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Made Popular Oct 10 2009
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Janet Llewellyn, 66, was playing on a nine-hole course with Ronnie Battersby when she was hit in the back of the head by his tee shot, it is understood.

The widowed mother-of-two collapsed immediately after being struck by Mr Battersby’s drive on the..

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May 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

The British Open will return in 2013 to Muirfield, the links course on Scotland’s east coast where golf’s oldest championship has been played for more than a century.

 
 
Apr 16 2009 by AP0 Comments

Susan Boyle lives alone in a row house with her cat Pebbles, a drab existence in one of Scotland’s poorest regions. She cared for her widowed mother for years, never married and sang in church and at karaoke nights at the pub.

 
 
Apr 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

G-20 protesters in downtown London have smashed windows and entered the Royal Bank of Scotland building. They have also tried to storm the Bank of England.

 
 
Feb 26 2009 by AP0 Comments

The Royal Bank of Scotland earned the dubious honor of posting the largest annual loss in British corporate history on Thursday _ a 24.1 billion pound ($34.4 billion) black hole fed by the bank’s aggressive acquisition spree of recent years.

 
 
Feb 26 2009 by AP0 Comments

The Royal Bank of Scotland posted an annual loss of 24.14 billion pounds ($34.4 billion) _ the biggest in British corporate history _ and unveiled a massive restructuring plan on Thursday that will offload many of its international businesses.

 
 
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The Royal Bank of Scotland posted Thursday a record net loss of 24.14 billion pounds ($34.4 billion) for 2008 _ the biggest in British corporate history _ and unveiled a massive restructuring program that will hive off many of its international businesses

 
 
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London’s police force didn’t look far to find their new chief.

 
 
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Fears of a spreading global banking crisis unnerved Wall Street Tuesday, setting the market up for a lower opening. Investors were reacting to news that the Royal Bank of Scotland forecast a $41.3 billion loss for 2008 and that the British government woul

 
 
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Asian stocks tumbled Tuesday, with Japan’s benchmark losing more than 2 percent, as Royal Bank of Scotland’s massive loss renewed jitters about the health of global banks amid a protracted economic slump.

 
 
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European stock markets declined Monday with banks in free fall as investors fretted over a second British government bailout of the sector in just over three months. Royal Bank of Scotland shares fell 60 percent after it announced massive losses.

 
 
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