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Family sues prison chiefs over inmate released to kill
THE mother of a woman killed by a prisoner on unsupervised leave has launched a landmark test case against prison bosses, blaming them for her daughter's death.
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Grey squirrels are now a problem to get your teeth into ? as a tasty snack with a mayo dip
THE idea of killing thousands of grey squirrels to protect native reds may leave some with a bad taste in their mouth.
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Coal back-up for wind power 'will cost £100bn'
A LEADING power company has claimed wind energy is so unreliable that even if 13,000 turbines are built to meet EU renewable energy targets, they could be relied on to provide
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Obama issues rallying cry for 'change'
BARACK Obama put meat on the bones of his promise of "change" with a tub-thumping speech at Denver's Invesco Field football stadium on Thursday ? but only the poll
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Fly Zoom collapse: Watchdogs demand mandatory compensation for air passengers
AIR travel watchdogs have called on the government to introduce a compulsory compensation scheme for all airline passengers following the collapse of the low-fare carrier Zoo
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Hard-pressed households hit by new energy price rises
TWO of Britain's biggest energy suppliers announced more bad news for households yesterday with steep rises in gas and electricity prices.
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Devolution event axed 'due to lack of interest'
THE commission set up to look at the future of devolution in Scotland has had to cancel its first public event due to lack of interest, critics have claimed.
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X-Files actor checks in to rehab over sex addiction
IN AN unfortunate case of life imitating art, actor David Duchovny has been admitted to a rehab clinic for sex addiction.
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Meadowbank sale on hold in housing market slump
THE controversial sale of Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh may have to be halted indefinitely because of the slump in the Capital's property market, The Scotsman has learne
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Hurt cat finds its way to vet
A CAT seriously injured after being hit by a car has made an incredible recovery ? after managing to drag itself off the road and find his own way to the vet.
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Three years ago her toe was sliced off. Now she's won place at top stage school
A DANCER who won a payout after her toe was sliced off in a freak school bus accident has overcome the injury to win a place at a prestigious stage school.
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Russian bombs fell 50m from oil pipeline
RUSSIAN planes dropped bombs this month within 50 metres of a pipeline that British oil company BP was in the process of reopening through Georgia, according to witnesses.
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Aberdeen City Council Special Report: Behind the granite façade lies a city in municipal ruin
It is Europe's oil capital, but its city council is suffering a financial crisis, so what has gone wrong with Aberdeen, asks DAVID MADDOX
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Obama: I'll tax rich to help middle classes
BARACK Obama put meat on the bones of his promise of "change" with a tub-thumping speech at Denver's Invesco Field football stadium on Thursday ? but only the poll
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Innovation the key to success in fast-moving worldwide economy
?INNOVATION, innovation, innovation? has become the latest mantra for every organisation. But innovation has long been a feature in successful businesses, so why the sudden em
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Welcome to M*A*S*H, Afghanistan-style
FROM the outside it's a prefabricated building in the midst of the desert, an unremarkable, one-storey white block. Inside, it may be the busiest trauma hospital in the
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Sparks fly over Fringe future
THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe is in desperate need of extra public funding and a rethink of the role of its chief to help lead it out of its current crisis, its new board mem
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Drugged girl, 15, a reluctant bomb martyr
RANIA is only 15, but in the past week the softly-spoken Iraqi girl has been drugged and strapped with explosives, before being arrested and thrown into a detention centre.
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Out to prove he has credentials for the job
AS A SPECTACLE, Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic party's presidential nomination was in a class of its own. No other candidate would have risked deliveri
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Six years' jail for killing friend in car crash
AN EX-SERVICEMAN who blamed a "booze culture" in the RAF for his drink problem was yesterday jailed for six years for causing a friend's death in a car crash.
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Analysis: Society needs open prison concept to prepare long-term inmates gradually for release
ONCE again Castle Huntly is in the headlines.
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McCain picks Alaskan 'hockey mom' as No2
REPUBLICAN John McCain made a surprise choice of Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, as his running mate yesterday, adding a political unknown to the ticket who coul
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Anti-Israel protest is countered by standing ovation
PROTESTERS who interrupted a concert by Israeli musicians five times yesterday sparked outrage ? but the audience for the recital, by the Jerusalem Quartet as part of th
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Aberdeen City Council Special Report: Swimmer's campaign to save landmark city pool in vain
ONE of the faces of the fight against the swathe of cuts in Aberdeen was 79-year-old George Pettifer.
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Surprise as the festival goes out without a bang
CROWDS flocking to the traditional climax to Edinburgh's summer festival season tomorrow have been told to brace themselves for a new twist ? silent fireworks.
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Just for the record: the Oz Olympic music was phoney too
CHINA is not the only country to fake a musical performance during an Olympic opening ceremony. It turns out that Australia also knows a thing or two about miming music.
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Zardari urged to quit presidential race over mental health claims
THE widower of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto should withdraw as a candidate for president because of questions about his mental health, a rival c
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Aberdeen City Council Special Report: Council 'has clear aim to get city's services on track'
In a statement Aberdeen city council leadership board said: "Aberdeen city council has one absolutely clear priority ? to achieve the budget savings which are needed to pu
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Boys 'should get cervical cancer jab'
THE government should extend the planned cervical cancer vaccination programme to teenage boys as they contribute to the transmission of the disease, an infectious diseases ex
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Last female WWI veteran dies
A WOMAN believed to be the last surviving female veteran of the First World War has died, the Ministry of Defence said.
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