THREE projects in Shetland, including Cope Ltd, are to share more than £840,000 in funding from the Scottish Government to stimulate economic activity and improve community assets. The funding allocations for 13 projects in Scotland’s islands, worth a total of £4.1 million,.
The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on stricter CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans. Pending a formal adoption, the co-legislators agreed to a 55% CO2 emission reduction target for new cars and 50% for new vans by 2030 compared to 2021 levels and to a 100% CO2 emission reduction target for both new cars and vans by 2035.