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Scottish News: Witness claims rail passengers were lucky to escape unhurt after landslide derails train in Fife

Jul 19 2012 By Kevan Christie ScotRail train derailed by landslide near Dunfermline A WITNESS said last night that rail passengers were lucky to be alive after their train was derailed when it hit a mudslide. Around 30 passengers and two crew members were on board when the front carriage of a ScotRail train smashed into a mudslip and came off the tracks. The accident happened on a stretch of rail between Rosyth and Dunfermline, near Pitreavie Industrial Estate, at 4.10pm. There were no injuries but Alan Goodsir, owner of Gym 64, near Rosyth, was amazed there were no fatalities. The 48-year-old said: “I’m just glad no one was hurt – they’ve had a lucky escape.” Alan first became aware of the incident when ...

 
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Scottish News: Baby among 14 tourists rescued by boat after flash floods hit western isles

Jul 6 2012 FOURTEEN people, including a 14-month-old baby, have been rescued after being left stranded due to flash flooding. The group were rescued on the Isle of Mull at about 8pm last night after severe flooding and a landslide blocked a road and washed away two bridges. Police officers and two local boat owners took the 13 adults and baby by boats to the local Benmore estate. The rescued men and women are all visitors to the island who come from England, Germany, Switzerland, New York and Hong Kong. No-one was injured in the incident. The B8035, where the group were stranded in their vehicles, is now closed in both directions with a long diversion in place. The road will be open for an hour tonight to allow the rescued motorists ...

 
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Scottish News: RAF jet crash mission enters recovery phase as hopes for two air crew fade

Jul 4 2012 Tornado AN operation launched after two Tornado jets crashed off the north coast of Scotland has moved from a search-and-rescue mission to one of recovery, officials confirmed. Four personnel from RAF Lossiemouth were involved in the incident in which the Tornado GR4s came down in the Moray Firth yesterday. A rescue helicopter picked up two people who were taken to hospital in Inverness before continuing to search for the remaining pair. Fred Caygill, a Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman, said: "The search-and-rescue phase of the mission was terminated at 7.04pm yesterday evening. "We are now in a recovery phase. We stand by to assist the Ministry of Defence in any way that we can ...

 
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Scottish News: Protected pearl mussels stolen from remote area of Harris

Jun 25 2012 ENDANGERED freshwater pearl mussels have been stolen from a Scottish island. Breeding colonies of the molluscs, which have protected status, were targeted in remote areas of Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, in the past week or so. Northern Constabulary said that the mussels were taken either by poachers or someone unaware of their protected status. Freshwater mussels are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and it is an offence for any unauthorised person to tamper with them. Police warned that they will take action against anyone suspected of committing offences under the Act. Freshwater pearl mussels are one of the most critically endangered molluscs in the world, according to Scottish Natural Heritage, with illegal pearl fishing ...

 
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Editor’s Choice: Picture Gallery: Scottish Fashion Awards 2012

Home News Editor's Choice Jun 12 2012 Model Tali Lennox was named Scottish Model of the Year at the glitzy awards bash last night. '); tm.siteLife.daapi.getArticle( "111-86908-23894791", function(article){ tm.siteLife.display.displayCommentCount( article, 'sitelife-commentsWidget-bottom', false, 'Users' Comments', false ); } ); })(); pluckAppProxy.embedApp("dailyrecord/pluck/comments", { plckCommentOnKeyType: "article", plckCommentOnKey : "111-86908-23894791", plckItemsPerPage : "10", plckSort : "TimeStampAscending" }); //]]> Editor's Choice THE Olympic flame blazed a trail across Scotland yesterday after winds in the Western Isles nearly wrecked the procession. Read '); tm.siteLife.daapi.getArticle( "111-86908-23894702", function(article){...

 
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Editor’s Choice: GALLERY: Photographers capture amazing marine life found off coasts of Britain

Home News Editor's Choice Jun 12 2012 Basking sharp, caputred by a snorkeller, feeding off the coast of Cornwall. '); tm.siteLife.daapi.getArticle( "111-86908-23894790", function(article){ tm.siteLife.display.displayCommentCount( article, 'sitelife-commentsWidget-bottom', false, 'Users' Comments', false ); } ); })(); pluckAppProxy.embedApp("dailyrecord/pluck/comments", { plckCommentOnKeyType: "article", plckCommentOnKey : "111-86908-23894790", plckItemsPerPage : "10", plckSort : "TimeStampAscending" }); //]]> Editor's Choice THE Olympic flame blazed a trail across Scotland yesterday after winds in the Western Isles nearly wrecked the procession. Read '); tm.siteLife.daapi.getArticle( "111-86908-23894702", function(article){ tm.siteLife.display.displayCommentRecommendCount( article, sitelifeId, true, true ); } ); })(); //]]> ...

 
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