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A fair dinkum Scots nobleman
When meeting the Earl of Dunmore for the first time, there is an expectation one will be greeted by a Scots peer with a thick Highland burr. Instead, an Aussie bloke called Malcolm Murray answers the door with a sturdy, but welcoming, "Gidday, mate". A moment of confusion reigns until he explains all the titled family is now extinct in Scotland and he is the next living heir. The 66-year-old ...
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Scottish independence could threaten thousands of banking jobs
Scottish independence would most seriously impact upon banks and insurers, warns Sajid Javid, left, with Michael Moore. Photographs: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ...
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Firefighters tackle blaze at row of shops in Glasgow
AROUND 30 firefighters battled to bring a fire in a row of shops in the east end of Glasgow under control this morning. Crews were called to the row of six businesses at around 3.30am in Broomfield Road, Barmulloch. The "well developed" blaze started in a laundry and spread to a shop next door. No one was injured in the fire, a spokeswoman for the service said. Firefighters from ...
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Britons warned to expect hazardous weather with flash flooding and hail stones forecast for Scotland
The Met Office have released an amber weather warning across parts of south east Scotland and are asking residents in those areas to "be prepared" for severe ...
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Parts of Scotland put on flood alert as Met Office issues warning for torrential rain and flash floods
GREEN was put on gardening leave after the meeting on April 13 in which he was grilled about his links with former chairman Craig ...
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Met confirms Scotland Yard to be sold
SCOTLAND Yard has confirmed the location for its new headquarters as the force prepares to sell off its current landmark site amid budget cuts. The Metropolitan Police has to save more than STG500 million ($A783.64 million) and cost-saving measures include moving out of New Scotland Yard on Victoria Street in Westminster, central London. Its new headquarters as of 2015 will be the Curtis Green ...
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Former Whitehall police station confirmed as new Scotland Yard HQ
Scotland Yard has confirmed the location for its new headquarters as the force prepares to sell off its current landmark site amid budget ...
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Afghan teenager out to make peace on streets of Scotland by bringing rival ethnic gangs together in new youth project
The process has been simplified, and forms are in any language needed. Funding will be revealed at the Young Ethnic Awards dinner in October.Apply ...
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Scotland Risks Cyprus-Style Bank Crisis UK Report
An independent Scotland is at risk of a Cyprus-style banking crisis, as its banking sector would be "exceptionally large" compared to the size of its economy, a U.K. government report has said. "An independent Scotland would have an exceptionally large banking sector compared to the size of its economy - with banking assets of more than 1250 percent of Scottish [gross domestic ...
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Highland Games chiefs give modern lighweight cabers the big heave-ho in crackdown on standards
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Furious victims of bungling surgeon hit out as his wife boasts of party plans after probe lets him keep job
PATIENTS left crippled by botched spinal ops enraged as couple's boozy celebrations are revealed in wake of decision not to strike surgeon ...
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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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