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'Action needed' to tackle C.diff
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:04:31 -0000
Labour calls for "urgent action" to tackle C.difficile in Scottish hospitals, after an outbreak at the Royal Alexandra in Paisley.
Heat on Brown over cost of energy
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:30:54 -0000
The prime minister is accused of letting households "plunge into fuel poverty" by not acting to address rising energy prices.
Poles first in Euro dance contest
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:47:21 -0000
Poland won the second Eurovision Dance Contest, which was held in Glasgow before a television audience of millions.
Tribute to shipwreck brig's crew
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:05:36 -0000
A ceremony marks the anniversary of a shipwreck but also the restoration of its Scots figurehead.
Vein tubes 'fitted needlessly'
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:07:41 -0000
A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists have warned.
Scots wanted for speaking clock
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:09:11 -0000
Scottish hopefuls are being sought to become the voices and faces of a new online video version of the speaking clock.

 

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District Pre-Retirement Council - Aiming to help all retiree, senior and mature citizens to remain healthy and happy, assisting with midlife and retirement planning. Course, planning and Council details are included.
Meta Description: [ The Council is a registered Charity administered by an Executive Committee and two sub-committees whose members are volunteers drawn from both the public and private sectors. ]

Harbour Community Council - The aim of the council is to ascertain, co-ordinate and represent the views of the community and to take such action as appears in the interests of the community.

Circles Around Dundee - Helping people with learning difficulties and/or autism reach their goals in life. Lists aims and objects, management details, planning and example of one of the methods used.
Meta Description: [ Circles Around Dundee: helping people with learning difficulties and/or autism reach their goals in life, and to have better lives by their own standards. ]

Dundee Cyrenians - Christian organisation aiding the homeless. Includes services and projects, administrative and contact information.

Dundee Liberal Democrats - News, elected representatives and contact details from Lib Dems in the City of Dundee.

Dundee Local Exchange and Trading System - Provides information about the organization, FAQ's and a directory of participating members.
Meta Description: [ Dundee LETS (Local Exchange and Trading System) is a community-based system of goods and service exchange ]

Dundee University LGBT Society - Events, news, local activities, and meeting minutes.

Family Mediation Tayside - Helps parents who are separated or divorced to make future arrangements especially for their children and help children maintain a meaningful relationship with both parents.
Meta Description: [ Family Mediation Tayside assists divorcing and separating parents to reach agreement about future arrangements especially for their children ]

Gay Men's Health Tayside - A peer-driven organisation which provides HIV prevention and safer sex outreach services.

500 Jordan's Time - Support group in memory of Jordan and to educate the world on the organ retention and removal scandal.

Maritime History of Dundee - An informative guide to seagoing history of Dundee and Tayside. Includes historical records, notable personages of the past, interactive maps, online tours, news and current project information.
Meta Description: [ TAMH is a virtual museum presenting the maritime history of Tayside, on the east coast of Scotland. ]

Nevermore - Personal website of John Glassey in a blog format.
Meta Description: [ Personal site of a twenty year old boy in Dundee, Scotland, with journal, photography, discussion board and film section ]

Tae Dumpdee - An little look at the alternative city of Dumpdee - somewhere in the East of Scotland.
Meta Description: [ dundee ]

Tayside Adoptees Group - Support group run by adopted people for adopted people aged 16 and over.

The Scots Home Page - Personal pages site with some information about Dundee, some links and a few pictures.

The Tay Bridge Disaster - Tom Martin's analysis of the causes of the Tay Bridge disaster.
Meta Description: [ Tom Martin's Tay Bridge Disaster Web Page ]

TWINE - Youth Issues Project in Dundee, includes free personal development programme for youths.

Victim Support in Tayside - Victim Support in Tayside provides free, confidential and independent support to victims of crime throughout Tayside.
Meta Description: [ Victim Support in Tayside provides free, confidential and independent support to victims of crime throughout Tayside. ]

Volunteer Centre Dundee - Find out about volunteering, become a volunteer, recruit or recommend to others. Access information, link to national and International sites.
Meta Description: [ Volunteer Centre Dundee: Dundee's gateway to volunteering. ]

Youth Link - Providing help and support to the young people of the City. Lists the various sections of the organisation and the way in which it can help.
Meta Description: [ Youth-Link is a voluntary organisation based in Dundee, Scotland. It was set up in 1981 to provide help and support to the Young people of Dundee. ]