EPISODE · Jan 17, 2024 · 27 MIN
Lift-off for Shetland spaceport
from The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson · host DC Thomson
We hear from the man behind exciting plans to send rockets from Shetland. Scott Hammond tells us schools are changing their classwork, jobs are coming to the islands and offshore workers are finding new employment. The first launch could be this summer - could Scotland really lead Europe with this spaceport? Our politics team also rounds-up the latest stories, including more on the human cost of the Post Office scandal, and demands for a start date on the inquiry into disgraced Tayside surgeon Sam Eljamel
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We hear from the man behind exciting plans to send rockets from Shetland. Scott Hammond tells us schools are changing their classwork, jobs are coming to the islands and offshore workers are finding new employment. The first launch could be this summer - could Scotland really lead Europe with this spaceport? Our politics team also rounds-up the latest stories, including more on the human cost of the Post Office scandal, and demands for a start date on the inquiry into disgraced Tayside surgeon Sam Eljamel
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