But SDLP leader John Hume, who was instrumental in getting the peace process under way by holding talks with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, said the statement was "very positive".

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Billy Jones was then inches away from converting an Iain Hume flick, but after that it was Reading who took control.

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Preston almost levelled after the break but goalkeeper Vito Mannone tipped Iain Hume's long-range drive on to the post.

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But Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Jim Hume, who has led the campaign against leasing out Scotland's forests to private investment companies, disputed the government's figures.

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Hume says he even campaigned for Weldon in the past, but no longer.

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Seven minutes after the break, Hume's low drive looked destined for the bottom corner, but the slightest of touches from Mannone was enough to keep it out, the ball striking the inside of a post and rolling along the goal-line.

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Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Jim Hume said it was encouraging to see that mortality rates for cancer had fallen, but he added that the statistics demonstrated the need for the government and individuals to more to combat cancer.

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