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              <title><![CDATA[Scotland has ‘special place’ in union, Theresa May says]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Theresa May has said Scotland has a &#8220;special place&#8221; in the Union as the devolution of new tax powers to Holyrood took another step forward.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Kylo, Leia and Finn among popular baby names in 2016]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Star Wars, super moons and superheros were among the trends when it came to naming babies in 2016.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Corbyn will not force MPs to block SNP Tony Blair probe]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not force his MPs to block an SNP attempt to trigger a parliamentary investigation into whether Tony Blair misled the Commons in the run-up to the Iraq war.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 06:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Nestlé among brands hit by palm oil child labour claims]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Major household brands are selling everyday grocery staples containing palm oil produced using child labour, Amnesty International has claimed.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Benefit sanctions ‘hurt but don’t work’, finds watchdog report]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Benefit sanctions that can plunge claimants into hardship, hunger and depression are being handed out with little evidence they work, a scathing report by the public spending watchdog has found.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Kate Bush: May ‘best thing that’s happened’ to UK in a long time]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Kate Bush has praised Theresa May as &#8220;wonderful&#8221; and said having a female prime minister is &#8220;the best thing that&#8217;s happened&#8221; in the UK for a long time.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Angela Merkel rejects early agreement on rights of Britons in EU]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[German chancellor Angela Merkel has rebuffed efforts by Theresa May to seek an early agreement on the rights of Britons living in the European Union and EU citizens in the UK, according to reports.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:49:11 +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[Brexit fallout raises firms’ fears over energy shortages]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Manufacturers have become more concerned about the cost and security of energy supplies since the Brexit vote, a new study has shown.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Tories open up a 16-point lead over labour in ICM poll]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The Conservatives have opened up a 16-point lead over Labour, according to the latest polling.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Scottish business wire: Scotgold | BT | Farming]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Catch up with the main breaking business stories of the day.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[England temperature plummets while Scotland basks in single figures]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Parts of England could shiver through temperatures well below freezing on Tuesday night while northern Scotland basks in single figures, forecasters have predicted. ]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Watchdog calls on BT to spin off Openreach division]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Rival companies and analysts gave a cautious welcome to the telecoms regulator&#8217;s decision yesterday to order BT to legally separate from its Openreach business, which runs the UK&#8217;s broadband infrastructure.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Cheap tablets ‘could cut breast cancer risk’]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Thousands of women with a family history of breast cancer could be offered a cheap drug to reduce their risk of getting the disease themselves.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Virgin Trains chaos after train derails in Edinburgh]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Commuters are facing chaos this morning after a train derailed in Edinburgh.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Ex-darts star Eric Bristow sparks fury for ‘homophobic’ tweets]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/sport/more-in-sport/ex-darts-star-eric-bristow-sparks-fury-for-homophobic-tweets-1-4303682</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Five-time world darts champion Eric Bristow, 59, sparked outrage and was branded &#8220;homophobic&#8221; after he commented on the abuse investigations on social media today.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Fiona Hyslop: Confirm status of EU citizens working in Scotland]]></title>
              <link>http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/fiona-hyslop-confirm-status-of-eu-citizens-working-in-scotland-1-4303645</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government is to again call on ministers in London to &#8220;urgently confirm&#8221; the status of European citizens working in Scotland.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Brexit plan revealed in handwritten in notes]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The government is facing embarrassment after a Downing Street photographer captured what appeared to be the UK&#8217;s Brexit negotiating plan sketched out in a page of handwritten notes.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[New Ukip leader Paul Nuttall wants Commons Scot-free]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Ukip&#8217;s new leader Paul Nuttall has said he will &#8220;promote the English&#8221; and pursue more devolution for England in an appeal to disaffected working-class voters in Labour&#8217;s northern heartlands.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Cost of Christmas pudding soars following Brexit vote]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The cost of Christmas pudding ingredients has soared 21 per cent with festive foodstuffs set to climb further as demand rises in the weeks ahead. ]]></description>
              
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