Asylum seekers are being trained to work as nurses in Scotland under a new scheme in Glasgow.
Six refugees are already working for free alongside mentors in Glasgow hospitals as part of the programme.
A further 24 people, who were also nurses before they fled the countries where they lived, are expected to join them [...]

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Frank Dobson has said Labour must tackle the threat from British National Party (BNP) activists by fighting campaigns that resonate with local concerns.
Branding the far-right party “vultures”, the former health secretary said taken on properly, the BNP would be defeated.
He said recent successes by the party in places like Burnley could be reversed [...]

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Frank Dobson has said Labour must tackle the threat from British National Party (BNP) activists by fighting campaigns that resonate with local concerns.
Branding the far-right party “vultures”, the former health secretary said taken on properly, the BNP would be defeated.
He said recent successes by the party in places like Burnley could be reversed [...]

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The results of a three-year scientific experiment on the environmental impact of genetically modified crops in the UK are due to be published.
But Thursday’s announcement will disappoint hopes of a resolution of the GM debate.
The results are expected to show that wildlife was harmed in field trials of GM oilseed rape and sugar [...]

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Scotland’s Tartan Army has begun the quest for travel and match tickets for their side’s Euro 2004 play-off against Holland.
The national team progressed to the play-offs thanks to Darren Fletcher’s winning goal against Lithuania on Saturday.
An estimated 15,000 fans are expected to make the 19 November trip to Amsterdam for the crucial championship [...]

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Those spoken to said they did not experience anti-Englishness
People from England who settle north of the Border do not experience prejudice and consider themselves the New Scots, according to a Dundee University academic.
Dr Murray Watson has written a book based on research which found that the majority of English people living in Scotland [...]

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Asylum seekers are being trained to work as nurses in Scotland under a new scheme in Glasgow.
Six refugees are already working for free alongside mentors in Glasgow hospitals as part of the programme.
A further 24 people, who were also nurses before they fled the countries where they lived, are expected to join them in [...]

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IN THE wavering image of a webcam, the figures moved with the sinister intent of those whose mission is mayhem. Thank heavens “Ursula” was watching …
If the slightest possibility exists that Bruichladdich distillery on Islay is a threat to world peace, we need to know.
For it has been revealed that Ursula, a spy [...]

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A DRAMATIC rise in drug-taking and violence has taken place in Scotland’s prisons, according to figures released yesterday.
Scottish Prison Service statistics revealed that total offences have increased by 46 per cent in the past four years.
Between 1999 and 2003, drug-taking and possession rose by 155 per cent, assault by 25 per cent, fighting [...]

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A GROUP of Conservative MPs plotting to oust Iain Duncan Smith as the party leader have kick-started the formal leadership challenge procedure, it was claimed last night.
Sir Michael Spicer, the head of the 1922 Committee of back-bench MPs, is said to have a list of the names of a dozen politicians who have called [...]

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Trading on celebrity, sincerity and a strongman movie image, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has won control of America’s biggest and richest state, capping an improbable rise from Austrian farm boy to unexpected bright new hope of U.S. politics.
Schwarzenegger, who never spent a day in political office and hardly ever voted, easily won [...]

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A first grade teacher explained to her class that
she was a liberal Democrat. She then asked her
students to raise their hands if they were
liberal Democrats, too. Not really knowing what
a liberal Democrat was, but wanting to please their
teacher, hands exploded into the air like fleshy
fireworks.
There was, however, one exception. A girl named
Lucy had not gone [...]

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