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What is today’s Wordle? June 11 hints
Wordle has taken the world by storm, and if you’ve not given in to playing the daily game, we can guarantee you’ve seen the elusive squares all over social media. The aim of the game is to find a 5 letter word in only six attempts. The game
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What is today's Quordle? June 11 word puzzle hints and answer
Give your brain a tease with the latest social media craze - Quordle, Wordle's tougher and more challenging cousin. If you've aced the music spin-off Heardle and you've got the film version Framed beat, it might be time to raise the stakes.
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What is today's Heardle? June 11 song hints and answer
If you're looking for a Wordle-like daily game to test your knowledge - look no further than the music spin-off Heardle. If you're anything like us, you've been agonising over the New York Times' mind-bender for months now. Described as "a
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What is today's Framed? June 11 movie hints and answer
If you're not a fan of the hit games Wordle or Heardle then maybe try the movie spin-off Framed. Described as a game for 'cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike' it is inspired by the worldwide popular guessing games. The game sees a
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Mark Fotheringham on experience of Hertha Berlin's relegation scrap with Hamburg
THE bowels of the Volksparkstadion's away dressing room are rumbling. Overhead an expectant throng of Hamburg supporters flick effortlessly through the greatest hits. High in one of the home stands, supporters packed in like marbles in a box give Home
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Alisha Rees reflects on being fastest ever Scottish woman ahead of racing in Geneva
THERE is, admits Alisha Rees, something surreal about being the fastest Scottish woman who’s ever lived. No Scot, living or dead, has ever run faster than Rees. It is quite a claim to fame. But it is one that Rees feels has been a long
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Kyle Rowe on feeling the need to prove a point after release from Edinburgh
WHEN you are released by a club after making just a single appearance for them in a meaningless end-of-season match, a certain amount of self-doubt is all but inevitable. Kyle Rowe certainly felt that emotion on being freed by Edinburgh last summer
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Campaigners lose High Court bid to halt UK Government sending migrants to Rwanda
CAMPAIGNERS have lost a High Court bid to block the UK Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda, paving the way for the first flight to go ahead on Tuesday. Migrants due to be given a one-way ticket to the east African nation as part of Home
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Scotland braced for 55mph gales as remnants of tropical storm hits UK
Scotland is braced to bear the brunt of the remnants of a tropical storm bringing gales reaching 55mph to the country. The unsettled weather will hit the northwest of the UK on Friday, with winds peaking on Saturday. It comes as a result
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'It has to be taken seriously': WHO warning as mystery child hepatitis cases rise again in Scotland
THE number of children in Scotland struck down by an unexplained liver disease outbreak has climbed to 32, amid warnings from the World Health Organisation that the mystery "has to be taken seriously". Doctors at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children
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Full list: ScotRail announces additional late services in revised timetable
ScotRail is set to add a number of late services to their revised timetable from Monday amid hopes a pay dispute with drivers may be nearing an end. The rail operator has been forced to cut around 700 services after train drivers refused to work
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Sheku Bayoh inquiry: Commmunity 'trusted police' in wake of death
A former police inspector has said she believes there was no adverse reaction in the days following Sheku Bayoh’s death because the community “trusted the police”. Jane Combe, 52, who retired from the force three years ago, told an inquiry into
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Work starts on first of 3,500 net zero city homes
AN important milestone has been reached as work starts on a ground-breaking net zero housing complex. Led by City of Edinburgh Council in partnership with Cambuslang-headquartered CCG (Scotland), the 75 home “Granton D1” affordable housing pilot
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SNP education secretary defends reforms amid fears they will be smothered by civil servants
The Education Secretary has said she will personally ensure her reform plans lead to meaningful improvement amid fears they could be smothered by civil servants and bureaucrats. Shirley-Anne Somerville made the remarks after her speech to the Educational
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US to lift Covid-19 test requirement for international travel
The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travellers to the US take a Covid-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the
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University pays tribute after 'exemplary' student dies in his sleep
A Scottish university has paid tribute to an "exemplary" student after he died suddenly in his sleep while holidaying in the French Alps. Oliver Vaux, 20, died on May 26 after returning from a boat trip on a river. The third-year Physics student
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Scottish icons: Saint Mungo – the Fifer with a Welsh name who became patron saint of Glasgow
THIS week, we flesh out the founder and patron saint of Glasgow, who was a Fifer with a Welsh name. His proper name was Kentigern, which is not Welsh for “Kent his faither”, though thereby hangs a tale. Many tales indeed. For, born around 518 A.D
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Obituary: Alec John Such – the 'wild' man of Bon Jovi
Alec John Such Born: November 14, 1951 Died: June 4, 2022 Alec John Such, who was a founding member of US rock band Bon Jovi, has died at the age of 70, writes Garry Scott. The bassist played with them during their glory years from 1983
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Water scarcity risk rises in east of Scotland as alert issued for more area
The risk of water scarcity has been raised to 'alert' level for parts of eastern Scotland. Falkirk, East Lothian and northeast Aberdeenshire have all had the risk levels raised from an early warning stage to alert. The Firth of Tay area,
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Neil Mackay: ScotRail pay offer is first victory against our corrupt system
ARE we supposed to look at the disastrous economic system that our governments have created over the last decades and support it? Fight for it? Defend it? Or should we rather look at what our politicians have done and want to tear it down brick by
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Covid infections across UK rising for first time since March
Covid-19 infections in the UK are no longer falling, with some parts of the country showing early signs of a possible increase, figures show. The rise is likely to have been caused by a jump in infections compatible with the original Omicron variant
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Monkeypox infections continue rise in UK as Scotland confirms another case
Monkeypox cases in the UK have rise to 366, the latest figures from the UKHSA have revealed. A new case has been confirmed in Scotland, bringing the total north of the border up to 12. Meanwhile, 348 of the cases have been confirmed in England
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Entrepreneurs share £1.5m in latest Scottish EDGE Awards
Edinburgh biotech start-up Lentitek was one of last night's biggest winners as 40 businesses recieved more than £1.5 million of funding in the latest round of the Scottish EDGE Awards. Lentitek, which provides a next-generation cancer therapy treatment
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Mark Diffley: This new way of measuring Scots attitudes will be invaluable
HOW optimistic do the Scottish public feel about the future? How well do we think the economy will perform over the next 12 months? How much do we trust the organisations that provide the essential services we rely on? These are all important questions
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Agenda: Mental health emergency requires a national crusade
By Stephen McGhee THE fact that we are facing a crisis when it comes to our children and young people’s mental health is well-established. Under-resourced and overstretched mental health services were already creaking at the seams prior to
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Public services at risk as row erupts over Sturgeon 'refusal' to discuss Scots councils' funding
NICOLA Sturgeon has come under fire for refusing to engage in discussions with local authorities on improved funding as concerns rise that cuts will hit public services and have a "significant impact" on an ongoing pay dispute. The Convention of
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Donald Trump blamed for 'attempted coup' in Capitol riots
The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol have laid the blame firmly on former president Donald Trump. The committee said the assault was not spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated
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Scotland's exams and assessment system 'has gone backwards in last decade'
Scotland’s school qualifications system has gone backwards during the last decade, according to a union boss. Delivering his final address to the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) AGM, general secretary Larry Flanagan said there was too much
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Herald Diary: Meme of the Day
Animal lovers will probably study this video, sigh, and conclude that it’s awfully cute. The Diary, on the other hand, thinks the mutt is more than a mite murky of mind, and really should have paid more attention at school. Let’s just hope the
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Starmer meets Stormont leaders amid tensions over NI Protocol
SIR Keir Starmer has arrived in Belfast to meet political leaders amid deepening tensions over the UK Government’s threat to override the North Ireland protocol. The UK Labour leader visited Stormont to meet Alliance leader Naomi Long, SDLP chief
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Rishi Sunak ignored warnings on debts and 'wasted' £11bn of taxpayers cash
RISHI Sunak has been accused of wasting £11 billion of taxpayers’ cash by taking an unnecessary risk with the public finances. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the Chancellor lost the money by failing to insure
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One dead as Chinese fighter jet crashes into homes during training session
A Chinese air force fighter jet crashed into houses during a training mission in central China, killing one person on the ground and injuring two others, state media said. The reports were unusual because China generally keeps military accidents
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School police chief defends Texas shooting response
The Texas school police chief criticised for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history has said that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded, and assumed someone else had taken control
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Panel investigating assault on Capitol blame Donald Trump for 'attempted coup'
The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol have laid the blame firmly on former president Donald Trump. The committee said the assault was not spontaneous but an "attempted coup" and a direct result of the defeated
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Ian Baraclough vows to build confidence amid Northern Ireland fans’ frustration
Ian Baraclough has insisted Northern Ireland are on the right track despite hearing an angry reaction to Thursday’s 3-2 defeat in Kosovo as travelling fans called on him to go. Some 500 fans had made the trip to Pristina and, after the final whistle
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Letters: We must stick with minimum pricing of alcohol
MARK Smith is not alone, amongst political commentators, in seeing the Public Health Scotland report as an indication of the failure of the minimum alcohol pricing policy ("So now we see the truth on pricing of alcohol", The Herald, 9 June). However
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Donald MacLeod: Census lessons will only be learned if the Scottish Government goes back to school
FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week again assured Holyrood that “lessons would be learned”, this time over the hugely controversial and shambolic Scottish Census, which due to a lower than UK average take up rate, has again had its deadline for
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Lord Frost says Boris Johnson has just months to save his job
BORIS Johnson’s former Brexit minister has warned the Prime Minister has until the autumn to save his premiership. Lord Frost said that if Mr Johnson failed to set out a clear Conservative vision for the future he faced being ousted by his MPs
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Kiltwalk raises almost £1m for hard hit charities
Aberdeen’s Kiltwalk Heroes have raised £924,000 for almost 300 charities based mostly across the North-East after the event’s triumphant return to the city for the first time in three years. Tartan-clad walkers raised an impressive £616,000 and
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MSP urges Ryanair to scrap 'discriminatory' language test
Ryanair has been urged to scrap a "deeply offensive" and "discriminatory" test being used on South Africans flying to the UK. The budget airline has brought in a new policy which has required South Africans to prove their nationality by taking
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Plans for historic parkland brought forward
RESIDENTS and businesses are being asked their views on a new masterplan for a historic park and related infrastructure in the Scottish capital. A consultation has launched seeking the views on the plan for Leith Links and what improvements people
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Choose college for the future you want
What’s more important than a choice about your future? That’s the question driving Scotland’s colleges as they urge those who are considering their future career options, to choose college. Scotland’s college sector is the largest training and
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Petrol prices: Drivers told to walk as petrol reaches 183p per litre
Drivers have been urged to “cut out shorter journeys” by car as fuel prices continue to spiral. The AA said motorists should “walk or cycle to save money”. The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts reached a new record of 183.2p
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£1.6m market hall food and drink hub plans will transform historic building
AN A listed Glasgow building will be transformed into an inspirational creative industries hub and market hall food and drink destination. The Briggait Clydeside Market Halls has been awarded more than £1.6million to restore the 1200 square metres
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Endangered adult pine hoverfly spotted in the wild
An endangered insect that was last seen in the wild in Britain nearly a decade ago is making a comeback after conservation efforts. The adult pine hoverfly has been spotted in Scotland following staggered releases of larvae in October 2021 and
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Online Casinos Canada 2022: Top 10 sites for CA players
With over 1,000 casino sites that accept Canadian players, Canada is one of the biggest online gambling markets in the world. But how do you decide which site is the best for you? Keep reading to discover the top 10 options and choose the best Canadian
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BMW driver dies in crash with farm vehicles
A man has died after his BMW crashed into two agricultural vehicles on a rural road near Dunbar. Police said the 62-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which happened on the A199 on Thursday, 9 June at around 4.15pm
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Five contenders to win the 122nd US Open
Spain’s Jon Rahm will defend his title when the 122nd US Open takes place at The Country Club in Brookline from June 16-19. Here, the PA news agency looks at five contenders for the year’s third major championship. Jon Rahm
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Restoring Scotland's train services 'to take a week' if union accepts offer
Returning Scotland’s rail services to normal after weeks of disruption to the timetable will take “a week to ten days” if unions accept an improved pay offer, Scotrail have said. David Simpson, service delivery director at the nationalised rail
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Why Jurassic Park’s dinosaur consultant Steve Brusatte thinks Scotland is paleontology’s “new frontier”
In the early summer of 2018, Steve Brusatte received an email which changed his life – no small feat for a man who, as one of the world’s leading paleontologists, has had his fair share of Wow! moments in the field as complete dinosaur skeletons have
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Liz Truss to discuss Britons’ death sentences with Ukraine counterpart
The Foreign Secretary will raise the case of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting Russian forces when she speaks with her Ukrainian counterpart on Friday. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were convicted of taking action towards violent
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Age was no barrier to Curtis Cup glory for Belle of the dimpled ball game
ARE you scunnered by the coverage of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational event and all its associated palavers yet? Yes? Well, that’s good to know because for the next 700 or so words you can escape all that money-soaked kerfuffle and reflect on
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Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Putin and Ukraine's grain
Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Putin and Ukraine's grain June 10 2022 Framed prints of Steven Camley's cartoons are available by calling 0141 302 7000. Unframed cartoons can be purchased by visiting our website thepicturedesk.co.uk
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Michael Settle: Johnson 'victory' leaves Scots Tories high and dry
ON Planet Boris, political reality takes on a curiously different form. Having three-quarters of your backbenchers say they no longer have confidence in your leadership is regarded as an “extremely good, positive, conclusive, decisive result”.
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Kara Kennedy: Queen royally snubbed by Glasgow – what a wasted opportunity
AS most of the UK came together last weekend to celebrate the Queen’s historic 70-year reign, there was one noticeable exception. While the streets of England and Wales were lined with flags and draped in bunting, Glasgow City Council stood on the
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The Diary: Small-time sorceress
Small-time sorceress CRIME writer Helen Fields next novel, The Last Girl to Die, published in September, is set on the Isle of Mull. Researching the book, she discovered a number of legends connected to the isle, including one about a local
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Andy Maciver: The best thing the Tories can now do is to lose
ALL over the democratic world, the time comes for political parties to win, and the time comes for political parties to lose. It is no accident that, throughout recent British history, Westminster governments struggle when they reach double figures
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Issue of the day: Global food stress begins to bite with lettuce shortage
CONCERNS are growing over 'food stress' around the word, with a shortage of lettuce in Australia a key example, forcing some restaurants to take drastic measures, while tomato ketchup is also under threat. How drastic are the measures?
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Ministers face public sector backlash as state-run ScotRail agrees five per cent pay rises
MINISTERS are facing a ferocious backlash from public sector workers after agreeing a "breakthrough" 5% pay deal to train drivers which could end a row which has led to major cuts to nationalised ScotRail services. Unions representing public sector
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Senior Sturgeon adviser 'in the loop' before ferry fiasco contract awarded
A senior special adviser to the First Minister was 'consulted' over a decision to award Scotland's disastrous £250m ferry contract to Jim McColl-led Ferguson Marine, it has emerged. Alexander Anderson, who was a senior adviser to Nicola Sturgeon
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Salvador Dali masterpiece to leave city after 70th anniversary
IT SPARKED controversy when it was purchased for £8200 in 1952 and has even survived two attacks by vandals. Letters written to The Herald at the time voiced their approval or disapproval of the purchase of the Salvador Dali masterpiece. Christ
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Distillery pact to cut down on carbon emissions
One of Scotland’s newest distilleries has signed a research partnership to achieve its aim of becoming a carbon-negative facility as it prepares to open in 2024. Located on the Ardgowan Estate near Greenock, the distillery has teamed up with engineering
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Kingdom goes for a cut above with £2m funding round to boost production
A graduate from the University of Glasgow has secured £2 million in funding to ramp up sales of his company’s robotic lawn mowers in the UK and abroad. Established in 2018 by Joan Kangro, an Estonian now living in Glasgow, Kingdom Technologies
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Where to buy Cardano in the UK
In this guide, we will tell you everything related to Cardano cryptocurrency. We tell you where to buy Cardano in the UK 2022 and how to buy ADA tokens. We also go over the reasons to buy Cardano as well as the risks to investing in this popular cryptocurrency
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Catriona Stewart: Wise politicians don't build housing policy on the heart's desires
THE heart wants what it wants, right? An idiom used as mitigation for a million bad decisions and now, fittingly, used to justify new Conservative plans to extend right-to-buy in England. Michael Gove, when trailing the scheme ahead of Boris
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Scottish gold mine shares surge as it announces record production
SHARES in Scotgold Resources rose by nine per cent as Scotland’s only gold mine operator posted record production levels at its Cononish site. The mine near Tyndrum hailed production of 1,984 ounces of gold and 10,810 ounces of silver for April
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£6m city centre data site to underpin future technology
DATAVITA has announced plans to open a new data centre in Glasgow's largest single office building at 177 Bothwell Street. The data site represents £6 million of investment and will be Datavita’s second facility, after the acquisition of the Fortis
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Letters: We are at grave risk of returning to the bad old days in healthcare
YOUR recent front page headlines ("Thousands left waiting in A & E for over 12 hours amid beds shortage", The Herald, June 8) and "Cancer patients facing longer waits for life-saving diagnoses", The Herald, June 9) have made for disturbing reading.
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Ian McConnell: Sad, swift loss of head office of Scottish group built stone by stone over decades
REFLECTING on two interviews, 27 years apart, brought home the huge amounts of time, energy and entrepreneurial spirit which can go into building up a major stock market-listed company based in Scotland and how quickly such an important head office
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Takeover approach for Scottish transport giant reaches end of the line
By Scott Wright FIRSTGROUP has thrown out a takeover approach that valued the bus and rail giant at up to £1.23 billion, declaring that its board had “unanimously rejected” the proposal. The Aberdeen-based company, which owns First Bus and
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Steep rise in compulsory mental health orders 'linked to beds cut'
CUTS in the number of beds available for people with psychiatric problems, addiction and learning disabilities may have contributed to a steep rise in the long-term use of compulsory treatment orders (CTO), according to a new report. The Mental
