AN ASIAN man was arrested yesterday after an incident at a ferry port caused delays for hundreds of travellers.
The 34-year-old was one of 12 people on a minibus waiting to sail from Ardrossan to Arran.
He was held after staff at ferry operators Caledonian MacBrayne complained to police about an alleged remark made to them.
The ferry’s [...]

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12-YEAR-OLD Scots girl has been kidnapped and taken to Pakistan - for a forced marriage to a man aged 25.
Molly Campbell was snatched from her school on the isle of Lewis on Friday and flown 4500 miles to her dad Sajad Rana’s homeland.
Last night the youngster’s distraught granny said she believes he will now make [...]

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Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has been cautioned for a breach of the peace by police for blessing himself in an Old Firm match at Ibrox in February.
The Crown Office said the procurator fiscal had issued the caution as an alternative to prosecution.
A spokesman explained that Boruc’s actions “included a combination of behaviour before a [...]

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JOKES about Jews and the Holocaust have become increasingly common at the Edinburgh Fringe as comedians tackle one of the last taboos.
Some think that controversy over Israeli attacks on Lebanon have made Jewish history and beliefs worthy topics for stand-up routines. But one comedian has apologised after his outburst offended Jewish comedians and audience members. [...]

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[Let us test the person in photo below to see if he are Scottish?-ed]
HELP is at hand for the millions of people around the world who claim to be Scottish.
A new test will be able to prove if that’s just wishful thinking or if someone really has a Caledonian connection.
A leading scientist has developed a [...]

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Two friends carried out an alcohol-fuelled attack on a Polish man because he tried to chat up two young women outside a pub in Brechin.
Marevsz Bienkowilz, 22, spoke to the two 17-year-old girls when he left a bar in the town centre about 1am.
Euan Clark, a cousin of one of the girls, came out [...]

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About 70 protesters have staged a demonstration at a cricket match involving the Israeli national team.
The Stop the War Coalition said the match in Glasgow should not have taken place during the Middle East conflict.
The team were playing Norway in a European series match in Anniesland. Security was tight, with dozens of police outnumbering [...]

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Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has won his defamation case against the News of the World.
The former Scottish Socialist Party leader won £200,000, the maximum possible amount, over allegations he cheated on his wife and took part in orgies.

“They are liars and we have proved that they are liars,” a triumphant Sheridan told reporters outside [...]

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A man who raped and strangled a woman has been told he faces being deported from Scotland.
Mugo Dalmar, a refugee who came to Britain in the 1990s, was convicted of raping and attempting to murder the 24-year-old in Edinburgh in February.
Dalmar, 34, a Somali granted indefinite leave to remain in 2003, was given [...]

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