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              <title><![CDATA[Foreign Office mocked over Queensferry Crossing tweet with wrong bridge]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The Foreign Office came in for some stick on Twitter last night after tweeting about the new Queensferry Crossing... with an accompanying image of the Forth Bridge. The responses were typically tongue in cheek...]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Animal fat in new £5 note branded ‘disrespectful’]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The use of animal fat in the new &#163;5 note has been branded &#8220;disrespectful&#8221; as a petition against the inclusion of tallow reaches 5,000 signatures.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Demand for European Christmas cakes soars despite Brexit]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[European Christmas traditions such as German and Italian cakes stollen and panettone are enjoying a boost in popularity this year despite Britain&#8217;s decision to leave Europe in June.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Famous Edinburgh pub ends long-standing Christmas boycott]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[IT&#8217;S the renowned Capital pub that&#8217;s developed a reputation for having a unique approach to hospitality.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Council asks public to name gritter with predictable outcome]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[An English council has asked the public to help name a new road gritter - with predictable results. Oldham Council had originally asked primary school children in the region to help name its new gritter after previously enlisting the pupils to name previous vehicles, including Gritney Spears and Freddie Salted.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>National</category>
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              <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Woman ‘slapped nightclub bouncer after trying to use pizza as ID’]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/woman-slapped-nightclub-bouncer-after-trying-to-use-pizza-as-id-1-4299712</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts woman reportedly slapped a nightclub bouncer after he refused to accept a slice of pizza as her form of identification. ]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Bizarre</category>
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              <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Heinz TV advert banned due to health and safety risk]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/media-leisure/heinz-tv-advert-banned-due-to-health-and-safety-risk-1-4298714</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A Heinz advert teaching viewers how to use tin cans to drum out a song has been banned for encouraging behaviour that risks health and safety.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Celtic boss quizzed over comparison between Messi and Nessie]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/celtic-boss-quizzed-over-comparison-between-messi-and-nessie-1-4296533</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Brendan Rodgers laughed off a rather bizarre comparison between Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi and Scottish folklore legend the Loch Ness Monster, as the Celtic boss answered questions from the press prior to his side&#8217;s meeting with the Catalan giants tomorrow evening.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Celtic</category>
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                                  <category>Scotland</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Julian Assange leading Donald Trump in Time magazine poll]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/julian-assange-leading-donald-trump-in-time-magazine-poll-1-4296470</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is leading a poll to find Time magazine&#8217;s person of the year.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Video: Attacker commits ‘worst miss in history of football’]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/video-attacker-commits-worst-miss-in-history-of-football-1-4296281</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A striker in the fourth tier of Serbian football has blown all previous nominations out of the water with what is surely the worst football miss of all time.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Westminster sees surge in Irn-Bru sales following SNP gains]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Irn-Bru sales in Parliament have soared in the wake of the SNP&#8217;s sweeping gains in the 2015 general election, new figures show.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Edinburgh firefighters called in to assist rhino with toothache]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[A crew of firefighters have answered one of their strangest ever calls - helping vets treat a two-tonne rhinoceros with toothache.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[David Attenborough ‘reported to FBI’ over ‘shoot Trump’ remark]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Sir David Attenborough has been targeted with death threats and faces a possible FBI investigation after suggesting that Donald Trump could be shot. ]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Alzheimer Scotland launches tartan-theme Christmas advert]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/alzheimer-scotland-launches-tartan-theme-christmas-advert-1-4291893</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[ALZHEIMER Scotland has launched its 2016 Christmas advertising campaign featuring the world&#8217;s first Alzheimer&#8217;s inspired tartan to help raise vital funds for people living with dementia.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[SNP MSP: Toblerone redesign ‘emblematic of Brexit consequences’]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/snp-msp-toblerone-redesign-emblematic-of-brexit-consequences-1-4291121</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[SNP MSP Colin Beattie has tabled a Holyrood motion lamenting the Toblerone chocolate bar&#8217;s change of shape claiming it is &#8221;emblematic&#8221; of the devastating consequences of Brexit. ]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Children spending more time online than watching TV for first time]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/children-spending-more-time-online-than-watching-tv-for-first-time-1-4290254</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Using the internet has overtaken television as the top media pastime for the UK&#8217;s children - with even pre-schoolers racking up more than eight&#160;hours a week of screen time.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 09:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Colours of Cluny to become largest tourist event in north]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/colours-of-cluny-to-become-largest-tourist-event-in-north-1-4288212</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[FORRES&#8217; inaugural light and sound spectacular, Colours of Cluny, is on track to attract well over 10,000 visitors in its first year.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Homer Simpson philosophy offered at University of Glasgow]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/glasgow/homer-simpson-philosophy-offered-at-university-of-glasgow-1-4287911</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[THE SIMPSONS is to be used to teach students philosophy in a new course at a Scots university.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Get your rucksacks packed for Scotland’s homeless]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/get-your-rucksacks-packed-for-scotland-s-homeless-1-4287276</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[OVER 500 sleeping bags are being sought by a Scots homelessness charity, as part of a wider appeal urging the general public to donate rucksacks and handbags full of essential items, such as food, clothes and toiletries.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Arran’s diabetic ‘anvil dad’ nominated for charity award]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/arran-s-diabetic-anvil-dad-nominated-for-charity-award-1-4287231</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A father has been nominated from fundraising platform JustGiving after hauling a 19-stone anvil to the highest peak on the Isle on Arran to raise funds for type 1 diabetes research.]]></description>
              
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