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Alloa is the biggest town in Clackmannanshire. It sits on the River Forth, right at the crux point where the river becomes the Firth of Forth. This is a bustling part of Scotland that has a long fishing history, […]

Workers will get 8p more of any extra £1 earned but some say claimants will be no better off.
BBC News – Business

Apple is the latest in a string of firms and governments to go after the hacking tool firm.
BBC News – Middle East

Five years after a peace deal came into force in Colombia, violence by armed gangs is again on the rise.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The World Health Organization says the regional death toll could exceed 2.2 million by 1 March.
BBC News – Europe

Ministers back Lissie Harper’s campaign to jail those who kill on-duty police and 999 workers for life.
BBC News – UK

An eight-year-old boy is the latest person to die after a car ploughed into a crowd in Wisconsin.
BBC News – US & Canada

An ex-fighter tells the BBC how the ADF, an IS affiliate, has been able to strike at Uganda’s heart.
BBC News – Africa