Pilot error and equipment malfunction has been blamed for a helicopter crash in the North Sea. Eighteen men survived when a Bond Supa Puma hit the sea near a BP oil platform in February 2009. In other news: Scotland is facing widespread disruption in the public sector after the TUC decided today to ballot workers on strike action over pensions; a man has been charged with posting offensive images of a teenager, killed in a double shooting tragedy in Tomintoul, on the internet; an investigation is underway into a fire which destroyed a disused supermarket in Buckie. In sport: Andy Robinson says its mission accomplished so far at the rugby World Cup. His Scotland side made it two wins out of two in New Zealand, after a battling victory over Georgia.
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