Summary
THREE out of Scotland's five coastguard co-ordination centres will survive the Government's cost-cutting plans, but so far there is no reprieve for the emergency tugs based in Shetland and the Western Isles.
Ministers had originally planned to cut the 19 coastguard centres round the UK to just eight. But as The Herald revealed earlier this week, they watered their proposals down and have now decided to leave 11 intact.See the full content of this document
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Three Out of Five Coastguard Centres Survive the Cuts
Aberdeen, Stornoway and Shetland will now continue as 24-hour operations but centres at Clyde at Greenoc...
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