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She also explained at the time she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy and hoping to make a full recovery.

Bus operator Lothian withdrew services from Niddrie at about 17:00 as a "preventative measure".

"They say that sport doesn't build character, it shows character, and his default is to revert to preventative methods rather than trying to keep it within the bounds of fairness," Hill added.

“I am trying to understand how possession of assaultive weapons and sawed-off shotgun, how does that deem this defendant such a danger to the public that the court should set a preventative detention and no bail?”

Or will it become preventative to stop people becoming obese?