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Monday, 7th July 2008
Scots crime rate falls 6 per cent
THE number of murders, rapes, housebreakings, vandal attacks and drug offences has fallen dramatically across Scotland, with 60,000 fewer crimes reported in the past 12 months.
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HUNDREDS of fresh job cuts will be unveiled this week by Britain's battered housebuilders as the prospect of government intervention to stem the growing industry crisis intensifies.
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Ken keeps his hand in
Normally politicians rejected by the voters tend to accept the verdict, but as Andrew Gilligan discovers, Ken Livingstone bucks the trend
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Hibernian 0-2 Elfsborg: Rusty Hibs polished off by well-drilled Swedes
HIBERNIAN'S flirtation with the last-ever Intertoto Cup seems set to prove an all-too brief acquaintance after IF Elfsborg took a commanding and perhaps decisive first-leg lead.
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