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Opponents of plans to construct a casino in Stranraer have been promised it is not a "done deal".
The Dumfries and Galloway town has been earmarked as one of eight UK locations for a small-scale development.
Councillors told the Democracy for a Change group that the licence was still subject to UK parliamentary approval.
Council convener Tommy Sloan said that the widest possible consultation would be carried out before the casino proposals were taken forward.
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Another story from the BBC:
Opponents of plans to construct a casino in Stranraer have been promised it is not a "done deal".
The Dumfries and Galloway town has been earmarked as one of eight UK locations for a small-scale development.
Councillors told the Democracy for a Change group that the licence was still subject to UK parliamentary approval.
Council convener Tommy Sloan said that the widest possible consultation would be carried out before the casino proposals were taken forward.
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Hollywood legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor has celebrated her 75th birthday in Las Vegas with a New Orleans-themed party.
The actress arrived at the Ritz-Carlton Lake hotel escorted by her four grown-up children.
Wearing white fur and diamonds, Dame Elizabeth - who suffers from chronic back pain - arrived at the party in a wheelchair.
She told reporters that her secret to making it to 75 was "just living a very healthy, clean life."
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The mother of a girl in Pakistan claimed by a man in lieu of a 16 year old gambling debt has appealed to the authorities for help.
The woman told journalists in the southern city of Hyderabad that she feared for her daughter’s safety.
Women are often used as collateral to settle debts and feuds amongst tribesmen in rural Pakistan.
Last year, Pakistan’s ruling political party introduced legislation to outlaw forced marriages under tribal customs.
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Gaming firm 888’s ex-chief executive John Anderson is to be interviewed by French authorities, the firm has said.
News of the meeting, which is expected to take place next month, pushed 888’s shares more than 4% lower in London, and hurt other firms in the industry.
888 said it did not know why the meeting had been called, adding that revenue and income from France made up an "immaterial percentage" of business.
Mr Anderson stepped down as chief executive at the end of last year.
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The surprise decision to award the super-casino licence to Manchester should be examined by Parliament, a growing number of MPs and peers say.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced the decision in January after an independent advisory panel had studied other cities’ bids.
However, Blackpool MPs are among 81 MPs who have signed a Parliamentary motion asking for it to be reconsidered.
Manchester Council leader Richard Leese said he was concerned at the criticism.
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Two masked men held up a betting shop in Gloucester, getting away with an undisclosed amount of money.
The pair went into David James on Oxford Street and one, who had a hand gun, went to the counter and demanded staff hand over cash.
The other man, who was holding a knife, stayed among customers in the main body of the shop.
Both then left the shop and were seen driving away from the scene. Police have appealed for witnesses.
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A casino in Macau has been ordered to pay out nearly $100,000 (£51,000) in prize money won by a 16-year-old girl who was too young to enter the casino.
The Sands Casino had said the win was invalid because the girl was underage.
But gambling authorities in the Chinese territory said the rules only specified a minimum age for entering the casino, not for gambling once inside.
The prize is to go to the girl’s mother and the laws are to be rewritten to close the age loophole.
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The father of a betting shop worker who was murdered in Liverpool 26 years ago is calling for the release of the man convicted of his murder.
John Suffield’s 23-year-old son, also called John, was stabbed to death in a robbery in Toxteth in 1981.
Raymond Gilbert pleaded guilty at his murder trial but continues to protest his innocence after 26 years in jail.
And Mr Suffield, who believes Gilbert has already served too long, said he now had "some doubt" about his guilt.
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A man has been charged after a customer was stabbed during an armed robbery on a betting shop in Hampshire.
A 66-year-old man, the only customer in Corals Bookmakers, Farnborough, suffered serious injuries after being stabbed in the ribs and leg.
The shop staff were uninjured in the attack on Monday in Fernhill Road.
Detectives said a 34-year-old from Aldershot had been charged with robbery and grievous bodily harm. He is due to appear before magistrates later.
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