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Gang Stabs Porter in Glasgow Hospital Screwdriver Attack Terror

A TEENAGE gang stabbed a porter in the grounds of a Glasgow hospital. The 50-year-old was attacked by the four thugs after he caught them trying to break into a car.

U-Turn Over a &E Axe Plan Casualty Unit Saved Asnhs Chiefs Forced Into Cuts Climbdown

HEALTH chiefs have been forced into a Uturn over plans to axe hospital emergency and surgery services. Thousands of campaigners have battled for years against controversial plans to downgrade Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock.

Cheers As Notorious Centre Shut

COUNCIL chiefs have pulled the plug on a controversial Glasgow community initiative after a triple shooting. Locals cheered and clapped as Eddie Lyons, 48, left Chirnsyde Community Centre in the north of the city.

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Molly Stays in Pakistan

Protesters' Joy As a&E Unit Saved From Chop Two-Year Battle at Inverclyde Ends in Victory

CAMPAIGNERS have won a two-year battle to keep vital emergency and surgery services at their local hospital. Health chiefs today scrapped controversial plans to downgrade Inverclyde Royal Hospital in Greenock.

Gbp85 Mblack Hole at Centre of Gha Plans

THE Scottish Executive today admitted a financial black hole at the heart of plans to break up Glasgow Housing Association. Ministers have denied for months that there is funding gap in proposals to split GHA into smaller tenant-friendly units.

Parents Wait for Hayleigh Decision

THE parents of an eightyear-old girl with a rare degenerative condition will learn today whether their health board will fund her treatment. Hayleigh Reynolds, left, suffers from Hurler Syndrome, a disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme required to break down substances in the body.

We Won't Give in to the Gangs Vow After Shootings Highlight Area's Plight

THE community caught in the crossfire of a gangland turf war that saw three people shot have demanded more resources and facilities to help defeat the criminals and young thugs who are making their lives a misery. People in Lambhill, north Glasgow, say there are no local facilities to keep young people out of trouble. They form gangs and end up fighting each other, meaning the community is surrounded by violence and intimidation.

Nicola Tunes Up for Cancer Fundraiser

VIOLINIST Nicola Benedetti will join a choir of doctors and nurses in a fundraising concert in Glasgow tonight. Nicola, who has been actively involved with CLIC Sargent since 2005, is taking part in the Royal Concert Hall show to raise money for the care of children with cancer.

Cheers As Controversial Chirnsyde Centre Is Shut

COUNCIL chiefs have pulled the plug on a controversial Glasgow community initiative after a triple shooting. Locals cheered and clapped as Eddie Lyons, 48, left Chirnsyde Community Centre in the north of the city.

Molly Stays On As Case Postponed

TUG-OF-LOVE schoolgirl Molly Campbell will remain in Pakistan until January at least after an appeal by her father was postponed today. Sajad Rana hopes to overturn a judge's order that his daughter should be returned to Scotland to live with her mother Louise Campbell.

Pane and Pleasure

A STUNNING 11-metre high stained-glass window sheds a whole new light on the history of Glasgow's West End. One of the biggest of its kind in the UK, the window, designed by Alexander Galloway and Rosemary Beaton, was unveiled at the Ashton Apartments in West George Street Lane.

Plush Hotel Axes 17 Staff

A TOP Scots hotel is to axe 17 workers with some staff expected to finish up on Christmas Eve. Cameron House Hotel, on the banks of Loch Lomond, will lay off the employees following a "cost efficiencies" review.

Chisholm Opposes New Gbp25 Bntrident

MALCOLM CHISHOLM today publicly broke ranks with First Minister Jack McConnell over plans to keep the UK's nuclear deterrent. The Communities Minister voiced his opposition to the plans after Mr McConnell backed the Prime Minister's view the country needed to update the Clyde-based Trident system at an estimated cost of GBP25billion.

Icl Blast Hearing Next Year

A PRELIMINARY hearing into the factory blast in Maryhill, Glasgow which left nine people dead has been postponed. The hearing had been provisionally set for Monday at Glasgow High Court in the case against ICL Plastics Limited and ICL Tech Limited. It has now been postponed until January 30 next year.

Killer Gilmour Back in Jail

A CONVICTED killer is back behind bars after he admitted exposing himself to teenage girls. Raymond Gilmour, 44, served 21 years for the rape and murder of schoolgirl Pamela Hastie in 1981 and is now appealing against the conviction.

Crash Causes M74 Chaos

DRIVERS heading into Glasgow on the M74 faced major delays following a five-car crash today. The collision, near Hamilton, caused massive tailbacks on the motorway.

'Final Victory' for Labour

LABOUR clung to power by a narrow margin in what is almost certain to be Scotland's final firstpast-the-post council by- election. The party held the Elderslie seat, retaining overall control of Renfrewshire Council.

Labour Edge It in 'Historic' Poll Fight

LABOUR clung to power by a narrow margin in what is almost certain to be Scotland's final first-past-the-post council by- election. The party held onto the Elderslie seat in Renfrewshire.

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