Seaweed

A £3.6 MILLION grant has been awarded to invest in research and development in seaweed anaerobic digestion, used to produce biogas for heat and electricity generation on Scotland's islands. The cash, from ITI Energy, will be used to develop the way seaweed is harvested.BAD DAYIrelandRATINGS agency Moody's stripped Ireland of its last AAA credit rating yesterday and warned Prime Minister Brian Cowen he had to inflict more fiscal pain on his recession-wracked country or risk a further downgrade. The former "Celtic Tiger" was hit hard by the property crash.