Neil Pooran
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Girl, 9, died from serious injuries on family camping trip (opens the original)
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A man who was arrested following the death of a nine-year-old girl in Arbroath was known to her, police have confirmed. Police Scotland said the girl, who had been camping in the area with her family, was found injured at Elliot industrial estate in the Angus town at about 12.02am on Monday. She was then taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where she died. Her death is being treated as suspicious, policy say. The 35-year-old man who was arrested in connection with her death is white and Britis
Man arrested after Scottish womanâs body found in suitcase in Athens (opens the original)
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A 26-year-old man has been arrested following the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Athens. The body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 28, was discovered by a homeless man in a derelict building in the Kypseli area of Athens on 18 July. She is believed to have died between five and seven days before she was found, though someone was reportedly using her mobile phone to send messages purporting to be from her. The Hellenic Police, Greeceâs national force, were able to id
Centenarian reveals her secret to a long and happy life on her 105th birthday (opens the original)
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A centenarian has marked her 105th birthday in remarkable style by receiving 105 cards from across the globe. Mary Davidson Smith, a resident at Care UK’s Murrayside care home in Edinburgh, expressed having a "wonderful time" reading the well-wishes, which arrived following an appeal by the home. Cards travelled from as far afield as Singapore for her July celebration. Ms Smith also holds the rare distinction of receiving a card from King Charles, having previously received one from the late Que
Two women in their 20s die while diving in Scottish loch (opens the original)
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Two women in their 20s have died while diving at a loch in Argyll and Bute. Emergency services were called to reports of divers in difficulty at Loch Fyne about 3.30pm on Sunday. A woman aged 26 was pronounced dead at the scene, while the body of a 24-year-old woman was later recovered following a rescue operation involving the Coastguard and lifeboat crews. A Police Scotland spokesperson said they had received a “report of concern for two female divers”. The spokesperson said: “Emergency servic
North Sea oil tycoon and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood dies aged 84 (opens the original)
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Billionaire Sir Ian Wood, who made his fortune in the North Sea oil industry with the Wood Group company, has died at the age of 84. Sir Ian was one of Scotland’s wealthiest people. He studied psychology at Aberdeen University and contemplated a career in academia before taking over the family business in 1967, turning the Aberdeen-based company from a fishing operation into an engineering and consulting giant. Over the following decades, he formed a separate engineering company servicing the ra
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