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Harvest from the seas may aid economy in Highlands

IT HAS been used as a fertiliser, in ice cream, to feed racing camels in Dubai and even build a plane. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16418695.harvest-from-the-seas-may-aid-economy-in-highlands/

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Analysis: John Swinney between a rock and a hard place on P1 testing

EDUCATION Secretary John Swinney is between a rock and a hard place on standardised testing of five-year-olds. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16418613.analysis-john-swinney-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-on-p1-testing/

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Brain bleed checklist offers improved treatment hope for stroke victims

SCIENTISTS have identified four main factors that put patients at risk of a brain bleed, in one of the largest studies of its...

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Good Samaritan’s throat slit after handing lost handbag into police

A Good Samaritan who handed a lost handbag into a police station was murdered by having his throat slit after he was mistakenly...

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Warning over shortage of intensive care beds at Ninewells hospital

CRITICALLY ill patients are being discharged too early from Tayside’s main intensive care unit because the number of beds available is “inadequate”, a...

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Richard Dawkins: Trump is a ‘zig zag’ in the progress of civilisation

DONALD Trump’s election to the White House is a “zig zag" in humanity’s progression towards ever greater civilisation, Richard Dawkins has said. ....

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Brewdog to payout £12,000 after sacking worker who faced turning blind

Craft beer giants Brewdog have been forced to payout £12,000 to a former worker after they sacked him because he was about to...

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Gordon Brown: Scotland set to be engulfed in devastating child poverty crisis

SCOTLAND is becoming engulfed in a devastating child poverty crisis, Gordon Brown will warn today – as he highlights figures showing poverty among...

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No second independence referendum before ‘early 2020s’, says former SNP minister

THERE will not be a second independence referendum before the Holyrood election and Yes supporters should look to the “early 2020s” instead, a...

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Iain Macwhirter: Reckless sniping of Left and Right is destroying public respect for politics

ISLAMOPHOBE! Anti-Semite! Fascist dog-whistler! Jew-hating wreath layer! The pot-versus-kettle war of hyperbole has been raging across Labour and the Tories throughout this long...