Scotland is the second-fattest nation in the developed world, with only the United States having higher obesity levels, a report revealed yesterday.
Figures show for the first time the full extent of the link between obesity and serious illness in Scotland, with obese people 18 per cent more likely to receive hospital treatment than those of [...]

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A badly injured whale which became trapped in a sea loch off Lewis has died, rescuers have confirmed.
The northern bottle-nosed whale became beached in Loch Roag, on the west of the Hebridean island, on Monday morning before managing to free itself.
It later vanished and experts hoped it had managed to find its way back to [...]

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Parents and community groups will be asked to work with police forces in tackling violence during the latest phase of the Safer Scotland campaign.
The plan, which is being co-ordinated by the Violence Reduction Unit, aims to address knife carrying, binge drinking and gang violence.
Police said they hope to build “local alliances” to tackle violence and [...]

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One of south-west Scotland’s most popular beaches has been closed because of a bomb alert.
A bomb disposal squad has been sent to Sandyhills on the Colvend Coast, five miles south of Dalbeattie, after an unexploded munitions shell was found.
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AN Iraqi asylum-seeker was jailed for five years today after raping a schoolgirl in a park.
Former police officer Shaban Ahmed handed his victim £10 after subjecting her to the sex attack.
Ahmed, whose partner gave birth to a baby girl two days ago, was told on the eve of his conviction that he could stay in [...]

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A teenage boy has been found guilty of having unlawful sex with a 12-year-old girl in a Glasgow secondary school.
The schoolgirl, who is now 14, had claimed she was raped by the pupil.
A jury at the High Court in Glasgow found a 15-year-old boy not guilty of rape and guilty of having unlawful sex with [...]

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a report from Brussels
Altermedia report from Brussels. The 2nd half of the report is inside jail. You ca see several top EU MPs entering their cells
Report of the Flemish TV
On September 11th 2007, several European organizations and political parties organized a march to honor those who died in the attacks allegedly committed by Muslim extremists [...]

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MORE THAN four in 10 of Scots couples experience fertility problems - more than any other part of the UK - a new study has revealed.
And the report shows Scots are paying out an estimated £200million trying to have a child.
The National Fertility Survey, commissioned by RED magazine, claims Scotland’s notoriously poor diet and high [...]

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A BLIND paedophile was today jailed for 10 years.
Joseph McCann, 60, raped one girl when she was just 12. There was another child asleep in the room when he attacked her.
He also plied young girls and a boy with alcopops and drugs.
Sentencing him at the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Phillip branded McCann a danger [...]

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A student who was caught with cocaine worth about £1m in his bag at Aberdeen Airport has been jailed for six years.
Solomon Ukpabi, 24, was stopped by customs officers on 1 April this year, when 8lbs of the drug was found.
The first offender, from London, was to have been paid £3,000 for making the trip.
Ukpabi, [...]

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A DISC containing a horrific video of a soldier being executed by Islamic extremists was found hidden in the house of a terror suspect, a court heard.
The CD, taken from Mohammed Siddique’s family home, also showed a dead US Navy officer being robbed.
The dramatic clips were shown during Siddique’s trial at the High Court in [...]

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ELECTRONICS giant JVC is to axe dozens of staff at its TV production plant near Glasgow.
The Japanese firm plans to sack 99 circuit board workers and warehouse staff next month and import cheap boards from Thailand.
The jobs blow will hit almost one-in-five workers at the College Milton site in East Kilbride where there are now [...]

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A LUCKY 10-year-old boy is back at school with his pals after a 25ft fall from a fairground ride nearly killed him on his summer holidays.
Little Taylor Shaw fell from the “Flipper” ride at an amusement park in France during a family camping trip.
Disaster struck on the waltzer-style ride, which reaches speeds of 35mph in [...]

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A SCOTS escort girl who allegedly romped with football ace Cristiano Ronaldo and his Manchester United pals has been sacked for selling her story.
Tyese Cunningham was fired by escort agency McKenzies for telling a Sunday newspaper about her four-hour romp with Ronaldo and new team-mates Nani and Anderson.
The 18-year-old, believed to be from Troon in [...]

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SICK thugs are snatching pet cats from the streets to use as live bait in horrific dog fights.
And they are even filming the nightmare scenes on their mobile phones.
Animal cruelty experts last night confirmed cases in Aberdeen and Fife.
Alistair, an undercover officer with the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said: “Dog [...]

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