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   Web Issue 3239 August 30 2008   
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ScottishPower gas bills up 34%
Consumer groups and politicians demanded swift action yesterday to help thousands of households threatened with fuel poverty after two energy companies became the latest to announce massive increases in fuel bills. continued...
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Zoom collapse affects thousands
Thousands of travellers were facing up to losing airfares amounting to millions after the collapse of Scottish-owned airline Zoom.
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McCain’s running mate follows Obama’s peech
The race for the White House has begun in earnest - from starting blocks 1000 miles apart. In Denver Barack Obama delivered a rousing acceptance speech that touched the hearts and minds of Democrats.
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Wettest-ever summer set to end with yet more rain
Scotland has had one of the wettest summers on record - and the last day of the season tomorrow is expected to bring yet more rain.
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Stranded air passengers forced to pay thousands
Reaction: They were always seen as the canniest fliers, those who booked months in advance for the best deals. The Zoom collapse has cast doubt on that logic.
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Arches told to close after police uncover ‘indecent acts’
One of Scotland's leading arts venues has been ordered to close for six weeks after police discovered dozens of men engaged in indecent acts within a concealed area.
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Art imitates life as picture inspires Gorbals sculpture
You just can't take the boys out of Gorbals. Yesterday, a little piece of the Glasgow neighbourhood's well-documented social history was reborn and set in bronze and chrome.
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‘So emotional I cried my fake eyelashes off’
Diary: In the end it didn’t matter that Oprah Winfrey was a no-show on the podium. The party crowd was in the Denver Broncos stadium for one reason – to acclaim Barack Obama.
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MacAskill hails record recruitment for police
Ministers hit back at critics over police numbers yesterday by publishing quarterly figures showing record recruitment.
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Souter shares credit for surge in Stagecoach value
Brian Souter, the millionaire founder of Stagecoach, said he could not take full credit for the meteoric rise in his company's share price, but he admitted that since taking back the chief executive's reins he had spent "a lot of time fixing things".
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Bradford & Bingley posts loss of £26.7m
Bradford & Bingley bank yesterday posted a first-half loss of £26.7m, hammered by £155m in writedowns, mortgage fraud and investment losses, and said bad debts had risen by more than half since the end of 2007.
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Tullis Russell looking to buy
As firms across Scotland batten down the hatches, one of the last survivors of the battered paper-making industry is preparing to defy the gloom-mongers by hitting the acquisition trail.
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Celtic hope to damn Miller with loud praise
Kenny Miller was killed with compliments at Lennoxtown yesterday. It was perhaps a pre-emptive strike considering his knack of saving his goals for the most fitting occasions.
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Darcheville set to lead late exodus from Ibrox
AEK Athens are poised to sign Jean-Claude Darcheville in the first of what Rangers hope will be a series of departures before Monday night's transfer deadline.
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Big game is bigger than ever for Smith
It has been a long road from Kaunas. The trudge from defeat on a foreign field has been painful but it has been accomplished without further losses.
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Williamson happy to be lost in translation
Bobby Williamson is the new king of Kampala. It has been a curious, even incomprehensible, coronation.
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Rowing pair make it handbags across Atlantic
The war of the Ryder Cup wild cards was stepped up yesterday when Colin Montgomerie responded strongly to Ian Poulter's suggestion that he should get on with his golf and stop making comments about his "hotline" to captain Nick Faldo, who will name his two selections tomorrow.
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Trip to France holds no fear for McGhee and company
As Nancy may not be big box office, but they are beatable. Motherwell avoided luminaries such as Valencia, Club Brugge, Sparta Prague and Manchester City to draw the French Ligue 1 side in the first round of the UEFA Cup yesterday.
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Ohuruogu feeling pressure to produce 2012’s iconic moment
The nature of fame is fleeting. Christine Ohuruogu has reflected on that since winning Olympic 400 metres gold in Beijing.
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Miller to watch tie from safe distance
As Walter Smith prepares his Rangers side for another encounter with their great rivals tomorrow, a member of his nine-in-a-row squad will be taking more than a keen interest from the safe distance of 10,000 miles.
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