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Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobs
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Last UK and US troops leave Iraq as anti-Islamic State mission ends
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Peter Murrell's legal aid withdrawn after embezzlement conviction
The former SNP chief executive had been receiving government-funded support since last year.