The company's acting chief executive Colin Brown said the losses reflected "a period of great turbulence" for the business but said Strongbow had continued to do well.

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"I wouldn't want to see a pilot turning up to fly a plane in shorts and flip-flops, and patients don't want to see a doctor dressed in the kind of thing he or she might wear down to the pub, " says Professor Colin Brown, a retired renal consultant from Sheffield.

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But former Motherwell manager Eric Black or former Scotland defender Colin Hendry will be Brown's assistant.

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Mr Brown's brothers Colin, 57, William, 48, and Kenneth, 56, said no-one had ever been brought to justice for the killing.

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However, Hibs were back on level terms within five minutes of the hosts' opener when Stokes ran onto a Colin Nish ball down the right and drilled home a low effort into the bottom corner of Brown's net.

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