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• Celtic keeper Boruc facing surgery

  - 2007-12-03

  GLASGOW AFP — Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc is set to play in Tuesday's Champions League clash away to Italian giants AC Milan knowing the match at the San Siro could be his last before surgery. The Pole sustained a knee injury while on international duty last month and Celtic's...

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• New E.coli case confirmed in Scottish outbreak

  - 2007-08-17

  EDINBURGH AFP — Health officials confirmed Friday a new case of E.coli 0157 in an outbreak that has killed one woman and left three people in Scotland. An 81-year-old woman was in a stable condition in hospital in the town of Paisley, near Glasgow, being treated for her condition....

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• One dead, two seriously ill after Scottish E.coli outbreak

  - 2007-08-14

  LONDON AFP — A 66-year-old woman has died and her 72-year-old husband is seriously ill in hospital after an E.coli outbreak that is believed to be linked to two Scottish supermarkets, officials said Tuesday. Three women aged 23, 45 and 86 are recovering at home while a 71-year-old woman...

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• British cancer teenager given radiation overdose dies

  - 2006-10-19

  LONDON AFP — A teenage British cancer patient who was given a huge overdose of radiation in hospital has died, health officials said. Lisa Norris, 16, was given 17 overdoses during treatment for a brain tumour at Glasgow's Beatson Oncology Centre in January. Human error was blamed for the overdoses,...

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• Murray given extra time to prove fitness

  - 2006-04-05

  GLASGOW AFP — Andy Murray has until Thursday to prove his fitness for Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Serbia and Montenegro in Glasgow this weekend. The 18-year-old British number one has been suffering from fever and swollen glands but was nevertheless able to practise on Wednesday. If...

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• Girl burnt by 17 excessive chemotherapy doses

  - 2006-02-08

  LONDON AFP — A 15-year-old girl is suffering from burns after excessively strong chemotherapy doses were given to her 17 days in a row at a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, as a result of "human error", doctors said. Lisa Norris was receiving treatment for a brain tumour at the...

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• 11 die in Scottish retirement home blaze

  - 2004-01-31

  UDDINGSTON, Scotland AFP ? At least 11 senior citizens were feared dead after a fire swept through a retirement home in the Scottish town of Uddingston east of Glasgow. The toll was likely to rise, with a spokesman for the local fire department saying Saturday that there had been...

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• Blaze in Scottish retirement home claims 10 lives

  - 2004-01-31

  GLASGOW AFP ? Ten people were killed when a huge fire swept through a retirement home near Glasgow, trapping residents and staff members inside. Earlier reports had spoken of 11 victims but police have lowered the toll after some confusion between rescue services. Queen Elizabeth has expressed her...

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• Celtic defender Mjallby to undergo knee op

  - 2004-01-06

  GLASGOW AFP ? Runaway Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic have agreed to allow Sweden defender Johan Mjallby to undergo a tidy-up operation on his knee which will sideline him for up to six weeks. Having taken an 11-point lead over arch rivals Rangers at the top of the Premier League...

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