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ShowIndustry leaders are welcoming news of two major deals which will see Chinese companies invest more than ten billion pounds in the North Sea. Talisman have sold nearly half of their UK operation to Sinopec, while the state owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation have made a bid for Nexen who operate the giant Buzzard field. Parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken part in protests against plans to reduce the size of the British Army. There were demonstrations at over sixty war memorials around the country. The army is to lose 17 major units in the biggest overhaul of the service for decades. Philip Tartaglia made the comments after he was confirmed to succeed Archbishop Mario Conti as the leader of Glasgow's Catholics. Gay rights campaigners say it's an admission the Church has lost the argument. The phone hacking scandal took a dramatic new twist today when eight people, all associated with the defunct News of the World, were charged with conspiracy to hack the phones of politicians, celebrities and victims of crime. The list of those charged is headed by former editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson who deny the allegations against them. STV News can reveal Rangers SPL membership share has yet to be transferred to Dundee. It's understood the delay surrounds legal technicalities involving the transfer from Rangers' administrators, Duff and Phelps. If it isn't resolved, the SPL CAN forcibly remove the share and give it to Dundee, but not until August the SEVENTH. This episode has been edited for rights reasons.
