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1 week ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Ruth Suter |Nick Forbes
The calls have been made in wake of 16-year-old Kayden Moy's tragic death last weekend. The Scottish Tories have called for police stop-and-search powers to be extended amid a “growing epidemic” of youth violence. The Conservatives made the call as they said there have been 13 alleged knife attacks on teenagers in recent months, two of which were fata.
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1 week ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Nick Forbes |Billy Gaddi
RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2 1994 - killing all 25 passengers and four crew members. The families of those killed in a Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre have demanded the release of documents that have been sealed for 100 years, saying they “deserve answers”.
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1 week ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Nick Forbes |Samantha Croal
A 34-year-old biker was pronounced dead at the scene in the early hours of this morning. A motorcyclist has died following a crash in an Ayrshire village in the early hours of Saturday morning. The one-vehicle crash happened on Main Street in Auchinleck at about 12.25am, and involved a blue and white Sherco 290 motorbike. Emergency services attended and the vehicle’s rider, a 34-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Nick Forbes |Billy Gaddi
Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean are aiming to be the fastest people to row across the Pacific. Three Scots brothers aiming to become the fastest people to row across the Pacific Ocean have said morale remains high despite “achingly hard” conditions. Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, are 40 days and some 2,700 nautical miles into their bid to row the 9,000 miles from Lima, Peru, to Sydney, Australia, without an engine, sail or support crew.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Nick Forbes |Billy Gaddi
"It narrowly missed the single deck crew member positioned at the rear of the helicopter, who was trying to attach the final strap to the helicopter."A helicopter blade “narrowly missed” a Scots oil rig worker after it broke while they were trying to secure it to a helipad during high winds, an investigation has found.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Nick Forbes |Sally Hind
Craig Murray, from Glasgow, said he feels 'robbed' following the deaths of his son Chris and wife Linda - just seven years apart. A Scots dad has described the double heartbreak of losing his son and his wife to the same heart condition in the space of seven years. Craig Murray, 59, said he feels “robbed” following the deaths of his son Chris and wife Linda, both of whom had been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart condition which is often inherited.
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3 weeks ago | 
aberdeenlive.news | Nick Forbes |John Besley
Three Belgian soldiers have been injured in a “shooting incident” during a training exercise in north-east Scotland, Belgium’s defence ministry has said. The ministry confirmed that two of the soldiers are in a stable condition, with one expected to undergo surgery in Scotland before returning to Belgium. The third was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has been discharged. About “a dozen” soldiers also suffered hearing damage as a result of the incident.
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3 weeks ago | 
breakingnews.ie | Nick Forbes |John Besley
Three Belgian soldiers have been injured in a “shooting incident” during a training exercise in Scotland, Belgium’s defence ministry has said. The ministry confirmed that two of the soldiers are in a stable condition, with one expected to undergo surgery in Scotland before returning to Belgium. The third was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has been discharged. About “a dozen” soldiers also suffered hearing damage as a result of the incident.
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3 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nick Forbes |John Besley
Three Belgian soldiers hurt in ‘shooting incident’ during exercise in ScotlandThree Belgian soldiers have been injured in a “shooting incident” during a training exercise in Scotland, Belgium’s defence ministry has said. The ministry confirmed that two of the soldiers are in a stable condition, with one expected to undergo surgery in Scotland before returning to Belgium. The third was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has been discharged.
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4 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nick Forbes |Neil Pooran
Nation falls silent on anniversary of VE Day to honour those who ‘gave so much’Scotland fell silent to remember its wartime heroes, with a series of events taking place around the country to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. At the Scottish Parliament and at public spaces including train stations, a national two-minute silence was observed at midday. Holyrood Presiding Officer Alison Johnson said: “We honour the generation that gave so much to secure our peace and freedoms.
