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Man, 22, taken to hospital with burns after Brechin blaze
Monday 8.2.10
An Angus man was taken to hospital suffering from burns after a house fire at Brechin yesterday.

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Safer Tayside . . . police reveal violent crime down by 19%
Wednesday 3.2.10
The number of people who were victims of violent crime has fallen by 100 over the past nine months, a report by Tayside Police has revealed (writes Bruce Robbins).

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Man dies after Tay Bridge fall
Wednesday 3.2.10
A workman has died after a fall on the Tay Bridge this morning (write Debbie Kerr and Graeme Ogston).

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Garage blaze pair jailed over plot
Wednesday 3.2.10
A PAIR of young men involved in a failed cover-up plot which led to a £150,000 Angus garage blaze were each jailed for 12 months yesterday.

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Councillor saw ‘no point’ in objecting to Balmossie decision
Friday 29.1.10
A depute convener of Tayside’s fire board has said she “didn’t see the point” of trying to stop fellow Dundee councillors opposing the removal of full-time night cover from Balmossie Fire Station (writes James Williamson).

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Firefighters 'face arrest' over warehouse deaths
Friday 29.1.10
Several firefighters are facing arrest over a warehouse fire in Warwickshire in which four of their colleagues were killed, a union has said.

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Dire warning over fire service cuts
Friday 29.1.10
Tayside Fire and Rescue has been warned that it faces massive funding cuts in the next four years which could “drastically affect” front-line services (writes Alan Richardson).

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Security is defended after havoc at airport
Friday 29.1.10
DUNDEE AIRPORT operators last night defended their security measures after two drunks breached a boundary fence and discharged a fire extinguisher at five planes.

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Disabled man in crash with fire engine
Friday 29.1.10
A FIRE engine on the way to a false alarm was in collision with a car carrying a wheelchair-bound man and his son yesterday.

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Balmossie: council accused of point-scoring
Wednesday 27.1.10
The SNP convener of Tayside Fire and Rescue Board today broke party ranks and accused SNP-controlled Dundee City Council of “political point-scoring” after it threw its weight behind the campaign to retain full-time night cover at Balmossie Fire Station (writes Katie Smyth).

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