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Torrential rain takes toll on roads, homes and festival
Monday 7.9.09
TWO DAYS of torrential rain brought much of Tayside to a standstill yesterday.

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Burn bursts its banks
Monday 7.9.09
The Den in Letham, Angus, was flooded yesterday as the torrential rain caused the nearby Vinney Burn to burst its banks.

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Rising river levels causing concern
Monday 7.9.09
HEAVY RAIN caused disruption to roads throughout Perth and Kinross yesterday.

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A month’s rain in a day ruins city homes
Monday 7.9.09
A month’s worth of rain in just 24 hours brought misery to many people in and around Dundee yesterday.

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Informal street surgeries success
Wednesday 2.9.09
RESIDENTS living in Arbroath’s west end were given the opportunity to air their views on a range of issues yesterday when police and other partner agencies hosted informal street surgeries.

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Fire chief hits back at blaze deaths claim
Wednesday 2.9.09
TAYSIDE’S FIRE chief has hit back at union claims that a “culture of cuts’” is putting lives at risk in the region.

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Demand hits firefighting jobs for six
Wednesday 2.9.09
MORE THAN 1000 people applied for six firefighting jobs with Tayside Fire and Rescue this year.

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Garden centre fire prompts investigation
Wednesday 2.9.09
A BLAZE which gutted the restaurant and kitchen building at the Lochlands Garden Centre and caravan park, south of Forfar, was still being damped down by firefighters yesterday morning.

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Fire and Rescue Services Urged To Support National Schools' Fire Safety Awareness Campaign
Wednesday 26.8.09
Latest statistics have shown that 29 children under the age of 11 are killed in fires in the UK every year, and over 1,100 are seriously injured. This, together with a recent influx of high profile and disastrous blazes, has caused The Fire Fighters Charity and the Communities and Local Government Fire Kills Campaign to work together and encourage Fire and Rescue Services across the country to team up with their local primary schools for National Schools’ Fire Safety Day.

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Airlifted after A9 accident
Monday 24.8.09
THE A9 was closed at House of Bruar yesterday afternoon due to a collision between a car and an articulated lorry.

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