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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070128040348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6306223.stm">Fishermen are airlifted to safety</a></h2> <p>Four fishermen are rescued by the crew of an RAF Lossiemouth helicopter after their boat sank in the North Sea.</p> <ul class="northeastscotland_news_links"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070128040348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6305075.stm">Four dead in three road accidents</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070128040348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6301245.stm">Second arrest over 'hit-and-run'</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20070128040348/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/player/help/" onclick="return consoles('/scotland/player/');"><strong>Watch/Listen</strong> to more news</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> <td width="5"><img src="/web/20070128040348im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="5" height="5" border="0"/></td> <td width="205" id="weather_traffic" class="northeastscotland_background1"> <h1 class="northeastscotland_left_border northeastscotland_header_background" id="weather_bg"><a href="/web/20070128040348/http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0014">Aberdeen Weather</a></h1> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="homepage_weather"> <tr valign="bottom"> <td colspan="2"><strong>Sunday</strong></td> <td colspan="2"><strong>Monday</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="/web/20070128040348im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/symbols/sml/3.gif" alt="sunny intervals" width="30" height="26"/></td> <td style="font-size: 80%;">min 7°C<br/> max 11°C</td> <td><img src="/web/20070128040348im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/home/symbols/sml/3.gif" alt="sunny intervals" width="30" height="26"/></td> <td style="font-size: 80%;">min 5°C<br/> max 10°C</td> </tr> </table> <h1 class="northeastscotland_left_border northeastscotland_header_background" id="travel_bg"><a href="/web/20070128040348/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/whereilive/travelscotland/home/regions/index.shtml?name=northeastscotland">Travel Updates</a> <a href="/web/20070128040348/http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/tpeg/en/local/rtm/scotland-northeast_rss.xml" class="rss"><img src="/web/20070128040348im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sitewide/images/icons/rss_feed.png" border="0" alt="RSS" class="rss"/></a></h1> <ul id="travel_headlines" style="font-size: 0.8em"> <li>A957 Aberdeenshire - Speed restriction of 30 mph both ways at the Victoria Street junction in Stonehaven, because of long-term roadworks.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20070128040348im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/whereilive/images/northeastscotland/news_bottom.gif" width="650" height="6" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20070128040348im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="650" height="5" border="0"/></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td 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