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<description><![CDATA[Police issue a CCTV image of a "hairy-handed" man they want to speak to over an alleged indecent assault.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Plans to close seven junior secondary schools are put on hold by Western Isles councillors.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The north of Scotland's biggest food event is marking its tenth anniversary this year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A company is fined £125,000 for health and safety breaches after a Polish worker falls to his death.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost 90 former patients of Ninewells Hospital have been sent letters after E.coli cases were discovered.]]></description>
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<title>MSPs vote against Alexander ban</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander will not be banned from parliament for breaking Holyrood rules.]]></description>
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