Next week, SNOOKER star Ross Muir plans to deliver a significant upset by trying to defeat past world champions twice in a row.
In the second World Open qualifying round
, the potter from Musselburgh takes on John Higgins, a four-time world champion.
in 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Higgins and Muir will square off for the first time in the Barnsley Metrodome.
Muir will try to lock up a spot at the Welsh Open the next day.
Stephen Hendry, a former seven-time world champion, stands in his way.
The first-ever meeting between the two is scheduled to begin at 1pm in Barnsley.
It has been revealed that East Lothian Council will implement a £35 yearly fee this summer for the fortnightly pickup of householders’ garden rubbish.
Starting on July 1, there will be a fee for emptying the “brown bins,” which will require a one-year pre-paid permit.
Although the decision was made in February of last year during budget talks, the specifics and timelines have just recently come to light.
According to an East Lothian Council spokesman, “the permit scheme will open at start of April providing time for applications to be made, permits printed and issued, and routes then confirmed for service to begin.”
Garden waste uplifts are not required by law, hence local governments are not required to provide them, according to the local authority.
The spokesman went on: “A comparable permission system has been in place for a number of years in our neighboring authorities, Edinburgh and Midlothian, and other councils, including Scottish Borders, ceased the service a number of years ago.
“In due course, households will receive information on how to apply, pay their £35 annual fee, and receive a sticker that is placed on the brown bin in order to receive garden trash pickups.
“The crews will then only collect/empty bins that have the sticker.”
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After that, the compost is either sold as Caledonian Green Goodness Compost, a soil enhancer, or utilized for landscaping.
Every household in East Lothian has six distinct bins or containers: a brown garden trash bin, a green domestic waste bin, a blue recycling box for paper and cardboard, a black or green box for glass, a white bag for plastic, metal, and cartons, and a food waste caddy.
