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Costs of emergency response in village hit by mining 'ground movement' mount
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (454+ words) THE estimated bill for costs associated with the Coalsnaughton subsidence incident is currently sitting at just under £1.2m. A total of ninety‑seven households have been evacuated since May as cracks appeared in roads, paths and homes in the former pit…...
UK Government to pay back Scottish Government over Coalsnaughton mines
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1034+ words) THE UK Government will pay back residents, the Scottish Government, and the local council to cover any cash spent following evacuations caused by land movement in Clackmannanshire. Historic coal mining has been confirmed as the cause of the ground movement,…...
Scottish newbuild estate evacuated following discovery of mineworks
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (447+ words) A number of residents at a newbuild Edinburgh housing development have been told they will temporarily have to leave their homes after “previously unidentified” mineworks were discovered. Sixteen households at the Edgelaw View estate in Gilmerton have been told they…...
Allowing closure of historic landmark 'act of cultural vandalism,' ministers told
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (621+ words) ALLOWING the closure of a historic 130-year-old landmark in Glasgow would be an act of “cultural vandalism,” the Scottish Government has been told as ministers have been urged to intervene. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Queen’s Park…...
Evacuated residents of former Scottish mining village to be homeless for 2 months
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) RESIDENTS in a Scottish town who were evacuated following ground movements will be homeless for a further two months while an investigation is carried out. Almost 100 properties in Coalsnaughton – a former mining village in Clackmannanshire – began being evacuated on May…...
Scottish village hopes to use abandoned mine for UK-first community energy project
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (595+ words) A SCOTTISH village is aiming to create the UK’s first community-owned energy project powered by an abandoned coal mine. It is hoped that the flooded Polmaise pit at Fallin, Stirlingshire could be used to heat polytunnels at the village community…...
Babcock fined £967,000 after worker suffered three fractures to his skull
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (398+ words) A LARGE piece of pipework fell to the ground striking a nightshift worker during the refurbishment of a furnace at the Mossmorran complex in Fife. The 47-year-old rigger suffered three fractures to his skull, a broken shoulder and head cuts....