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Transport Correspondent & columnist, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday. adalton@scotsman.com

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Electric scooter riders face higher risk of traumatic injuries than motorcycles and bikes

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By Alastair Dalton Verified
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Women more likely to suffer serious injuries due to e-scooter design and riding patterns Electric scooter riders have a higher risk of brain and internal organ injuries than cyclists or motorcyclists, according to a study published on Thursday. The research was carried out in England and Wales where a series of rental trials are continuing, but e-scooters are also a common sight in Scotland even though their use on all but private land remains illegal.
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Axed Loganair flights to Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland restored thanks to new government cash

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By Alastair Dalton Verified
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£1 million funding will enable services to resume from October Axed Loganair flights to the Western and Northern Isles will be restored in October after ministers provided the airline with most of the £1.3 million it sought to continue the services. The announcement on Thursday followed an outcry over one of two daily flights between Inverness and Stornoway being grounded last month along with weekday flights between the Highland capital and Kirkwall in Orkney and Sumburgh in Shetland.
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Nesting gulls trigger information blackout at Highland ScotRail station Tulloch

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By Alastair Dalton Verified
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Passengers left with no access to information about trains Passengers at a Highland station have been left in the dark over train times after gulls nesting on a mast knocked out communications. The roosting seabirds blocked both the link to Tulloch station's train information screens and the 4G signal to mobile phones in the area. ScotRail said as a result, the station east of Fort William was the only one on its network of more than 300 to have no phone signal.
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News reporter, Dunfermline Press

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Yes - first job, at the Dunfermline Press in the 80s

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