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Scottish hospitals throwing away millions of pounds of food

Deadline News Journalist - January 18, 2010

By Cara Sulieman HOSPITALS in Scotland have thrown away a £6 million mountain of food in the last two years. Averaging £3 million a year; NHS...

Ex-British Army chief enjoyed thousands of pounds worth or perks

Deadline News Journalist - September 8, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie THE retired head of the British Army enjoyed thousands of pounds worth of perks for his living quarters and transport funded by...

Finger trapping costs councils thousands

Deadline News Journalist - June 4, 2009

By Cara Sulieman COUNCILS across the UK are paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation to people who get their fingers trapped in...

SKODA BECOMES THE POSH CAR OF CHOICE

Deadline News Journalist - April 7, 2009

By Cara Sulieman IT WAS once the butt of a generation of jokes. But now a Scots council has given the humble Skoda their official seal...

Scottish Parliament restaurant costs £88k per year

Deadline News Journalist - March 16, 2009

By Paul Thornton A CUT-PRICE restaurant for MSPs has provoked fury after it was revealed the meals it serves are subsidised by £12 a plate. The...

Costly price of education

Deadline News Journalist - February 1, 2009

By Cara Sulieman COUNCILS across Scotland have shelled out a whopping half a million pounds in compensation claims in the last three years. Although some of...

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