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event again this year with an increased prize fund and the introduction of two special categories The Bothy Nichts contest based on the former Grampian television programme - attracted 12 teams and had a sellout final in 1997. This year, there will be a first prize of £6OO on of

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First US hand transplant SLRCiF.ONS carried out the first hand transplant in the United States yesterday. A spokeswoman at the Louisville Jewish Hospital in Kentucky said it would not known for some time if the outcome was a success. adding: “The patient is still asleep and in r

There are also more tenanted farms in the Borders than anywhere else in Scotland. The SAC economists warn refonns to limit Common Agricultural Policy subsidy payments could hit a fifth of farms in the Borders. Capping proposals could chop another £2.smillion from the incomes of