Scottish police forces have recorded an increase in the number of drivers caught in the first week of this year's Speedwatch campaign.

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David Bowie's first album in a decade has become the fastest-selling of the year, hitting the number one spot in its first week.

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Turn on the app, and then check in to see your CO2 emissions by day, week, month or even year, measured both in tons of carbon dioxide and number of trees.

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Families will come back year after year, often to the exact same campsite number in the same week or weekend.

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In notable economic news this week, the number of Americans filing for unemployment fell to multi-year lows last week.

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Figures published this week showed that the number of loan approvals to buy homes was almost 40% lower in February than a year before.

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The Official Charts Company said the song, which is raising money for the Queen's Jubilee charities, was the biggest selling number one of the year so far, selling 142, 000 copies in the past week.

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The 34-year-old, who saw his 281-week spell as world number one ended by England's Lee Westwood last month, triumphed in the event last year before problems in his personal life forced him to take a four-month break from the game.

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Employment, however, was less positive. (See: "Uncle Sam's Jobless Line Longer") The Labor Department said initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 35, 000 in its latest reporting week and the number of workers remaining on jobless benefits climbed to a four-year high.

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