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29 April 2019

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  • 29 April
Glentress

Mountain biking expansion gathers speed

An investment of £185,000 is announced ahead of the publication of a new strategy for the sport in Scotland.

slavery

Cambridge investigates its slavery links

The University of Cambridge is to investigate whether it gained financially from the slave trade.

sit down picture

Icelandic PM hails links with Scotland

Katrín Jakobsdóttir praises Iceland's ties to Scotland after meeting Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh

Housing crisis: Are cities unaffordable?

The Nine's James Cook looks at how rising costs may be driving workers out of global cities - including Edinburgh.

sign on Dalgety Bay beach

Radioactive clean-up to start next year

Work to remove radioactive material from a headland at Dalgety Bay in Fife is due to start next April.

Su and Steve

Infected blood inquiry hearings begin

A public inquiry starts to hear evidence as families call for "justice" for people affected.

Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Bid to create aviation fuel of the future

A team from Heriot-Watt University is working to create an environmentally-sustainable replacement.

Distillery worker

Whisky 'more productive' than energy sector

Figures are released indicating each worker in the industry is worth more than £210,000 to the economy.

Lord and Lady Polworth Children's House in Edinburgh

Church pays £1m to three abused siblings

The woman and her brothers were victims of a paedophile at a Church of Scotland-run children's home in Edinburgh.

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