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Banff man snaps Achilles tendon in gull attack

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By Adele Merson Verified
| Original 106 FM Verified
A Banff plumber was left unable to work for two months after a gull attack left him with a snapped Achilles tendon. Nigel Anderson, 63, was leaving the job for support worker Helen Skinner in Whitehills around a fortnight ago, and returning to his van, when he was targeted by the bird. The injury, suffered as he tried to get away, means he will miss his daughter’s wedding celebration in London this weekend.
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Former Aberdeen Labour chief says UK party's message to city is 'drop dead'

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By Adele Merson Verified
| archive.ph
The ex-Labour leader of Aberdeen City Council lashed out at his former party for its oil and gas tax plans saying the message is “drop dead, Aberdeen”. Independent councillor Barney Crockett says Labour has “nothing to offer” when it comes to protecting North Sea oil and gas jobs. His fury comes after new Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced she would increase the windfall tax on oil and gas firms to 38%, bringing the headline rate of tax on upstream oil and gas activities to 78%.
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Red-faced Tory leader Douglas Ross hung out to dry as windfall tax extension announced

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By Adele Merson Verified, Mathew Perry Verified
| hubs.ly
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has been left humiliated by Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget vow to extend the controversial windfall tax on energy profits. Cutting the levy had been a central demand of the Scottish Tories to help in the key north-east election battleground and a dividing line between Labour and the SNP. But their pleas to halt the levy fell on deaf ears.
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