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Scots track star Lee McConnell reveals she is expecting first baby with husband later this year
Tam Cowan: Maggie May have been a bloke but Rod Stewart has still got it TAM reckons Rod Stewart is a perfect choice for the first gig at The ...
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Revealed Bungling surgeon Colin Mainds may face further investigation after victim lodges fresh complaint
Tam Cowan: Maggie May have been a bloke but Rod Stewart has still got it TAM reckons Rod Stewart is a perfect choice for the first gig at The ...
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Bedroom tax eviction nightmare for gran with sciatica as local council threatens to boot her out of home
JANE McCLEMENTS, 59, faces eviction from her three-bedroom Tullibody home - despite a SNP council chief promising residents would be safe from the hated tax for a ...
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Uniformed HMS Edinburgh crew barred from pub just hours after receiving Freedom of the City
Just when you think you're immune to the back-stabbing that has turned the Blue Room into a battlefield, another story comes out that jolts the ...
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Brute told pet dog good boy after it tore off disabled womans ear in horrific attack
DEREK Duncan was jailed for three-and-a-half years yesterday for attacking his former friend, cerebral palsy sufferer Nadine Crowe, and allowing his dog to maul her ...
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Tam Cowan Maggie May have been a bloke but Rod Stewart has still got it
Tam Cowan: Maggie May have been a bloke but Rod Stewart has still got it TAM reckons Rod Stewart is a perfect choice for the first gig at The ...
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Police seal off quiet street after early morning shooting in Glasgow
Scotland's police force is one of the most advanced in Europe in tackling domestic abuse.. but the courts are tripping them up at the final ...
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Police appealing for information after crash which killed van driver
Scotland's police force is one of the most advanced in Europe in tackling domestic abuse.. but the courts are tripping them up at the final ...
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Mother’s pride at VC honour for hero son
A mother's pride was tinged with sorrow yesterday as she accepted the country's highest military honour for bravery on behalf of her son, who died protecting the lives of his comrades in ...
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Huge tornado leaves dozens dead
Dozens of people were last night feared dead, including seven children, after a huge tornado ripped through an Oklahoma town destroying scores of homes and a primary ...
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Gay minister hails Kirk ‘liberty’
A north-east clergyman has hailed a "historic" decision to move towards giving Church of Scotland congregations the freedom to appoint gay people in civil partnerships as their ...
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Nine sign new deals as County plan ahead
Goalkeeper Michael Fraser, defenders Mihael Kovacevic, Grant Munro and Branislav Micic, midfielders Stuart Kettlewell, Rocco Quinn and Alex Cooper and forwards Gary Glen and Steven Ross all agreed new deals to stay at the club for next ...
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Wilson ponders Wick’s dropped points
Wick Academy manager Barry Wilson is wondering what might have been after his side secured third place in the Highland League table, only four points behind champions Cove ...
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Mackay is delighted to hit Fort for six
Brora Rangers' Steven Mackay scored six goals in one game for the first time in his career in last Saturday's 12-2 thrashing of bottom side Fort ...
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Laird Ryder Cup spot at risk
Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has warned Scotland's Martin Laird has given himself an uphill task of making next year's European team by refusing to join the European Tour until ...
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Kris Commons announces Scotland retirement
Kris Commons has nine caps for his country Commons made the decision prior to Gordon Strachan naming his squad for Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Croatia next month, claiming he would like to focus on playing for Celtic and raising his young family.The 29-year-old insists his retirement was not an impulsive decision and conversations with Celtic boss Neil Lennon and Strachan had ...
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Body in Scottish woods identified as young man missing since 1999
Skeletal remains found by a dog walker in a Scottish woodland have been identified as a 19-year-old man who vanished in 1999, police said Tuesday. Investigators do not believe Colin Law of Gordon in southeast Scotland was the victim of foul play, the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser reported. He was reported missing May 19, 1999. "Colin, I will miss you every day for the rest of my life," ...
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Church of Scotland Votes to Allow Openly Gay Ordained Ministers
The Church of Scotland's General Assembly voted Monday to allow congregations the choice of accepting openly gay ordained ministers, while allowing other parishes to opt out if their congregants disagree with the gay ...
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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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