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Strong winds leave trail of damage

A lorry driver has died and more than 130,000 homes have been left without power as gale force winds battered Scotland.

Strong winds leave trail of damage

Thu, 05 Dec, 2013 - 13:49

A lorry driver has died and more than 130,000 homes have been left without power as gale force winds battered Scotland.

The man was killed when his HGV was blown onto cars near Bathgate in West Lothian.

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