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GEORGE Galloway is under criminal investigation over allegations that he lied to the US Senate about his role in the Saddam Hussein oil-for-food bribery scandal, American prosecutors have disclosed.
MOTHER Nature is suffering a nervous breakdown. Bizarre and wildly fluctuating weather patterns have confused - and could yet kill - plants and animals across the country.
SCOTTISH hospitals are making secret multi-million pound payments to the victims of medical negligence, an investigation has revealed.
James II of Scotland was born on 16 October 1430. His reign was notable for the power struggles with the powerful Douglas family. An enthusiast of artillery, he was killed in 1460 when a cannon exploded whilst besieging Roxburgh Castle. Read more about James II and the Royal Stewarts at scotsman.com
On the 15th October in 1880 Dr Marie Stopes was born in Edinburgh. A firm believer in sexual equality, she founded the first birth control clinic and was the author of many books and articles on the subject. She courted controversy with her subject matter in an age before feminism was fully fledged. She died in 1958. Read about health issues at scotsman.com
On the 14th of October in 1939 a German submarine sank HMS Royal Oak in
Sapa Flow, Orkney. The death toll of over 800 was a significant setback to the war effort. Read about Scotland's shipwrecks at scotsman.com
The politician Ramsay MacDonald was born in Lossiemouth
on the 12th October in 1866. He became leader of the opposition in 1922 and, from January until November 1924, was Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary of the first Labour government in Britain. He died shortly after his retirement in 1937. To read more about influential Scots click here
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