Northern Isles Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael said the deal with BP showed that the oil industry was willing to do its bit.

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"It's a small world - and a small country like Scotland can do its bit in making it a fairer world, " he said.

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The black-painted metal unibody case feels fantastic, with just a small bit of plastic at the bottom to allow the aerial to do its job.

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For all its success, Facebook now faces a bit of an existential crisis: What to do about death?

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But you do come away feeling a bit better-informed about the thinking of our central bank and its governor.

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In an economy which used its labour so inefficiently that it could never get enough of it, the women had a duty to do their bit.

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