Vicky Allan
Features Writer at The Herald (Scotland)
Creature from the deep (she/her) and the shallows. Herald environment journo and author. Books: Wild swimming and (latest) histfic Murray Hall
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1 week ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Last week, following the news that the Scottish Government’s Reporter had announced intention to approve the planning application for Flamingo Land’s Lomond Banks development, the SNP knocked back demands that Scottish Ministers call the decision in.
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2 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Three firms behind some of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farms have warned that the industry is in “significant and immediate risk” due to punishing grid costs. But, they point out, according to new analysis, reform of the transmission charging system could save billpayers £16 billion.
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2 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
‘‘Tap on, tap off’ goes live across Edinburgh (Image: Greg Macvean) Tram staff in luminous pink jackets were at almost all of the stops on the Edinburgh tram route this morning for the biggest shift since the opening of the Newhaven route – the start of “tap on, tap off”, a new system in which passengers can simply press a card to a reader, ditching tickets and apps if they want.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Campaigners celebrate outside Lomond parish church, Balloch after the Flamingo Land Lomond Banks (Image: Colin Mearns) It looks like the battle for Loch Lomond is over, but is it? The Scottish Government Reporter has given notice of intention to approve planning permission in principle for the Lomond Banks resort, delivering a shock decision for campaigners, some of whom have been fighting the resort they call ‘Flamingo Land Loch Lomond’, now for eight years.
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3 weeks ago |
heraldscotland.com | Vicky Allan
Matthew Henney, director of Eco Energy Ltd, says that he is down £88,000 in customer payments for heat pump installations – and he blames the way the Home Energy Scotland (HES) heat pump grants and loans scheme works by paying out to the customer, not the installer. At one point, he describes, his company was struggling with £250,000 in outstanding unpaid grants and loans, partly due to delays in processing, but also due to the fact that some customers were not passing on the grant payment.
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Brilliant work by Rebecca McCurdy this week on child poverty, with a push to increas the Scottish Child Payment
Hugely proud of this front page. The child poverty series becomes more than a series today as we call on @JohnSwinney @ScotGovFM to increase the Scottish Child Payment, giving a voice to the children in hardship. 23 charities join with us. It's time for action.
