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Model Caroline Igoe who killed boyfriend with his own gun is showered with gifts in jail by secret admirer
IGOE, caged for shooting her boyfriend in the head, is said to believe her admirer is a photographer who took snaps of her as she tried to make it as a glamour ...
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Motor racing legend Jim Clark celebrated as hundreds flock to Duns for remembrance event
THE roar of the track echoed through Duns yesterday as hundreds gathered to pay tribute to Scots motor racing legend Jim Clark.Crowds thronged in the Borders town to watch the once-in-a-lifetime moment when two of Clark's famous cars blasted up and down the road.Fans had come from all over the world, drawn by the legend of the man who raced to the first of two world championship titles 50 ...
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Scottish doctors close to carrying out UKs first face transplant
SCOTS surgeons are gearing up to perform the UK's first face transplant.Medics at Glasgow's Southern General want to start offering the op to disfigured patients.They are talking to bosses about the idea, which could make Scotland a world leader in transplanting faces from dead donors.Wounded soldiers could be among those to benefit.The world's first face transplant took place in ...
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In Pictures Scots put on their comfiest suits for Onesie Day
GREEN was put on gardening leave after the meeting on April 13 in which he was grilled about his links with former chairman Craig Whyte. Dunfermline boss Jim Jefferies rages at SFL chief over 'senseless' points deduction which led to Pars' ...
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Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks Britain
LONDON -- An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry ...
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Thousands of mining jobs in Scotland in danger
Hundreds of open cast mineworkers were laid off and left with unpaid wages last month, following the collapse of Scottish Coal, the largest surviving mine operator in Scotland. Of the company's 758 workers, all but 142 have been made redundant. The company operates six open pit mines in East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and Fife. Scottish Coal was one of the private operators the emerged ...
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Scotland clash with Pakistan abandoned
Scotland's second One-Day International with Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday.Misbah Ul Haq's men were due to play the second of two warm-up games ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 6, but the game was called off after heavy rain forced the umpires to rule that no play would take place.The match had been due to start at 10.45 (British ...
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Scotland's waterways seeing revival
Scotland’s waterways, the canals used to transport bulky goods and vast quantities of coal in the days before the development of the railways, are of great significance in terms of their role in the development of the country, new projects are making sure they remain so.
Scotland recently began investing heavily in its canal system with the introduction of the Millennium Link, a project to restore the Union Canal and Forth and Clyde Canals for use by recreational boaters, tourists and to encourage investment in the tourism, retail and commercial sectors. Read more
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