Dewar to have heart tests

Glasgow - The Scottish First Minister, Mr Donald Dewar, was taken into hospital yesterday for heart tests.

Glasgow - The Scottish First Minister, Mr Donald Dewar, was taken into hospital yesterday for heart tests.

The leader of the Scottish Parliament is having tests at Glasgow Royal Infirmary's cardiac unit after a check-up last month revealed a "minor irregularity".

Since the launch of the Edinburgh Parliament last year Mr Dewar (62) has been at the centre of several high-profile controversies such as the cost of the new parliament building which shot up to almost five times its original estimate.

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