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Curran is shock by-election choice

By Campbell Gunn

IN a shock move, Labour has drafted in a former Scottish cabinet minister in a bid to win this month’s Glasgow East by-election.

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EU threat to drinks industry

By Adam Docherty

THE Scottish drinks industry is facing a crisis because of a new ban on pesticides being proposed by Brussels.

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The moment Piper became Hell on Earth 

By Stevie Gallacher 

THIS IS the first time this amazing image of the Piper Alpha disaster has been published.

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North Sea still a dangerous place to work

By Laurie Watson

TWENTY years ago a series of explosions sent Piper Alpha collapsing into the burning sea. It was the world’s worst offshore disaster, costing 167 men their lives. 

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Babies just used to die

By Kirsten Mann

ROSE MINTO still wonders if her two sisters and a brother who died as children might have been saved if her parents could have afforded a doctor.

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