| First Seaside Award for Arbroath beach | |
 Arbroath is one of 56 beaches in Scotland which have been given the "Seaside Award" by Keep Scotland Beautiful - this is the first year Arbroath has qualified. A total of 30 criteria must be met and the water quality should be of "Good" standard or above to qualify.
*This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Arbroath beach won a "Seaside Award", and not a "Blue Flag award" as we originally reported. |
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| SNP hold Angus with increased share of vote | |
 Mike Weir for the SNP has retained his seat in the House of Commons for the Angus constituency with an increased shared of the vote. The result is a swing of 2.2% from the Conservatives to the SNP. The full results are as follows:
| Mike Weir (Scottish National Party) | 15,020 | 39.6% | +5.9% |
| Alberto Costa (Conservative) | 11,738 | 30.9% | +1.5% |
| Kevin Hutchens (Labour) | 6,535 | 17.2% | -0.7% |
| Sanjay Samani (Liberal Democrat) | 4,090 | 10.8% | -6.7% |
| Martin Gray (UK Independence Party) | 577 | 1.5% | +1.5% |
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