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Friday, 8th August 2008
Hospital C difficile deaths: the patients let down by those they trusted
CONDITIONS at a hospital where 18 patients died after contracting the Clostridium difficile bug were yesterday described as "disturbing" and "appalling" by Scotland's health secretary.
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Call for the World's End murder trial report to be made public
THE Lord Advocate was last night facing demands to publish a report into the collapse of the World's End trial which concluded no-one was to blame for the fiasco. ...
UK
Global slump fears as RBS expected to reveal £1 billion loss
SCOTTISH banking giant RBS is today expected to announce a record loss, precipitated by its £5.9 billion share of world banks' £250 billion write-downs – and last night experts warned the global f...
Politics
SNP suspends AK-47 councillor … but will he get the bullet?
EMBARRASSED SNP managers moved quickly last night to suspend one of their councillors who was filmed firing a Kalashnikov assault rifle at a military camp in Pakistan....
International
Wall-to-wall celebrations as Olympic fever grips China
AS DOVES flew into the misty sky and confetti rained down on to one of the world's great icons, Olympic fever could truly be said to have arrived in China. ...
Sport
Sport wins the day at Olympics as Messi plays on
THE 29th Olympics will be officially opened at a glittering ceremony in Beijing today, with thousands of athletes ready to put their hopes and dreams to the test, and the spirit of the Games shone lik
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Scot Holden earns his stars and stripes
Burke targets title to ease Euro pain
Hateley launches tirade at Ibrox squad
Business
Barclays chief apologises for results and shares slump
BARCLAYS yesterday struck a marked note of contrition as it reported an "acutely disappointing" 33 per cent fall in first-half profits.
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Falling stock markets drag profits 22% lower for insurer Aegon UK
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Amid the icy splendour of the Cairngorms Willie Anderson has helped search for 1,200 missing people. He's found them all … except one
FOR the past 30 years, Willie Anderson has scoured vast areas of the Cairngorms, solving more than 1,200 cases of missing people. Most of the time, the search ends in an emotional reunion, but inevitably there are cases when the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team leader only recovers a body.
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Sport wins the day at Olympics as Messi plays on
THE 29th Olympics will be officially opened at a glittering ceremony in Beijing today, with thousands of athletes ready to put their hopes and dreams to the test, and the spirit of the Games shone like a beacon in China yesterday when Barcelona allowed their star player Lionel Messi to turn out for Argentina in the football tournament.
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Iain Thom speaks after returning from China
Iain Thom speaks after returning from China
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