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Call for back-up

AFTER The Herald's story about Tory justice spokesman David McLetchie complaining about 437 addresses in Scotland where ambulance crews have to call for police protection, a former Tory election candidate tells us: "That is about one-tenth of the number of addresses where a Tory supporter would need police protection."

Breathe easy

OUR tales of mis-translations remind a reader: "My brother, a keen linguist, once read an article about Partick Thistle on a Spanish website which, written in English, claimed that Partick Thistle had many 'ventilators' around the world."

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