLeod and Cara Sulieman IT goes at a top speed of 75mph, takes 11 hours to reach London, and stops for an hour...

Edinburgh Airport flights grounded by ash cloud overhead

Shaun Milne - May 5, 2010

Staff at Edinburgh Airport faced a race against the clock to get as many flights as possible airborne today before being forced to close...

Volcanic ash leaves thousands stranded

Deadline News Journalist - April 15, 2010

By Cara Sulieman & Rory Reynolds THOUSANDS of passengers were stranded at Edinburgh Airport today (Thursday) as volcanic ash moved into Scottish airspace. Staff at the...