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Scotland plans ?1m science promotion
Wendy Alexander, Scotland¡¯s enterprise and lifelong learning minister, has announced ?1 million in funding for the Scottish Science Trust to promote the public understanding of science. The Scottish Executive has pledged ?400,000, while the private sector has stumped up ?600,000.

Youngsters are key to regeneration
Inter-community violence within Britain must be stemmed by including young people in future regeneration, a leading housing director said today. Kelvin MacDonald, director of ROOM, the National Council for Housing and Planning, speaking at a conference at Leicester University, highlighted the need for close links between local initiatives and ¡°forgotten¡± youngsters.

Explosive study will solve quake queries
Science students today started a course enabling them to create mini-earthquakes. The 18 youngsters on a three-day ¡°understanding earthquakes¡± course run by Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall will tomorrow use explosives to see how geological structures behave when earthquakes occur.