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Claim Scottish banknotes are not ‘legal tender’ in England is True
WEBApr 10, 2019 · In England, the £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes are legal tender for payment of any amount, as well as coins from the Royal Mint, which makes coins in the UK. In Scotland, no banknotes have this designation, and only Royal Mint coins are considered legal tender. Coins up to 50p have a limit to the amount of debt they can be used to repay.
Cracks cause Torness nuclear plant to close early - The Ferret
WEBDec 15, 2021 · A similar reactor at Hunterston B nuclear power station in North Ayrshire was permanently closed down on 26 November 2021, after 46 years of operation. The station’s second reactor is due to be turned off before 7 January 2022, 15 months earlier than previously planned. Hunterston is 12 years older than Torness, and has been plagued by increasing cracks in its graphite cores caused by ...
Ten Scottish Newspapers are owned by three billionaires - The Ferret
WEBJuly 14, 2021. Ten of Scotland’s major newspapers are owned by just three men: Rupert Murdoch, Lord Rothermere and Frederick Barclay. They are all billionaires who, personally or through their businesses, have used the law to avoid paying tax. Analysis by The Ferret reveals that all but one of Scotland’s national newspapers, The Sunday Post ...
FFS Explains: Scotland’s rent freeze and eviction ban - The Ferret
WEBSep 12, 2022 · The headline policy is emergency legislation to freeze rents for both private and social renters and ban evictions until “at least” the end of March 2023. The rent freeze was effectively introduced from 6 September while the Scottish Government said that emergency legislation outlining details of the eviction ban would be published in ...
Salmon industry under fire for ‘pressure’ on green watchdog
WEBbyRob Edwards. September 9, 2024. The salmon farming industry has been accused of trying to “pressure” Scotland’s environment watchdog by persisting with complaints about how it is regulated. Salmon Scotland, which represents multinational fish farming companies, is to meet with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) because it ...
Claim ‘Welcome to Scotland’ slogan cost $162,972 is Mostly False
WEBJul 16, 2019 · The main cost of the new campaign was “design, printing and installation” of advertising which was placed at airports around Scotland. The minister confirmed this cost £125,000 from existing budgets. £125,000 equates to $156,656 at the current exchange rate, but did equate to around $162,972 when the claim was published on Twitter by Uber ...
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WEBA former staffer at The Herald, Billy is a founder and co-editor of The Ferret. He focuses on human rights and the far right and has reported from Iraq, Gaza, Pakistan, Russia and Syria, among other places. He’s worked for major media around the world including The Guardian, Politico, The Age, The Sunday Times and the BBC.
Racism in Scotland: Dealing with being different - The Ferret
WEBJun 17, 2020 · In October 2019, more than 80 experts signed an open letter warning that understanding of race and racism in Scotland was “rolling backwards”. The letter was signed by academics, lawyers, and activists, including human rights activist Sir Geoff Palmer and lawyer Aamer Anwar, and representatives of …