Scottish woman becomes first female Beefeater
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A 42-year-old Scottish woman became the first female "Beefeater" on Monday, taking up her post as a guardian of Britain's Tower of London.
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In a UK first, a mother has given birth to twins using her own eggs matured in a laboratory.
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Pratibha Patil has won India's presidential election and will become the country's first female president, officials say.
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Scotland's game with Ireland is the first of two matches in the latest round of the Six Nations.
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32-year-old woman in Belgium has become the first woman ever to give birth after having ovarian tissue removed, frozen and then implanted back in her body, doctors are reporting.
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Scotland ran up a century of points at McDiarmid Park as they crushed Japan 100-8 to earn their first Test win on home soil since Matt Williams took over as coach.
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A rare species of robin settles in for its first winter in Scotland after being spotted on a reserve in Aberdeenshire.
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The British supermarket chain Morrisons plans to buy a Scottish meat processor. British supermarket group Morrisons is on the point of buying a Scottish beef and lamb slaughter and meat processing plant from ...
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Obesity levels in Scotland are the second highest in the developed world, according to new statistics.
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Wendy Alexander prepares to be confirmed as leader of the Scottish Labour party.
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A woman is elected to the board of a major Saudi bank, becoming the first female in the kingdom to occupy such a position.
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Ellen MacArthur is made a Dame as she arrives in the UK after sailing solo around the world in record time.
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Images are released of the last moments of a Scottish woman found murdered in a New Zealand street.
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Pupils in Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire are the first in Scotland to take part in a free school meal pilot.
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Mountain biker Marie-Helene Premont of Chateau-Richer, Que. captured the silver on a tough and sun-baked course in the suburbs of Athens today, finishing behind winner Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway.
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Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory Sunday night as election returns showed her leading all rivals in her bid to succeed her husband and become the country's first female president.
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GORDON BULLOCH was today named as the new captain of Scotland rugby ahead of the three Abbey Autumn Tests next month writes BILL LOTHIAN.