The Islamic State terror group is facing “an increasingly desperate struggle to raise money” after coalition air strikes targeting oil wells and key financial planners, a parliamentary report has said.
Urgent action is needed to deal with the already significant risks of flooding and heatwaves caused by climate change, Government advisers have warned.
Out of work oil workers in one of Aberdeen’s more affluent suburbs are being given support in their search of new employment from a voluntary job club.
Offshore giant Total has sent two emergency firefighting vessels to its Elgin platform in the North Sea amid fears the gas leaking from it could ignite.
First Minister Alex Salmond and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are expected to hold their first face-to-face talks today since the SNP seized power at Holyrood nearly a year ago.