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• Sustainability & Scotland’s Colleges

  
  RSC NewsFeed — Authority: 479
  That’s the title of a new report published on 30th October by HMIE. It investigates the engagement of the colleges with sustainable development, one of five strategic themes in the Scottish Funding Council’s Corporate Plan for 2009-12 . The report aims to highlight good practice in sustainable development and the ...
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• £52k award for Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network – and a job

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Well deserved support has come to the energetic Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN). It has been awarded a funding package worth £52,000 to help support its initiative in gathering data on species of sharks, skates and rays found in Scottish waters. Many of these species are now endangered. The funding ...
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  Ayrshire Scotland Business News — Authority: 122
  Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill visits Ayrshire THE Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Kenny MacAskill MSP paid an inaugural visit to the new Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team offices, located in Robertson Road at Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. [Pictured: Cabinet Secretary for Justice ...
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• Plea for Government action as holiday family finds shot seal

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Like many people visiting the west coast of Scotland, a family of four from Rossendale in Lancashire were driving along the shore of Loch Craignish close to Ardfern last week when they spotted a dead common seal (also known as a harbour seal) on the shore.On closer inspection it could be seen that the seal [...]
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• BIDS for Oban Forward on 4th November

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  [ November 4, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Tomorrow - 4th November - local tourism group, Oban Forward is hosting a meeting to explore the Business Improvement District (BIDS) initiative, addressed by Ian Davidson Porter who is Project Director for BIDS.The meeting is at 7.00pm on Wednesday 4th November at the ...
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• Devoted Hibs fan laid to rest

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 569
  By Rory Reynolds HUNDREDS of mourners turned out to pay tribute to a Hibs fanatic who missed just one game in an incredible 55 years devoted to the club. Friends and family flocked to the funeral at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh yesterday to bid farewell to Walter “Wattie” Robb, many of them wearing ...
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• MoD, Argyll, redundant submarines and nuclear waste disposal

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Much of the Scottish Media has spent the last two days headlining the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) intention to dump nuclear waste from redundant nuclear submarines in up to 5 locations in Scotland.Our own concern with the matter – apart from environmental concerns that ground our opposition to nuclear energy ...
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• Scots more likely to die in a fatal car crash involving a Vauxhall

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 569
  By Cara Sulieman SCOTS are more likely to die in a fatal car crash involving a Vauxhall than any motor, according to official statistics. More Astra, Corsa and Vectra models are involved in deadly smashes on Scotland’s roads than any other make. The data – obtained under the Freedom of Information Act – ...
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• Parents slam decision as travesty as Cancer doctor blamed for Lisa Norris radiation bungle allowed to keep working

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 569
  Ken and Liz Norris leaving the hearing By Cara Sulieman THE parents of a tragic teenage cancer sufferer who was blasted with 19 massive overdoses of radiation while being treated for a brain tumour has described a decision to allow the doctor responsible to keep working as a “travesty” and vowed to sue ...
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• Parents slam decision as travesty as Cancer doctor blamed for Lisa Norris radiation bungle allowed to keep working

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 569
  Ken and Liz Norris leaving the hearing By Cara Sulieman THE parents of a tragic teenage cancer sufferer who was blasted with 19 massive overdoses of radiation while being treated for a brain tumour has described a decision to allow the doctor responsible to keep working as a “travesty” and vowed to sue ...
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  Ayrshire Scotland Business News — Authority: 122
  Ayrshire secures hundreds of jobs HUNDREDS of Ayrshire jobs have been secured or created with the help of almost £10 million of Scottish Government support, it was announced today. [CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL-SIZE VERSION.] Investment projects by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Irvine and Prestwick ...
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• EC approves Scotland’s ferry subsidies

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Following an official enquiry the European Commission has ruled that Scottish Government subsidies for lifeline ferry routes on the Clyde, Hebridean and Northern Isles routes are ‘compatible with state=aid rules’.There had been concerns that the arrangements breached European competition law.No company is ...
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• Trump Starts Work on “The Greatest Course in History”

  
  LinksLifeGolf — Authority: 425
  by Jeff SkinnerAfter three years of arguments, debate, politicking, protests and I’m sure plenty of backroom dealing, Donald Trump begins work today on his controversial golf course on the picturesque sand dunes north of Aberdeen, Scotland. Trump, in his usual outrageous style has said he is determined to build ...
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• One in five people in Scotland fear they will become a victim of crime – ID theft and credit card fraud top list

  
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  by Cara Sulieman SHOCK new figures released by the Scottish government today (Tues) show that one in five people are likely to be a victim of crime. More than half of violent offences in Scotland is alcohol related, sparking calls from opposition parties for the government to crack down on “drink fuelled” ...
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• Expenses secrecy scandal as Scottish Legal Complaints Commission seeks ban on information requests to protect lawyers mental health & safety

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 112
  Scottish Legal Complaints Commission refuses to disclose members expenses claims . POTENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY PROBLEMS of four lawyers and four ‘lay people’ (two of whom are ex-senior ranked Policemen, one of whom actually served on a Law Society of Scotland Committee) have been raised by the ...
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• Hooray. Swinney signs Argyll’s Single Outcome Agreement today. Does anyone know what it is?

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  Good news for Argyll - we assume. Today, Finance Secretary John Swinney officially signed the Argyll and Bute Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) with the Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership.Councilor Dick Walsh, Leader of Argyll and Bute Council and Chair of the Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership ...
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• Dunoon hosts Highlands and Islands Convention today

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  The Queen’s Hall in Dunoon is today hosting the Convention of the Highlands and Island. Among the issues under discussion is the Highlands and Islands economy, which, under the Scottish Government’s Economic Recovery Plan, is focused on supporting jobs and communities, strengthening education and skills and ...
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• Scottish budget plan ‘inadequate’

  
  Recording — Authority: 514
  The Scottish Governments spending plans for the coming year are inadequate, business leaders have said.
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• Holyrood’s Justice Committee calls on public to submit experiences on using & improving Scotland’s legal services market

  
  A Diary of Injustice in Scotland - by Peter Cherbi — Authority: 112
  Scottish Parliament calls for evidence on public use of courts & legal services. If you have used a Scottish lawyer or the courts and felt the service you did not receive was tip top, or bordered on the woefully inadequate, now is the time to put those experiences in writing by 1st December 2009 to the Scottish ...
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• Scottish Economy Continues to Shrink

  
  SUBROSA — Authority: 543
  Scotlands economy shrunk for the fourth successive quarter figures revealed today. But the decline - 0.8% - is smaller than in the last two quarters, according to todays official figures for gross domestic product. The latest figure, covering the period from April to June, is however, slightly worse than the ...
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