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EU battles to save banks as fears grow over HBOS
Banks and the financial markets are braced for their toughest day yet today as details of the historic £50bn financial bailout were due to be revealed this morning. continued...
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HEADLINE NEWS
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Zimbabwe power-sharing deal in crisis
Zimbabwe's opposition leader yesterday threatened to pull out of a power sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.
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Voluntary groups in calls for fairer funding
A broad coalition of voluntary organisations and unions launch a petition today calling for "fair" funding for third- sector groups which undertake public service contracts.
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They’ll be Russian to come on holiday
Leading members of the Scottish tourism industry will showcase their country's charms on a visit to Russia this week in a bid to attract high-spending visitors.
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Golf champion Ballesteros is diagnosed with brain tumour
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The 51-year-old five-time major winner confirmed yesterday that extensive tests performed at Madrid's La Paz hospital had discovered the tumour.
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Murder hunt police reveal link to Porsche at scene
Detectives investigating a double shooting yesterday released details of the vehicle they believe was involved. George Redmond, 42, was killed after being gunned down outside a bar in Glasgow city centre last week.
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Do Ya Think One’s Sixty, Charles?
Singer Rod Stewart will belt out his hits at the Prince of Wales's 60th birthday party next month, Clarence House said.
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Leaders both seeking role of underdog in by-election
It's a strange by-election where the only conceivable winners claim to be underdogs, while absolute no-hopers insist all bets are off and they are in with a real chance.
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SNP to face challenge from within party on off-sales to under-21s
The Scottish Govern­ment’s controversial proposals to ban under-21s from buying alcohol in shops will face a challenge from within the SNP this week.
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MAIN BUSINESS
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Jobs vanishing fast but rate of decline in activity slows
Business activity is continuing to fall in Scotland, but the rate of decline is slowing as London remains the only part of the UK that is seeing private sector expansion.
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Winner takes it all in its stride
Analysis: Grupo Santander, Spain’s largest bank and a big player on Britain’s high streets, is confident it can survive the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and says it is “well-positioned” to grow further despite turmoil in global financial markets.
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Investors braced for announcement from banks on size of capital call
Banks were last night being pressed by the City regulator to raise as much capital as possible before an expected pre-market announcement this morning that could spell the end of Sir Fred Goodwin’s tenure at Royal Bank of Scotland.
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PARTNERSHIP: Gordon Brown is greeted by Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris yesterday
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MAIN SPORT
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Gone in 60 seconds
Kris Boyd's international retirement was confirmed yesterday in a conversation with George Burley that lasted less than a minute.
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Myriad felonies shatter hopes for 2010
George Burley had a dream. The reality was infinitely less enchanting. Scotland, barring an extraordinary sequence of events, will not be dispatching the Tartan Army to the Transvaal in 2010.
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Burley: ‘I think I got it right when I changed it’
George Burley defended himself amid fresh scrutiny of his international coaching credentials in the aftermath of Scotland’s 0-0 draw against Norway at Hampden Park on Saturday.
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Dream debut turns into a nightmare with that horrific miss
A Norwegian television reporter cleared his throat and in apologetic tone spoke to Chris Iwelumo: “I’m sorry, but I need to ask you about it”. “IT.” Like the Stephen King novel only more horrific.
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Boyd turns his back on Burley era after double snub
Kris Boyd famously once showed six fingers to Paul Le Guen. Yesterday he stuck two up at George Burley. The Rangers striker's decision to step back temporarily from international football was surprising only in the fact that he made his grievances public.
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Great day . . . pity about the football
Ten years after mingling with Norwegian supporters at World Cup 98, it was a case of friends reunited for Scotland fan John Montgomery on Saturday . . .
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Relieved Norwegians remain optimistic
Jon Knudsen wore the look on Saturday evening of a man who had toppled out of a 50-storey building only to land on a pile of mattresses.
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BOO boys need to stop spite
If England's players cannot wait to board the flight for Belarus and leave Wembley behind then who could blame them?
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