[Why only 5 years? Abduction alone should get you 6 years-ed]
A man who kidnapped young male victims and sexually assaulted and robbed them at knifepoint has been jailed for five years.
Cyrus Winton, 26, abducted his victims in Glasgow city centre and drove them to remote spots outside the city.
Winton, from Torrance, attacked [...]

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Hypocracy is the act of pretending to have morals or virtues that one does not truly possess or practice.
It seems that the publicity about “Rosendale’s Fraudsters” and the Council’s treatment of whistleblowers have rocked even the corporate services department of the our fourth reich council. It seems our information which we pointed out in [...]

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[The money is just a waste of time and creates more racism by making non-whites feel that they are under seige from evil racist whites-ed]
A CAMPAIGN to combat racism in Scotland has been launched.
A series of five radio ads will target the problem, particularly among young people.
The Executive have backed the anti-racism message [...]

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Police in Aberdeen have broken the Scottish record for crack cocaine seizures twice in a matter of days.
Crack cocaine and heroin with a total street value of about £240,000 was seized, it has been revealed.
Grampian Police said this included Scotland’s largest single seizure of 385.5g of crack cocaine, followed just days later by [...]

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Police have been hunting for a man who attacked a woman with an iron bar in Edinburgh.
The 43-year-old Asian woman was walking along Hailesland Grove just after 0900 GMT on Monday when a man wearing a balaclava leapt out of a car.
She was knocked to the ground after being hit several times on [...]

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An RAF doctor who refused to serve in Iraq because he thought the war illegal is to go before a court martial.
Flt Lt Malcolm Kendall-Smith, 37, will face trial, ruled a judge advocate at Aldershot Court Martial Centre, Hants.
The officer faces five charges of failing to comply with a lawful order after refusing training [...]

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[It might be a good idea to stop flooding Scotland with asylum seekers to begin with. People in Scotland have never once been asked if they want their areas turned into unofficial asylum centres. Any backlash should be carried out against the politicians who bring them in, and this should be done in [...]

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[With calls to ban (by SSP) Scotland flag and replace it with a multi-racial flag I have got a suspicision that they will bring in a multi-racial anthem for Scotland-ed]
A decision must be made on an official national anthem for Scotland following confusion caused by the Commonwealth Games, according to campaigners.
While Flower of Scotland is regularly played [...]

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A MAN who ran a sauna where customers paid for sex has been jailed for nine months.
George Colahan had been arrested after a raid on the Aquarius Sauna in Glasgow’s west end in June 2004.
A trial last month heard men admitting they paid for sexual services with women who worked there.
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CHILDREN are being taught skipping and traditional games in schools by specialist instructors, costing up to £160 a day, as part of a move to tackle inactivity and obesity among Scotland’s young people.
One in five Scottish 12-year-olds is classified as obese and, as children spend more time playing sedentary video games than in active play, [...]

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Almost 900 faults were found in the £431m Scottish Parliament building during final inspections to identify snags, it has emerged.
It has also been revealed that the chamber beam which came loose may not be covered by defects liability.
A final check in February, before responsibility for repairs passed to the parliament, identified 890 snags.
Independent MSP [...]

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A solitary fishing boat is continuing the search for a crew-mate who fell overboard from a trawler in the North Sea on Saturday.
Other boats which had been helping in the operation off Shetland have been stood down.
The Buckie registered vessel Heather Sprig was 74 miles south east of Shetland when the man fell into [...]

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The first US-style business districts are to be established in six areas of Scotland, it has been announced.
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Falkirk, Bathgate and Clackmannanshire will get business improvement districts (Bids).
Private firms will pay a slightly higher business rate and vote on which projects extra funds are used for.
Each pilot area will get up to [...]

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[That mob should count themselves lucky as Saddam would have got the planes to bomb them-ed]

Tornado bombers came to the aid of Scottish troops surrounded by an angry mob in Iraq.
One of the aircraft screamed just 250ft overhead to scare off the crowd beseiging three Warrior armoured vehicles in Al Amarah.
The two RAF Lossiemouth-based [...]

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TEACHERS are being given tips on how to deal with foreign pupils after an influx of youngsters coming to Scotland as part of the fresh-talent initiative.
A guide has been published on behalf of the Scottish Executive, which advises on preparing lessons for pupils whose first language is not English.

The 33-page document tells teachers to ensure [...]

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Scotland claimed two stunning golds on the first day of the 2006 Games. Caitlin McClatchey triumphed in the 200m freestyle, while David Carry won the 400m freestyle.
England made it a clean sweep in the 4,000m individual pursuit as Paul Manning finished ahead of Rob Hayles and Stephen Cummings.
England’s Victoria Pendleton won silver in the 500m [...]

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[It is suppose to be a jail not a holiday camp!  Best thing for the inmates to do when released is to stay on the straight and narrow and avoid going back to conditions they dislike-ed] 
Inmates at Perth Prison are still living in “very poor conditions”, an inspectors’ report has revealed.
It is also failing to [...]

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Thousands of mourners have turned out to say their final farewells to football legend Jimmy Johnstone.
The former Celtic and Scotland winger, nicknamed Jinky, died on Monday after a long battle with motor neurone disease.
His former Lisbon Lion team-mates, the Old Firm managers and Celtic’s current first team joined mourners at the St John the [...]

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FIREFIGHTERS are being equipped with language phrase cards so they can help foreign residents stuck in a blaze.
Grampian fire chiefs have developed a set of language cards with words and pictures in 13 different languages now carried on every rescue tender.
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[I am sure they will not need any help filing out their claims for multiple benefits-ed]
EDINBURGH is set to become a safe haven for writers fleeing persecution in their own countries.
City leaders are considering plans to make the Capital Scotland’s first “City of Refuge” to offer sanctuary for one author or journalist at a time [...]

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