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| Cost of new Navy carriers soars to £4.2bn |
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Exclusive: The cost of Britain’s two new aircraft carriers has risen by £300m to £4.2bn before the first steel for the ship’s hulls has even been cut, The Herald can reveal.
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| Paraglider killed after plunging into hillside gully |
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A paraglider died last night after suffering serious injuries when he crashed into a gully on a hillside near Loch Lomond.
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| Blueprint is launched for a revolution in crofting |
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A new report on crofting has put forward "radical ideas" for its future, including the abolition of the body which oversees the industry.
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| ‘Buildings were evacuated, people were panicking ... it was mayhem’ |
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Photographs posted on the internet, showing arms and a torso sticking out of the rubble of a school where an estimated 900 pupils were buried, gave some idea of the scale of the earthquake that has hit south-west China.
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| ‘They haven’t a clue what’s going to hit them when 100,000 arrive’ |
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The first fan appeared in the late afternoon. He stood at the edge of Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens and blinked into the sun, his Union Jack waistcoat flapping in the slipstream of a passing tram.
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| Embryos use bill clears its first hurdle |
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Controversial legislation to regulate the use of embryos in scientific research looked likely to pass its first hurdle in the House of Commons last night, amid protests that Labour MPs would be forced into a whipped vote to ensure its progress.
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| Nimrod crew’s families hear tape of plane’s final minutes |
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A cockpit recording from an RAF Nimrod spy plane moments before it exploded in mid-air has been played to the families of the 14 men killed in the tragedy.
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| Police officer at murder scene ‘was father of the accused’ |
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The father of a man accused of shooting a waiter in an Indian restaurant 14 years ago was a police constable at the scene, a court heard.
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| New armed forces awards for medical heroes launched |
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New awards which recognise the "medical heroes" who support Britain's armed forces will be launched today.
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| Fewer Scots mothers are choosing to breastfeed |
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Fewer mothers are breastfeeding in Scotland despite years of initiatives to encourage the practice, with latest figures showing the lowest take-up for six years.
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| Scottish Gas warns of major increase in energy bills |
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Scottish Gas owner Centrica yesterday warned customers to prepare for a second major rise in energy bills, with analysts predicting increases of more than 15%.
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| Tributes paid to award-winning writer Jeff Torrington |
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One of Scotland's unique literary voices, the writer Jeff Torrington, has died aged 72. The author of the award winning novel, Swing Hammer Swing!, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year prize in 1992, had long suffered from Parkinson's Disease.
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| Blocking of cancer drug called ‘death by finance’ |
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A drug that extends the life of patients suffering from an unusual form of cancer was rejected for use by the NHS in Scotland yesterday, because it costs too much.
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