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Blackpool will be ready insists Adam
But Scotland international Adam said: "Come August 14, that's when we'll be ready. The Lancashire side suffered a double blow yesterday as their already threadbare squad was further depleted by serious injuries to two players.
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Letters: Big Society
Scotland's reputation has been dragged through the mud on a world stage, this time by a combination of American politicians struggling to boost their home popularity ahead of elections, a British Prime Minister keen to… -
Letters: Scottish justice
Scotland's reputation has been dragged through the mud on a world stage, this time by a combination of American politicians struggling to boost their home popularity ahead of elections, a British Prime Minister keen to protect… -
Spain's young masters wary of 'dynamic, physical England'
Roxburgh, the former Scotland manager now Uefa's technical director, has watched every European age group final since he took up his current role 16 years ago and rates this Spanish side as the best yet – this from a man… - View scotland visually. Visit the NewsWall.
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Steve Richards: The Tories are running the show
Gordon Brown has moved from No 10 to being more or less a full-time constituency MP in Scotland. Nonetheless, Clegg could not have known precisely how events would unfold. Of all the politicians who have embarked on wildly… -
Economic Quangos: English regions will suffer
The English regions will be at a disadvantage to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which will keep their development agencies that attract foreign investment. The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy, SITPRO -
Bosses of bailed-out bank agency to take 5 per cent pay cut
UKFI was set up in 2008 to manage the holdings taken by the state in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland. Sir David Cooksey, the chairman of UK Financial Investments (UKFI), said it was focusing hard on cutting its… -
Market Report: Age of austerity sparks concern about Babcock
The banking sector was higher, with Barclays gaining 315.65p, up 13.65p, Lloyds adding 2.48p to 66p and the Royal Bank of Scotland climbing to 46.67p, up 1.34p, as analysts went over the results of the European stress tests,… -
Blackpool striker Clarke may miss season
The Scotland international said: "We had a lot of games in Devon and that's been the hardest part of the week. The 22-year-old has been ruled out until April at the earliest after rupturing a cruciate ligament during pre-season. -
Impressionists: Bringing gardens to the foreground
Scotland on Friday, in celebration of the fashionably wild spaces strewn with rambling foliage and overgrown grass they captured in paint. Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, nationalgalleries.org admission £10/£7
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Economic Quangos: English regions will suffer
The English regions will be at a disadvantage to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which will keep their development agencies that attract foreign investment. The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy, SITPRO -
Bosses of bailed-out bank agency to take 5 per cent pay cut
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Market Report: Age of austerity sparks concern about Babcock
Sport
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Blackpool will be ready insists Adam
But Scotland international Adam said: "Come August 14, that's when we'll be ready. The Lancashire side suffered a double blow yesterday as their already threadbare squad was further depleted by serious injuries to two players. -
Spain's young masters wary of 'dynamic, physical England'
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Blackpool striker Clarke may miss season
Arts and Entertainment
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Impressionists: Bringing gardens to the foreground
Scotland on Friday, in celebration of the fashionably wild spaces strewn with rambling foliage and overgrown grass they captured in paint. Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, nationalgalleries.org admission £10/£7 -
Location location location: UK's top cinematic spots
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The Weekend's TV: Sherlock, Sun, BBC1Amish: World's Squarest Teenagers,…
Opinion
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Letters: Scottish justice
Scotland's reputation has been dragged through the mud on a world stage, this time by a combination of American politicians struggling to boost their home popularity ahead of elections, a British Prime Minister keen to protect… -
Letters: Big Society
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Steve Richards: The Tories are running the show
Lifestyle
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Inequalities in early deaths rising in Britain
They analysed mortality data for England, Wales and Scotland using statistics for the entire population aged under 75 from 1990 to 2007 and the whole population under 65 from 1921-39, 1950-53, 1959-63, 1969-73 and 1981-2007. -
FSA loses its role in food labelling
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The greatest show on earth: Why haute couture is thriving
Travel
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Palace sheds light on year in the life of Queen Elizabeth
The 19 state rooms have been opened to the public in August and September since 1993, when the palace is not being used in its official capacity and the Queen is on holiday or at her Balmoral private summer residence in eastern… -
School holidays special: Last-minute deals
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School holidays special: Days out around the UK
Money
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Insurance may not be the best way to protect against identity theft
Insurance products are available that aim to cover the cost of fixing the problem, such as Bank of Scotland's IdentityCare policy, which costs £6.95 a month. In reality, stealing someone's identity to apply for goods and… -
Consumers let down by ISA transfers
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OFT orders lenders not to chase Scottish debts via English courts
Student
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Why Apple is a tasty job option
Other significant drops among the same students include Morgan Stanley (12 places down), Deutsche Bank (20), Lloyds TSB (14), Credit Suisse (29) and the Royal Bank of Scotland (17). There's powerful evidence for this loss of… -
Profile: The MS Nurse
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Rural surveying can take you to amazing places looking for wildlife
Environment
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Bird symbolising true love fading from the skies
But just as fidelity is not what it used to be, so turtle doves are vanishing fast, and have gone from much of Britain, including Wales and Scotland. The turtle dove, famed in folklore and literature as the creature which is… -
Goldfinches under threat from gangs of poachers
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Cyclo-therapy: '600 cyclists limp and hobble across a field in a…