Anthrax found in two heroin users
18/12/2009 08:43:40
Scottish health agencies are placed on alert after a drug user who died in a Glasgow hospital tested positive for anthrax.
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CJD victim 'had different gene'
18/12/2009 00:37:34
Scientists say a 30-year-old Scottish man thought to have died from vCJD had a different genotype from previous cases.
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Asylum pair freed from custody
18/12/2009 10:17:42
A woman and her 10-year-old daughter are released from custody as they continue their fight against deportation.
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Failed airline 'badly let down'
18/12/2009 09:56:55
Finance Secretary John Swinney said collapsed airline Flyglobespan was "badly let down" by a company handling its bookings.
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Pensioner, 81, dies in car crash
17/12/2009 21:37:07
An 81-year-old man has died following a road crash in Kilsyth, after his car hit several parked vehicles, police say.
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Trial hears of head in bag find
17/12/2009 14:35:28
The remains of Nepalese student Khusbu Shah were discovered in a bag on a railway embankment, a murder trial is told.
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Tobin jewellery images released
17/12/2009 13:34:01
Police trying to establish whether Peter Tobin is responsible for more killings release images of jewellery found at his homes.
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Man, 35, dies after car hits tree
17/12/2009 16:56:32
A man dies after his car hits a tree on Kirkfield Road, near Newhouse Farm, in South Lanarkshire.
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Tower block fire death man named
17/12/2009 14:34:12
Police say a man who died in a fire at a multi-storey block of flats in Glasgow was 61-year-old Thomas Smith.
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Soldier dies after club assault
17/12/2009 13:20:44
A 19-year-old soldier has died after suffering severe head injuries during an altercation at a Darlington nightclub.
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Elderly man dies after house fire
17/12/2009 11:23:42
A 72-year-old man dies in hospital following a fire at a house in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire.
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Man jailed over revenge attack
17/12/2009 12:13:23
A man who left a teenager brain damaged in a revenge attack in Glasgow is jailed for four years and eight months.
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