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Saturday, 21st November 2009

Shipbuilding

Defence and thousands of jobs in Tory firing line THE £4 billion contract to build two aircraft carriers might come under threat if the Conservatives win the next election, the shadow chancellor suggested yesterday, putting thousands of Scottish jobs at risk.

The Waverley steamer: Paddle into the past To sail on the Waverley along the Clyde is to journey into Scotland's industrial past, when Glasgow was the centre of the world's shipbuilding industry and going 'doon the watter' was a rite of passage

15-year MoD deal to secure thousands of shipyard jobs THE Ministry of Defence has announced a 15-year deal worth £3.5 billion that should safeguard thousands of shipbuilding jobs and result in 18 new frigates being built on the Clyde.

Annabel Goldie MSP: Shipbuilding is a national industry, not a Nationalist one THIS week sees the opening of another Scottish shipbuilding chapter with the beginning of the construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth II, one of two aircraft carriers that are to be built in Scotland in the next few years.

Murphy says new deal will keep Clyde working for next 15 years

Westminster vows to back Clyde shipyards after closure fears

Brian Whittingham started as an apprentice at John Brown's shipyard on Clydeside when he was just 14, and his five years at the yard, shaped him for life. Now, 40 years on, he has written a book of poetry

Clyde shipyard grabs share of £150m contract

VT makes its final shipyard departure with £300m sale

Q&A: Alan Johnston

1,000 new recruits for shipbuilding as Scotland looks beyond recession

Chance for our shipyards to rise from the ashes

Clyde aircraft carriers delayed

Crisis casts doubt over £3bn warship work

Carrier jobs joy but is cost too high?

Shipyards launch skills offensive

Carriers of good news for the Clyde and Rosyth

New tender for fisheries vessel could bring lifeline for shipyard

Sacked Ferguson workers 'could get BAE jobs'

Ferguson closure another nail in the coffin for the Clyde

Finnie cleared of wrongdoing in controversy over £10m shipbuilding contract

Flagship Clydeside year for BAE

BAE and VT confirm joint venture talks

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