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Grangemouth

Rudi Bell, four, with dad Ross, mum Sam, sister Rosie, seven, and pet dog Luna. Pic: Michael Gillen

Four-year-old wants charity donations rather than gifts

REWD Group has turned derelict offices in Falkirk town centre into six luxury apartments. Picture: contributed.

Property investor REWD targeting Scottish expansion after major Falkirk project

Tony Bundy with with Selena.  Pic: Contributed

Family's awareness campaign after dad's sudden death

Rishi Sunak, with the recently elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell, should pay heed to what voters in Uxbridge and South Ruislip told him in the byelection (Picture: Carl Court/PA)

Speed kills but jury is still out on Edinburgh's 20mph limit John McLellan

The scene of this morning's protest at Ineos (Pic: This Is Rigged)

Ineos demo: more arrests as protestors concrete themselves to road at refinery

The protests at Ineos in Grangemouth continued into the early hours of Saturday (Pic: This Is Rigged)

Ineos demo: four activists arrested for blocking entrance to refinery

Wholeflats Road and Bo'ness Road. Police Scotland contain the protesters from Climate Camp Grangemouth, who aim was to protest at INEOS Grangemouth against Jim Radcliffe.

In pictures: Climate activists march on the Ineos plant

Kinneil House and Estate welcomed King Charles III earlier this month - now it is home to Climate Camp for the next five days  
(PIcture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Grangemouth Climate Camp location announced ... and it's not in Grangemouth

As climate change tipping points loom, protest is vital Richard Dixon

Grangemouth has been used for many years by some of Scotland's top athletes.

Scottish Athletics reaffirms commitment to saving 'big asset' Grangemouth

Hairdresser Jill Lauder has been awarded with a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the community in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, for running pamper sessions for women with cancer.

The honours can simply remind us about the very best in people

Which company paid the largest criminal fine in history and why?

The wedding of Annmarie Maclean and Mathew Bodie took place on Friday. Pics: Scott Louden

Couple given gift of a wedding

A  CGI of the new renewables hub at the Port of Leith, one of the seven Scottish port facilities operated by Forth Ports.

Scotland’s biggest ports operator charts course to greener future

The Forties Pipeline System transports oil and gas from the North Sea to the Ineos refinery and petrochemical complex at Grangemouth. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Windfall tax will drive North Sea oil and gas drillers out, billionaire warns

The Ineos petrochemicals complex at Grangemouth - one of the top greenhouse gas emitters in Scotland - was among 28 climate-polluting industrial sites analysed in the new Scottish Net Zero Road Map, produced by Neccus

Turning Scotland’s top climate-polluters green

Blue Peter: New presenter is announced as wheelchair racer Abby Cook - who is she?

Wheelchair racer Abby Cook announced as new presenter of Blue Peter

Susan Nightingale of the British Business Bank said the report shows how small businesses are adapting to a challenging economic climate.

Scotland top outside London for net zero deals despite slump in funding demand

The case called at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

Housing association’s £100,000 fine after vulnerable woman, 64, choked and died

The Grangemouth refinery would be a particularly bad location for a nuclear reactor (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-nuclear campaigners will fight any Grangemouth reactor plan

The 12 new straddles form part of Forth Ports’ equipment replacement programme. Picture: Robert Perry

Forth Ports hails arrival of 'straddle carriers' as part of major investment

Inchcape Shipping Services has moved into a larger office at the Earls Court development in Grangemouth.

Shipping business expands presence at Grangemouth office park

Felixstowe is the biggest and busiest container port in the UK. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Why Felixstowe strike leaves Scottish supply chains exposed

Maintenance and repairs staff blocked a road which is used for access for tankers getting in and out of the site

Grangemouth oil refinery workers walk out amid pay dispute

A CGI image of the proposed facility, which would encompass a 300,000-square-foot warehouse for storage and distribution, with associated offices. Picture: contributed.

Plans submitted to create £40m logistics hub in Central Belt, creating 500 jobs

The Skylight docks at Grangemouth on her maiden Scottish Express voyage. Picture: Robert Perry

New freight shipping service links Grangemouth with rest of the world

Scotland's wind turbines are producing increasing amounts of electricity and wealth (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Wealth from ‘Scotland’s wind’ is going same way as its oil. Out of the country

Fears have been raised over the future of jobs at Grangemouth

Ministers 'focused on future-proofing' Grangemouth amid fears over jobs

How net zero can be reached through more infrastructure and growth in biotechnology – IBioIC conference

Ad Feature Net zero though growth - IBioIC conference

Celtic Renewables is carrying out final trails of technology which will turn waste from whisky distilleries and farms into biochemicals and green motor fuel before full-scale production can begin at its new state-of-the-art biorefinery -- Scotland's first -- at Grangemouth

A Scots firm creating biofuel from whisky waste plans world domination

Petrochemical giant Ineos is inviting tenders to build a new power plant at its Grangemouth site that will run on hydrogen and include carbon capture technology technology

Ineos readies to put Grangemouth plant's gas at a peep

The 600ft tower at Longannet Power Station will be pulled down on December 9 and will be the last piece of the site to go. PIC: MJ Richardson/geograph.org.

Fife landmark to be pulled from the sky with demolition of 600ft chimney

The innovative emissions.AI software will assess real-time operations across the Kinneil plant and pinpoint opportunities to cut fuel and power consumption and optimise processes

Scotland’s biggest climate polluter brings in AI to slash emissions

Grangemouth Oil Refinery at night

Carbon capture crucial for net-zero ambitions

'Sugar beet is at the core of Scotland’s opportunity to develop a sustainable feedstock and compete on the global stage,' says IBioIC. Picture: contributed.

Sugar beet re-introduction in Scotland 'could support thousands of jobs'

Andrew Fleming, managing director of Antifriction Components, with Scott Duncan, the Linlithgow branch manager.

Industrial components supplier grows Scottish presence with West Lothian move

Celtic Renewables sign deal with Caldic at the Grangemouth Bio Refinery.

Sustainable Scotland: Scots cleantech’s global goal

Ineos is increasing security during COP26

COP26: Grangemouth businesses take steps to deal with potential disruption

The planned carbon capture development at St Fergus near Peterhead

Scotland risks ‘another wave of deindustrialisation’ without carbon capture

15-10-2021. Picture Michael Gillen. F

Grangemouth incident: Emergency services attend incident in Bo’ness Road

Here's when the UK last experienced a major fuel crisis - and what caused the fuel shortages of autumn 2000 (Image credit: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

When was the last fuel shortage in the UK and what happened?

Macdonald Inchyra Hotel: ‘Normal service resumed’ after emergency services close off area around hotel

‘Normal service resumed’ after emergency services close off area around hotel

Petrochemical giant Ineos has announced it will spend more than £1 billion on switching to 'blue' hydrogen, using carbon capture and storage, to power operations as its oil refinery and manufacturing plants at Grangemouth

Petrochemical giant Ineos to spend £1bn on green measures

Petrochemical giant Ineos has announced it will spend more than £1 billion on switching to 'blue' hydrogen, using carbon capture and storage, to power operations as its oil refinery and manufacturing plants at Grangemouth

Petrochemical giant Ineos to spend £1bn on green measures

Calachem Ltd's factory (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Calachem: 100 jobs at risk at Grangemouth company

The Firth of Forth is home to Scotland's largest industrial cluster, including plants at Mossmorran and Grangemouth, and is responsible for a tenth of Scotland's total greenhouse gas emissions

What is a net-zero hub and why do we need one in the Firth of Forth?

This specialist CompEx training firm is offering local training for a host of industries from its new base in Grangemouth

Ad Feature Scottish training centre offers CompEx training

Officers said they are appealing for information after a person, believed to be a man, was seen on the M9, standing on the bridge over the River Carron near the Kelpies at about 5.40pm on Friday picture: Michael Gillen/JPI Media

Kelpies incident: Search launched following concerns for a person on the M9

The expansion move scales up and modernises the Port of Grangemouth's rail capacity to create an extended dual rail siding of 775 metres – up from 200 metres – capable of handling the longest freight trains on the UK network. Picture: Peter Devlin

Grangemouth to handle longest trains in Britain after major rail hub investment

John Mitchell Haulage and Warehousing in Grangemouth has named its latest fleet addition after Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Scots haulage firm names truck after Captain Sir Tom Moore

John McAteer  was left without heating during a freezing cold week (Picture Michael Gillen)

90-year old Scottish man left with no heating during coldest week of the year

Picture Michael Gillen

GMB claims Falkirk Council 'put depot staff at substantial risk' after COVID out...

Dales Marine Services was incorporated in 1996 and services the shipping, oil and gas, chemical, and power generation industries with bespoke engineering services.

Marine services firm gears up for growth with latest apprentice intake

The demolition of Longannet Power Station in Kincardine continued this morning with the last remaining main structure taken down. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Controlled explosion takes place at power station

The expansion move will scale up and modernise the Port of Grangemouth's current rail capacity to create an extended dual rail siding of 775 metres – currently 200 metres – capable of handling the longest freight trains on the UK network. Picture: Peter Devlin

Major investment will see Port of Grangemouth handle longest trains in UK

Maggie Simpson, Director General, Rail Freight Group

We need to ensure that railways really deliver for freight - Maggie Simpson OBE

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