Edinburgh welcomes record housing budget

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Edinburgh’s housing convener has welcomed the Scottish government’s allocation of the city’s biggest budget for housing on record.

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Ready, steady – train!

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A growing demand from major contractors for plant operators who are ‘site-ready’ and technology-savvy has prompted the creation of a new suite of training courses. David Taylor reports

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Midlothian picks Vattenfall for energy projects

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Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall has been chosen as preferred bidder to become Midlothian Council’s energy partner on more than £100m in planned projects.

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Scotland’s canals get funding boost

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The Scottish canal network has been given £8.2m in extra funding for 2020-2021.

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Johnson’s puts his jackboot into HS2 engineers

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Prime minister Boris Johnson has delivered a public kicking to the people that have been battling against political porridge to get the High Speed 2 project past the starting line. Phil Bishop reports.

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RSK bolts on river restoration specialist

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Environmental and engineering services group RSK has made its first acquisition of 2020.

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Builder fined for illegal bonfire

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A Cheltenham building contractor has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 in fines and costs after repeatedly burning waste materials on a bonfire.

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Asphalt stripped and reused for stretch of A92

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A section of the A92 at Ladybank has been resurfaced using reprocessed asphalt stripped from the same stretch of road.

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A30 dualling clears planning

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Transport secretary Grant Shapps has signed the development consent order for work to start on a £290m highway upgrade in Cornwall.

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Cala Homes steps in to build long-wanted path

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Persistent local campaigning has paid off with the start of work on the first stretch of a footpath and cycleway linking Drem and Gullane in West Lothian.

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