Pat Rafferty: ‘The safety of workers in the North Sea must be the priority for oil and gas industry, and not profit’
In 2009, all 14 passengers and two crew died when a Super Puma came down in the North Sea close to Peterhead.
Pat Rafferty
MSP warns airport strike must not disrupt lifeline medical flights from islands
Strike action at Aberdeen Airport must not disrupt medical flights taken by patients from the islands, a local MSP has warned.
Piper Alpha: Have we learned the lessons?
One of the key questions posed repeatedly in the decades since the Piper Alpha disaster is: could it happen again? The head of a leading safety group and a senior trade unionist give their verdicts.
Jim Murphy’s future expected to be decided tomorrow
The battle over Jim Murphy’s leadership of Scottish Labour is expected to come to a head tomorrow with calls for him to stand down.
Fine weather forecast for referendum day
Good weather is expected to greet voters as they make their way to the polling stations in two days time.