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Sunday, 6th December 2009
Darling set to hit the better-off
ALISTAIR Darling will this week unveil plans to target the better-off in a tax hike and announce cuts for the public sector when he sets out the financial battleground for next year's general election.
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ALEX Salmond has been urged to make a statement to parliament amid allegations that three official codes of conduct were broken as a result of him telling Holyrood that the SNP would deliver its promi...
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Falkirk 1 - 3 Rangers: Boyd's brace has Gers all smiley again
SOMETHING of a renaissance day for Rangers. Everybody turned up – Madjid Bougherra started ahead of the rested Danny Wilson – and wonder of wonders, nobody fell out.
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MUSIC and book retailer HMV is expected to cherry-pick a number of stores from the collapsed Borders chain.
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Books of the year: Writers' choice
TO launch our three-part round-up of the most engrossing reads of 2009, we asked our favourite writers for their festive gift advice
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Interview: Bryan Redpath, rugby player
IF THE old adage about learning more from defeat than victory is true then Bryan Redpath's head must be fit to burst with the information overload that he's had in recent weeks. The Gloucester coach is in his debut year as the top dog at Kingsholm and after just two wins from the last seven outings the former Scotland skipper is acutely aware of the meaning of the term "hot seat".
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