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Murray has no worries about Nadal last-eight tie
Although the All England Club do not stick completely to the world rankings, their formula to give extra weight to results on grass will not help Nadal given his second-round Wimbledon exit last ...
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Dons set to close in on Wylde
Aberdeen hope to complete the signing of former Rangers midfielder Gregg Wylde this week after his former manager Owen Coyle dropped out of the running for his ...
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Sick burglars silenced dog by feeding it pet rabbit before ransacking family home and stealing car
THE Gorgie side are concerned that they might lose their historic home if sibling company Ukio Bankas blocks the appointment of KPMG as ...
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Enhanced childcare rights for parents will help end bias against women workers MSPs claim
PARENTS must have a statutory right to childcare until kids reach 15 if women are to win an equal role in the workplace, MSPs claim.The equal opportunities committee at Holyrood say a wide-ranging change of childcare and its costs is needed.And they want the Scottish Government to publish a timetable of how they aim to tackle the issue.The committee spoke out as they prepared to publish the ...
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Record View Victims denied justice again as knifeman is spared jail and abuser Stuart Hall receives lenient sentence
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Brave rape victim Sarah to help make Police Scotlands sex crime policy more female-friendly
SARAH SCOTT, who was just 19 when she was brutally attacked in 2010, yesterday met Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill as she started her quest to help fellow ...
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Royal Scots Borderers take the salute as battalion make triumphant homecoming parade in Dumfries
A LITTLE boy proudly salutes as his dad marches past with the Royal Scots Borderers.The four year old was kitted out on a kilt, his father's glengarry and a hoodie with "My dad's my hero" on the back.And James Gray-McNicol couldn't contain himself when the parade ended - he rushed up to his daddy for a hug.The emotional scenes played out at the battalion's ...
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Celtic fans do the high-up-Huddle as Hoops supporters scale Ben Nevis for charity
You can't blame fans for worrying about where their money is going, the club is in big trouble and who knows what is going to ...
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Breaking Bad creator and Miranda Hart to speak at Edinburgh TV Festival
Vince Gilligan, the creator of US drama Breaking Bad, will speak at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. Photograph: Alberto E Rodriguez/Getty Images for ...
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Scottish island groups launch campaign for more autonomy
Councils for the Orkneys, Shetlands and Western Isles in Scotland launched the "Our Islands, Our Future" campaign Monday, seeking greater autonomy. The councils called for a "new Scottish constitutional settlement," The Scotsman reported. Officials said they are seeking greater independence whether or not a referendum to create an independent Scotland passes next year. ...
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Infection outbreak at Glasgows Lightburn Hospital sees east end ward shut to new admissions
FOUR people admitted to a ward in Lightburn Hospital tested positive for group A streptococcal infection, while a patient who had the infection has ...
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Harley links up with Scotland
Rob Harley, the 23-year-old Glasgow Warriors forward, has joined the Scotland squad on their tour of South Africa. Harley will leave from Glasgow on Monday and is due to arrive in Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon. Scotland complete their programme in the quadrangular tournament with a match against Italy in Pretoria on Saturday.Harley, who made a try-scoring debut on last year's tour to ...
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Police make arrest after blood-soaked man is found dying in the street
A MAN has been arrested after badly injured 44-year-old was found dying in the street in Blairgowrie.The victim, who has not been named, was found near the Crown Bar in the Angus town shortly before midnight yesterday and was rushed to Dundee's Ninewells Hospital where he later died.A 25-year-old man has been detained and is said to be helping investigators.Police Scotland's specialist ...
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Corstorphine Hill murder victim Police release pictures of rings belonging to dismembered woman found in shallow grave
DETECTIVES trying to identify the body of a woman found in an Edinburgh nature reserve have released photos of the distinctive rings she was ...
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SFA computer blunder leaves Tartan Army gutted after tickets for England game are put on sale.. then withdrawn
RED-FACED SFA bosses have had to apologise to the Tartan Army after accidentally putting tickets up for sale online for the revival of the Auld Enemy clash.Hundreds of Scotland fans who thought they had secured a place at Wembley to see the England v Scotland clash in August have now been told their briefs are null and void.The SFA apologised on Twitter for the huge technical blunder at the ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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