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Treasures of Forbes family up for auction20:40
Amanda Knox urged not to ‘cash in’ on Meridith’s murder20:39
When the going gets rough, the cart stops going20:37
Over the sea with Skype for Gaelic choir20:37
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Stars on the ball for charity sale20:36
Labour urged to ‘see off SNP bully’20:35
Tanks in guard of honour20:31
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Concert tribute to star20:28
Cancer patient’s anger as drug denied20:27
Trust turns to eels in war against US crayfish20:27
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£5bn rail link plan to expand air travel20:20
Call for Royal Mail to put a unique stamp on 2014 celebrations20:20
Winner claims £101m lottery prize20:19
Baby girl caught up in car-jacking incident20:18
McCartney to tie knot at register office where he wed first wife Linda20:13
MP Chris Huhne plays down Tweet error20:13
Stone circle to rival Ring of Brodgar found off Orkney coast20:04
Call for outside scrutiny in Tory leadership fight20:02
Electoral roll requests spark fraud gang hunt19:46
Jackson relied on his ‘milk’ to aid sleep19:44
Women’s jail is Scotland’s roughest19:41
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On a cold day in the middle of winter, pulling on one’s boots to check out the allotment can seem a bit masochistic. But if the Christmas excesses are sitting firmly round your waist, an hour or two shovelling some compost will help shift them.The soil may be too frozen for digging. Fingers quickly turn numb with weeding. Daylight hours are short, but even an hour or two can be useful. There are plenty of jobs that can be done in the winter which will pay off when spring comes. Making sure that tools are clean and sharp was something drummed in to me at an early age. I still use my Uncle Tommy’s wooden shafted fork which might not have survived for more than half a century if it hadn’t had some TLC. An oily rag hung inside his shed door so that everything was wiped clean before it was put away.My new raspberry canes need supports that will last as long as they do. Some of the wooden edging down my path needs replacing. There is an accumulation of odds and ends at the back of my plot which have outlived their usefulness and, if appearance is to be improved, must be sent on their way.It is well known that this is the season when new plotholders fall by the wayside. Some friendly encouragement can make all the difference. The mysteries of pruning fruit bushes which don’t exactly look like the ones in the textbooks can be quite worrying for a first-timer. My message to those plotholders who have been gardening for some time is to pass on some of their practical skills.If the weather is too bad to get outside, some indoor preparations never go amiss. Four copies of a sketch plan of the plot help enormously. Having worked out where everything is going to be planted next season, I can figure out some rotation of crops for the following years. Writing out seed labels ready for when planting starts is an essential job best done in a warm kitchen. And finally, if a bit of retail therapy is needed, the garden centres will have plenty of seeds to stock up on in the January sales.19:01
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Bridge18:19
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Michael Jackson relied on his ‘milk’ to aid sleep02:44
‘Jarrow’ march defended02:41
Trust turns to eels in war against US crayfish02:39
£5bn rail link plan to expand air travel02:38
Cancer patient’s anger as drug denied02:33
Gallantry medal for RAF bomb disposal expert02:32
Winner claims £101m lottery prize02:31
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Baby girl caught up in car-jacking incident02:29
Tycoon Sir Tom Hunter goes back to classroom02:28
Hundreds mourn death of Scots miner01:57
SNP seeks to win full support for bigotry bill01:36
History uncovered beneath the waves off Orkney01:28
Bank bailout could top £86bn01:26
Fiona Hyslop raises BBC cuts fears01:24
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Call to rethink plans to close coastguard bases00:32
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