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Page last updated at 09:30 GMT, Thursday, 24 July 2008 10:30 UK
Kevin Ogilvie
Fresh talks on 'fat' firefighter
Talks are to take place in search of a breakthrough over a Grampian firefighter sacked for being too fat.
Strike ballot over 'fat' fireman
'Overweight' firefighter sacked

Joseph Millbank Paedophile on 'most wanted' site
A paedophile convicted of north east offences is the first Scot to feature on a most wanted site.
Grampian Police car Probe into school 'relationship'
A female member of staff at a school is suspended over allegations of an inappropriate relationship.

Ken Banks Regional news
How you have been getting involved in local news
Catherine Hannah Multiple choice
MS sufferer's decision to stay positive in battle with disease

Funeral for young death crash sisters
Two sisters who died in a crash alongside one of their boyfriends are remembered by more than 500 mourners.

Stranded offshore workers leave
Oil and gas workers - many of them Scottish - who were stranded on a rig off Russia start to leave.

Call to probe budget's 'legality'
Scotland's finance secretary is asked to investigate if Aberdeen's £49.7m budget cutbacks are legal.

Bemused rescuers pick up penguins
Rescue teams investigating reports of a possible plane crash find two inflatable penguins in the water.

Islanders targeted in MS project
The high rates of multiple sclerosis in Orkney and Shetland are the focus of a study.

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Calderwood hopes for win over son
Jimmy Calderwood's Aberdeen face the team now led by his son as the SPL outfit head for Netherlands.

Police pursuit teenager detained
A Moray teenager who led police on a high-speed chase for almost 60 miles is detained and banned from driving.

Driver 'tried to grab lone woman'
Police hunt a male driver who tried to grab a young woman who was walking alone in Inverurie.

Offshore cable contract awarded
A £7m contract to provide power cables linking an offshore wind farm is awarded to an Aberdeen firm.



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