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Saturday, 21st November 2009
Scottish classrooms to face new shake-up
A MAJOR review of the way teachers are trained has been launched by the Scottish Government, amid concerns that too many of them lack practical skills and knowledge.
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THERE was a severe look about Andy Robinson on the eve of his first meeting with a rugby superpower as Scotland coach, which may have contrasted with the brighter weather at Murrayfield but definitely
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INSURANCE giant Legal & General is poised to announce the appointment of Scots-born banker John Stewart as its new chairman.
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NOT in the mood for deck quoits? Then how about a stroll in the park or a high-diving display? Stephen McGinty ponders the options on the Oasis of the Seas, the world's biggest, most advanced cruise ship
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Roy Keane sticks boot into Irish as he tells them to 'get over it'
IRELAND'S week of woe continued without mercy yesterday as first Fifa denied them a replay against France, then their former captain Roy Keane launched an astonishing attack, telling his country to "get over it", then the French FA rejected a plea to play their World Cup qualifier again.
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