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TWO CLOSE TO MISS:
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Debut Scotland striker Chris Iwelumo smashed a nation's dreams after missing a goal from two yards during Saturday's Scotland v Norway World Cup qualifier.

BBC veteran Sir Charles Wheeler dies at 85
12:03pm Friday 4th July 2008
Sir Charles Wheeler, one of the BBC's longest-serving and most popular foreign correspondents, has died of lung cancer. He was 85.

MPs snub reform of their ‘John Lewis list’ expenses
12:19am Friday 4th July 2008
MPs have rejected proposals that would lead to a radical reform of their expenses system thought necessary to restore trust in democracy and clean up Westminster's "snouts in the trough" image following a series of financial scandals.

Jobs to go at Strathclyde University in drive to save £6m
Jobs to go at Strathclyde University in drive to save £6m
12:09am Fri 4 Jul 08
Exclusive: One of Scotland’s leading universities is to press ahead with job cuts as part of moves to save £6m over the next two years, prompting anger from lecturers’ unions.

Call for crackdown after NHS worker loses patients’ files
12:04am Friday 4th July 2008
Deep concerns about how the NHS is handling personal information were raised last night after it emerged files relating to up to 137 Scottish patients had gone missing.

ICL gas concerns 15 years before blast
12:28am Friday 4th July 2008
Safety concerns about the gas storage tank and piping at the ICL Plastics factory in Maryhill, Glasgow, were raised by experts 15 years before the explosion which destroyed the plant and killed nine people.

Carriers contract secures 10,000 yard jobs
12:56am Friday 4th July 2008
A contract to build the Royal Navy’s two biggest-ever aircraft carriers was finally signed yesterday, securing the future of nearly 5000 jobs in Scotland and around 10,000 across the UK for up to a decade.

Anger grows over link-up plan for island health boards
12:25am Friday 4th July 2008
Island politicians last night vowed to oppose any attempt to merge their local health boards with larger mainland authorities.

End of an era as Coulthard retires from Formula One
12:18am Friday 4th July 2008
His career was carved out as a lad when his father bought him his first racing kart and he went on to win the Scottish Junior Kart Championship. Some 25 years after that first victory, David Coulthard announced he will retire from Formula One.

French students tortured and murdered in ‘frenzied attack’
12:52am Friday 4th July 2008
Two French students who were tied up and tortured in a horrific attack suffered up to 250 injuries, it was revealed yesterday.

28 jobs to go at science centre after cut in funding
12:41am Friday 4th July 2008
Glasgow Science Centre will axe more than one-fifth of its staff after it lost government funding to rivals in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee.

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