Freezing temperatures in December and January placed strain on an already fragile economy and raised the winter death toll higher than ever before, analysts have revealed. Scotland suffered its coldest spell since records began in 1914, with temperatu...
Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Chris Berkin | Read more »
The number of Scottish households in fuel poverty has risen by 26,000 since last year, official reports show. The figures mean that a quarter of Scottish homes now face difficulties paying their energy bills with one of the coldest winters in years pr...
Sat 10 Jan 2009 by Alice French | Read more »