From the western Highlands (one of the wettest parts of Europe) to the east coast lowlands, the amount of rainfall experienced by Scotland varies a lot. Using Tanaka contours and precipitation estimates derived from combined microware and infra red satellite data from the Giovanni service at NASA Earth Data, the following map was produced to …
Journalists Murdered in 2020
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists there were 22 journalists murdered in 2020 out of a total of 31 killed. Despite calls and plans by the United Nations to end impunity to journalists, 2020 saw more than double the murders of previous years and added to the over 1400 journalists killed since 1993.
Scotland’s Electric Vehicle Charging Points
At the end of 2020, Transport Scotland published the National Transport Strategy (NTS2) - Delivery Plan – 2020 to 2022. Two of the actions in the plan are to: "support households and businesses to make the switch to zero emission vehicles" and "support strategically coordinated investment in the charging network" Leading on from the 2013 …
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Member States of the Union
Since the formation of the Union by the Articles of Association in 1774 and the Declaration of Independence in 1776, through the ratification of the Constitution by the 13 Colonies in 1787-88 and civil war from 1861 to 1865, and ending with the admission by Congress of Alaska and Hawaii in 1959, it took 183 …
Scottish Trunk Road Fatal Accidents
There were a total of 519 fatal accidents on Scotland's trunk roads between 1st January 2010 and 31st December 2019. Over this period, the deadliest years were 2013 and 2016 with 63 fatalities each year. The deadliest road was the A9 with 74 fatalities in total. The fatalities recorded occurred at locations which were part …
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