Harry hails Marines

THE Duke of Sussex has told young Royal Marines recruits they face “blood, sweat and tears” ahead but are in one of the world’s best jobs.

Harry’s pep talk to the young men came as he visited the Royal Marines’ main training base in Devon for the first time as the Captain General.

He was also reunited with an old forces colleague, Steve McCulley, with whom he once shared a tent during a military exercise, about which the prince joked: “Let’s not talk about it.” EVERY food business in a Scottish town is being targeted in a scheme to tackle the problem of so-called fatbergs clogging up drains.

More than 100 takeaways, cafes, restaurants and hotels in St Andrews, Fife, are to be visited by experts offering advice on food waste management under a new initiative led by Scottish Water.

The utility said its plan to put the town’s drains “on a diet” is the first of its kind in Scotland and, if successful, it will be rolled out to other areas north of the border.

Fatbergs – large lumps of fatty deposits that block the sewer system – can cause major flooding and pollution while disposing of them costs significant sums of money every year.

They are typically caused by accumulations of fat, oil and grease which have been disposed of incorrectly down drains and sinks.

Scottish Water’s Fat Free Sewer project will see every food service establishment in St Andrews visited by food waste management experts.

Officers from Environmental Compliance & Services will go to the premises in the town centre on behalf of the utility.

Businesses will be told if their grease management system is sufficient.