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              <title><![CDATA[Pensioner, 81, trained her parrot as a 'singing weapon' in long running feud with neighbours]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[An 81-year-old pensioner used her parrot as a "weapon" in a long running campaign of harassment against her neighbours.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Coronavirus in the UK: Everything you need to know today]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Coronavirus has spread from Wuhan in China to countries across the world, with more than 80,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths worldwide.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Man admits pointing loaded gun at bouncers outside Scottish bar before Christmas]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[A man has admitted pointing a loaded gun at bouncers outside a bar on a busy centre street just before Christmas.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Why handwriting is an essential skill and must not die out – Bill Jamieson]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[A handwritten note or letter is a unique, signature guide to our very soul, writes Bill Jamieson.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Campaigners trying to block Heathrow expansion win court challenge]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Campaigners trying to block Heathrow expansion have won a Court of Appeal challenge against controversial plans for a third runway.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Mother and two children left homeless after fire caused by charger for Nintendo Switch]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[A mother and her two children have been left homeless after a devastating fire at her home - caused by the charger for their Nintendo Switch]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Two more people test positive for coronavirus in Britain]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Two more people have tested positive for coronavirus in England, the Department of Health said.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Scientists at Scottish university work to improve internet on train journeys]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[University researchers believe they have developed new technology to help stop passengers losing internet connections on trains.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Call to extend female egg freezing time is backed by Government]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Leading doctors have backed calls for extending the time women can freeze their eggs to delay having a baby.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Siobhan Jordan: Industry-academia collaborations showcase ground-breaking projects at Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/siobhan-jordan-industry-academia-collaborations-showcase-ground-breaking-projects-at-scottish-knowledge-exchange-awards-1-5095975</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and that is certainly true of many of the wonderful, innovative ideas which have reached the shortlist of the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2020.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Jack Keenan and Ebuka Ibeke: Closing the digital skills gap now essential]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[In Scotland and the UK, we face a challenge where the digital skills and knowledge requirements of industry have outpaced the development and training of related areas. The result of this is a digital skills gap which means many jobs remain unfilled as there simply aren&#8217;t enough candidates with the appropriate skillset to fill them. A report by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport in 2019 found that around a third of vacancies employers struggled to fill were linked to the lack of digital skills held by applicants.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[SNP is making historic decisions that could make or break Scotland – leader comment]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Free bus travel for under 18s sounds expensive but could help the fight against climate change. The key question is whether it&#8217;s the best use of public money.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[UK Budget: Why some fear Boris Johnson is turning into Jeremy Corbyn – Bill Jamieson]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[We should perhaps be more worried about what Chancellor Rishi Sunak does not say when he presents the UK Budget, than what he does, writes Bill Jamieson.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Johnny Depp in court for libel case over tabloid claims he abused his wife]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[Johnny Depp has appeared at the High Court in London for a hearing in his libel case against a tabloid newspaper.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Johnny Depp in court for libel case over tabloid claims he abused his wife]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/johnny-depp-in-court-for-libel-case-over-tabloid-claims-he-abused-his-wife-1-5096283</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Johnny Depp has appeared at the High Court in London for a hearing in his libel case against a tabloid newspaper.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Pope Francis says put down your phones and turn off the TV this lent]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The Pope has urged Catholics to put down their phones and turn off the TV this Lent.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Coronavirus: stockpiling of food and medicine 'may become rife']]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The stockpiling of medicine and food in family homes "may become rife" as people grow increasingly concerned about coronavirus, an expert has said.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[If you love the NHS, you should fear for its future – Professor Harry Burns]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[It may soon be open season on the NHS for private US healthcare companies, writes Professor Harry Burns.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Coronavirus in Spain: Latest travel advice as Barcelona Covid-19 case follows Tenerife hotel quarantine]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The country had previously recorded cases on the islands of La Gomera, Mallorca and Tenerife, where 1,000 people at the Costa Adeje Palace hotel have been put into precautionary quarantine.]]></description>
              
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              <title><![CDATA[Plan to free pubs will tie hands of those who want to open one – Brian Davidson]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The Scottish pub plays an invaluable role at the heart of local communities, &#173;providing numerous social benefits whilst also playing a major role in our economy. Pubs alone contribute &#163;1.15 billion to the Scottish economy every year and employ more than 45,000 people across the country. ]]></description>
              
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