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Dublin has had Europe's highest rate of gun murder this year by far. It now rivals the rate in US cities, writes Ali Bracken, Crime Correspondent Dublin has had by far the highest rate of gun murder this year compared to other European cities, a Sunday Tribune investigation has found.

A leading defence contractor pumped more than A 300 million into the economy last year, a report has shown.

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THERE has been a big rise in the number of deliberate fires in Glasgow as crews prepare for one of their busiest nights of year.

Being warm enough at home might lead to better health, according to a new review appearing online in the American Journal of Public Health.

Almost 250 Scots jobs are expected to go as administrators for the off-licence group First Quench make more than a quarter of its workforce redundant.

A woman whose brother walked free from a murder charge after she failed to give evidence at his trial has been jailed for six years.

GLASGOW'S older citizens are being warned that they are at the greatest risk of harm on the city's roads.

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Protesters wave placards opposing Jesus, Queen of Heaven at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow.

LINLITHGOW is going to lose one set of public loos as refurbishment work on the old one is likely to cost far more than spending a penny.

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A REMEMBRANCE garden is being opened at St Andrew's Church, Bo'ness next week to enable townsfolk to honour the fallen.

Picture: James Galloway Helen McArdle and Rebecca Gray Published on 30 Oct 2009 It may only be a stone's throw from "Paradise", but Barrowfield and Parkhead East is now officially Scotland's most deprived area.

HOUSEHOLDS in Bo'ness and Blackness helped 18,000 tonnes of waste be recycled or composted last year across Falkirk district a ' equal to 900 double-decker buses! Kinneil Kerse in Bo'ness saw delivery of around 7000 tonnes of garden waste, collected in brown bins, for composting.

HUNDREDS of youngsters were under starter's orders on Wednesday, as Bo'ness hosted a successful first event of this season's Primary Schools Cross Country League.

UNHELPFUL: David McDermott hit out at the - deprived' label. Helen McArdle Published on 30 Oct 2009 Pockets of deprivation are improving in the worst affected areas of Scotland, with Glasgow in particular experiencing "sustained change" in levels of prosperity, health, crime, and educational attainment during the last five years.

RECEIVING END: Amy and Dave Allan, with son, James. "There will be dancing. Dress code: Fabulous.

Stephen George Jamieson and Brian McCulloch and Stephen Caddis and Gary Caddis Members of a multi-million pound Scots drugs gang have been jailed after being caught in a police surveillance sting similar to the TV series, "The Wire". The High Court in Glasgow heard how officers were able to interpret coded conversations after bugging a car and ...