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Graham Construction secures £6.3m contract on Higgs centre



  • The Higgs Centre for Innovation will be built at the Royal Observatory in the city.
  • HILLSBOROUGH based building firm Graham Construction has secured a £6.3 million to build a space centre in Edinburgh named after renowned particle scientist Peter Higgs.
  • The space centre is just the latest in Scotland.
  • The new Higgs centre in Edinburgh will focus on space and big data technologies and the whole scheme will cost £12m when fitting out is complete.
  • Last month, Graham completed a £10m primary school in Fort William for the Highland Council.


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India readies plan to clean Delhi’s air, but won’t focus on vehicles



  • A traffic policeman wears a mask to protect himself from dust and air pollution as he signals to drivers in New Delhi, India, December 23, 2015.
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    A traffic policeman wears a mask to protect himself from dust and air pollution as he signals to drivers in New Delhi, India, December 23, 2015.

  • A traffic policeman wears a mask to protect himself from dust and air pollution as he stands on a road-divider in New Delhi, India, December 23, 2015.
  • The World Health Organisation said last year that 13 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities were in India, with New Delhi the worst.
  • Instead, the plan will call for enforcing bans on what some environmentalists regard as relatively minor sources of pollution, including burning of garbage and construction dust.


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