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Food to make your cockles glow: residents munch on radioactive shellfish

SEAFOOD from a Scots beach is to be tested for radiation after it emerged locals are still collecting and eating mussels and cockles from...

Scotland’s recycling hits 44%

FIGURES released today by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) show that more is being recycled in Scotland than ever before. Between April and June this...

More radiation puts Dalgety Bay at risk

DALGETY Bay could be at risk if radioactive particles are not removed from its beach, environmental experts say. Over recent months, the Scottish Environmental Protection...

Scottish Enterprise spends £56m on redundancy packages

A QUANGO set up to boost Scotland’s wealth has paid out tens of millions pounds more in redundancy packages than other agencies of a...

MoD scientists refuse to handle Dalgety Bay radiation

  A RADIOACTIVE beach is so contaminated that Ministry of Defence (MoD) scientists refuse to analyse samples from it. They fear that handling material from Dalgety...

Radiation risk at Scots beach worse than thought, says report

SCOTS children exposed to radioactive pollution at a popular beach face a "significant" risk of developing cancer, a new health study warns. The study by...

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