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• Scotlands Famous Casltes

  
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  Scotland boasts a numerous array of castles for those interested in taking a walk through history. Edinburgh Castle is open to visitors during the summer and winter months and offers an exciting visit to one of the castles Scotland is most well-known for.  Although you can buy your tickets at the ticket office on the ...
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• Mum fined for cruelty to three dogs

  
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  By Andrea McCallum A NEW mum has been banned and fined after animal welfare officers seized three starving dogs from her home – some just days from death. Scottish SPCA officers raided the home of Marie Ramsay, 21, after they were tipped them off about the painfully thin pets. The Staffordshire Bull ...
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• “Posh” Christmas leads to rise in shellfish sales

  
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  By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH shellfish farmers are set to get a boost this festive season as households across the country opt for a posh Christmas lunch despite the credit crunch. Oysters and mussels are fast becoming a must have festive favourite for dining rooms across the UK – replacing smoked salmon and prawn ...
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• “Posh” Christmas leads to rise in shellfish sales

  
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  By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH shellfish farmers are set to get a boost this festive season as households across the country opt for a posh Christmas lunch despite the credit crunch. Oysters and mussels are fast becoming a must have festive favourite for dining rooms across the UK – replacing smoked salmon and prawn ...
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• It’s a blubby birthday as telly fave Lorraine Kelly turns fifty

  
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  By Michael MacLeod BLUBBING Scots telly babe Lorraine Kelly was in floods of tears yesterday as celebrities from across the globe wished her a happy 50th birthday. Stars including film hunk Gerry Butler , The Bee Gees , Peter Andre and Ricky Gervais sent surprise messages while she presented yesterday ...
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• Great Books About Scotland — A St. Andrew’s Day Celebration

  
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  The Scots — who gave us classics that range from Treasure Island to James Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson — celebrate their heritage on St. Andrew’s Day , Nov. 30, the feast day of the patron saint of Scotland. Here, in its honor, are some of my favorite books about the land of my maternal ancestors: ...
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• The Winter of Mixed Drinks On the Way

  
  Everything is Pop, Pop is Everything — Authority: 129
  As if the first part of the 2010 new release calendar wasn’t all ready filled with high profile new music releases, Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit has returned, following 2008’s superb The Midnight Organ Fight , with plans to release its third full length record. Titled The Winter of Mixed Drinks early ...
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• New Release: Warlord Starter Armies

  
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  Because we know there’s a recession on and everyone is looking for a bargain we’ve come up with some absolute belters! Our Warlord Starter Armies provide a great start to a new army or reinforcement to your existing force. More than that though - they provide exceptional value! Get ‘em while they’re hot ...
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• Harry Potter book to be auctioned for kid’s charity

  
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  By Andrea McCallum A FIRST edition of a Harry Potter book is expected to conjure up thousands of pounds for an Edinburgh children’s charity. The rare signed copy has been given to Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids appeal from the city council who had 30 stored in their secret chambers. Best-selling author J.K. ...
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• Doctor and wife fined for “most outrageous breach of the peace ever”

  
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  By Michael MacLeod A DOCTOR and his wife have been fined £5,000 for what a Sheriff described as “the most outrageous breach of the peace I have ever experienced” in his 20-year career. Dr John McCallum and his wife Michele “ ambushed ” their neighbour Roslyn Kinder after hearing that she had tried to ...
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• Cleaner cleans up after bungled bumper payday

  
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  By Michael MacLeod A CLEANER who was mistakenly paid £36,000 managed to spend £17,000 of it within just two days. Catherine McLean, 39, didn’t question her boss when the bumper pay packet landed in her bank account on April 2. By April 4 she had spent almost half of the cash clearing her debts, but was ...
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• Marine’s career on-hold for selling stolen kit on eBay

  
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  By Michael MacLeod AN aspiring Marine has had his entry to the Forces suspended after being caught selling over £18,000 of stolen camping gear on eBay. Andrew Pringle, 22, was working at Tiso and helping colleagues to pocket huge profits from goods they bought with their staff discount. But when it dawned ...
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• Vile thief steals from tills of charity shop

  
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  By Oliver Farrimond POLICE are searching for a heartless thief who robbed a charity shop. The thief, described as having “thin, pale face”, fled after putting his hand in the tills of the Capability Scotland shop in Deanhaugh Street at around 4.30pm on Thursday afternoon. A store assistant bravely tried to ...
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• Antique horse trophy up for auction

  
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  Cheltenham Gold Cup By Oliver Farrimond A TROPHY from horse-racing history is to go up for auction next week in Edinburgh. The Cheltenham Gold Cup from 1930 is expected to fetch £6,000 at Lyon and Turnbull auctioneers when it goes up for sale. The trophy is still awarded today for the course, which is regarded ...
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• Flare-throwing SPL steward banned from football

  
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  By Michael MacLeod A FOOTBALL steward has been banned from every ground in Britain for a year after throwing a flare onto a pitch. The court order means Michael Smith, 21, will lose his pitch-side security job with SPL side Falkirk . He was arrested at a high-tempered derby match between rivals Linlithgow ...
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• Pictish warrior throne brings Scots history to life

  
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  By Tom Walker THE FIRST ever replica of a 1000-year-old Pictish throne has been unveiled at the National Museum of Scotland after months of painstaking research and craftsmanship. The original throne – thought to be the seat of a bloodthirsty warrior king – no longer exists, but the replica is intended to ...
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• SuBo shows off her new album

  
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  By Cara Sulieman SUSAN Boyle shrugged off claims that she had a break down during her visit to America earlier this week as she signed autographs for fans outside her home in Blackburn. The star has been pictured in tears as she was surrounded by fans in New York’s Rockefeller Centre, where she was doing a live ...
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• Tributes for woman who died after being hit by a car

  
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  Fiona Clason By Cara Sulieman   FRIENDS have paid touching tributes to a young woman who died after being hit by a car at the weekend. Fiona Clason died at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh on Monday, the day after she was struck by a car on the capital’s waterfront. The family of the 24-year-old were ...
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• High winds close Edinburgh castle

  
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  By Cara Sulieman EDINBURGH Castle had to close its doors for the first time in over a year because of high winds. Staff at the popular tourist attraction took the precaution after recording wind speeds of up to 60mph at the high points of the building. Initially it was hoped that the castle would be able to open ...
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• Schoolkids banned from playing British Bulldogs

  
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  By Cara Sulieman IT HAS been a popular playground game for generations, but children in one Scottish school have been banned from playing British Bulldogs on “health and safety grounds”. Pupils at Edinburgh’s Firrhill High School have been told not to play the game, along with other “physical” pastimes ...
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