The River Avon flows through the “rust belt” of West Lothian, the old industrial heartland of Scotland.  But on a walk along its banks last week I saw few signs of the old civilisation.  Yes, there ...

Known as 'Picti' by the Romans, meaning 'Painted Ones' in Latin, these northern tribes constituted the largest kingdom in Dark Age Scotland. They repelled the conquests of both Romans and Angles, ...

Emergency services have rescued a person from the River Avon, near The King's Head pub on Bridge Street, this afternoon ...

Five blocks of flats are set to be built alongside the River Avon in Bristol A factory along the banks of the River Avon will be knocked down to make way for five blocks of flats. Plans to build ...

As work continues to replace nearly 60 transmission poles, drivers may experience brief traffic delays on N.C. Highway 12 in ...

The Record understands the decommissioning process at Grangemouth is already well under way and is expected to be completed by May. The demolition of the refining apparatus could take several ...

Some workers at the Grangemouth refinery have been sent redundancy letters by their employer Petroineos. The site, which is Scotland's only oil refinery, is set to close by the summer with the ...

And perhaps after all this bather is not wrong; like the Amazon, the river Avon is in danger of destruction, of being ecologically lost for the sake of making profits for big companies at the expense ...

Ed Miliband has said he will consider fast tracking the Acron carbon capture and storage project – a move which he said could help secure a future for workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery ...

Redundancy letters have been sent to staff at the Grangemouth refinery as closure looms, the PA news agency understands. It was announced last year that the central Scotland facility would close ...