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During his first term, he headed a minority Scottish Government. At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the SNP won with an overall majority, a feat previously thought almost impossible under the additional member system used in elections for the Scottish Parliament. Politically, Salmond...
The spring is a great time to visit, with April and May offering minimal rain and no crowds. There’s still snow and cool temperatures in the highlands, but the cities are lively without being crowded. Winters in Scotland are cold and dark. December is relatively dry, with temperatures dipp...
Spring comes earlier in Scotland, thank God. The white snowdrops are fading now, giving way to daffodils of bright yellow or cream; green buds pop up on the prickly beach roses and hedges; flocks of honking geese make Vs in the sky. You can smell thawing earth now (one of my favorite...
Following the preparation stage in early 2024, our project sites yielded mixed results throughout summer. This was likely due to the unusually wet spring and late sowing of yellow rattle (which ideally requires four months of cold weather for successful germination). We found that degraded sites ...
The pace of UK growth is set to almost double in 2014, but the economy is suffering structural imbalances that threaten stability in the medium term. December 19, 2013 Sponsored Content Year of the Bitcoin set to end on a low after China clampdown The Bitcoin rollercoaster has lurched ...
Yes, the Brits normally use “car hire” versus the term “rental car” that is often used in the United States but they mean the same thing. But in the UK, if you say you want to rent a car, they understand what that means and it means the same thing. Americans generally only re...
Retzler also noted that there is a natural symbiosis between wave energy, with its long-term dependability, and wind and solar, which have much greater hour-to-hour and day-to day fluctuations. “The ocean is storing wind energy over time,” he said. “Waves take a while to build up,...
There is also scope for variation in how the term “quarantine” might be interpreted. Several initiatives exist at the European level to address challenges around biosecurity implementation on farms, and the resulting implications for animal health. The BETTER consortium Action funded by COST (...