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08/07/2009 09:14 AM
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Passenger dies after vomiting bug hits cruise ship docked in Scotland
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A HOLIDAYMAKER has died after a vomiting bug hit 150 people on a cruise liner. The British man died aboard the cruise ship Marco Polo, which was last night docked in Invergordon, Easter Ross. A fleet of ambulances ferried the sick to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. NHS Highland interim director of public health Dr Ken Oates said GPs were helping out.
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02/07/2009 11:47 AM
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Murphy talks over shipyard plan
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Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy will hold talks with shipbuilder BVT in Glasgow later over plans for the possible closure of two naval yards.
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12/12/2008 09:16 AM
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Downing Street has let Scotland down
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THE shareholders of Halifax Bank of Scotland will vote today to accept or reject the proffered takeover by Lloyds TSB. The likely outcome – given the relentless pressure from the failed HBOS management and a worried government – is that they will vote to approve the takeover, closing a story that began in Edinburgh on 17 July, 1695.
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor (who, let us not forget, is an Edinburgh MP) have told us repeatedly that the takeover is the only sure way to save the 300-year-old bank from collapse...
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10/12/2008 09:15 AM
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Ministers were 'too quick to support HBOS plan'
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The government was too quick to throw its weight behind the emergency rescue of Halifax Bank of Scotland by Lloyds TSB, critics of the plan said yesterday.
The Merger Action Group is mounting a legal challenge at a tribunal in a bid to torpedo the deal.
Their lawyers said government policy had been determined long before Business Secretary Lord Mandelson was asked to give his seal of approval in October.
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26/08/2008 09:30 AM
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UK ministers "undermining" Scottish renewable energy
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Scottish nationalist politicians have questioned the commitment of Gordon Brown towards renewable energy north of the border, criticising high transmission charges for generators in remote areas of Scotland.
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30/07/2008 10:33 AM
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Treatment heralds Alzheimer's breakthrough
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The Alzheimer's Society last night hailed an apparent breakthrough in the treatment of dementia by scientists at Aberdeen University. A team led by Professor Claude Wischik published results of early trials of a new drug, suggesting it could be at least twice as effective as current medicines in slowing progression of the disease.
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29/07/2008 08:47 AM
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Councillor faces possible sanctions Secret report on '£5m sweetener for Trump' claim.
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A councillor who claimed that Aberdeenshire Council offered Donald Trump a £5million 'sweetener' could face disqualification.
A secret council report seen by the Press and Journal reveals that is one of a range of possible sanctions facing Paul Johnston after he claimed the council was handing over land worth £5million to the Trump Organisation.
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25/07/2008 09:00 AM
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SNP political earthquake leaves Labour shaken up
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The SNP swept in to seize Glasgow East early today in the biggest political earthquake in more than a decade.
Labour’s third safest seat in Scotland – one of its top 25 in the UK – fell to a vibrant nationalist onslaught personally headed by First Minister Alex Salmond, who visited the constituency a dozen times.
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24/07/2008 08:30 AM
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Scottish Labour hoping for narrow victory in today's Glasgow East poll
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Scottish Labour officials believe they will narrowly win today's Glasgow East byelection but with a dramatically reduced majority after a fiercely-fought campaign by the Scottish National party.
Labour will put 400 activists into the constituency today to help their supporters get to polling stations. The party is desperate to avoid an embarrassing defeat by the SNP in a previously rock-solid seat, where it is defending a 13,507 majority.
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22/07/2008 08:00 PM
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Fishermen slam Lords report
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SCOTTISH fishing leaders yesterday (Monday) hit out at a new report on the Common Fisheries Policy by the House of Lords committee on the European Union.
The report recommends fundamental reform of the CFP, arguing for a bottom up management approach through regional committees and voluntary conservation schemes.
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