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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 4 Dec 2015

    The Forth Road Bridge is to remain shut until the new year for repairs after discovery of defective steel workhttp://bbc.in/1RsuR3z 

    3:16 AM - 4 Dec 2015
    • 524 Retweets
    • 234 Likes
    • June Taft Greg Raymond Angelo Olivia Ross Vanessa Cameron Mary Duncan Gabrielle Clark Héctor Tracey Scott
    39 replies 524 retweets 234 likes
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      2. Douglas Murphy‏ @Douglas_J_M 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @forthroadbridge @BBCNews Removing the tolls didn't mean stop maintaining it! What are Scot Gov saying about this nat calamity?

        1 reply 3 retweets 2 likes
      3. Jim Bond‏ @thebestbond 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @Douglas_J_M

        .@Douglas_J_M @AWMEdinburghUK so not only did Salmond and Surgeon come back from China with 2 sterile Pandas, even the steel was dodgy!!

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. Kloppite‏ @lee_lfc_84 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking gonna have to start using the Fifth Bridge then

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      2. Graeme Purvis‏ @gpurvis2711 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @forthroadbridge Questions need answered about the inspection regime. Why weren't issues noticed before they became serious?

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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      4. Gordon Paton‏ @PatonGordon 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ScotForLiberty

        @TamPayne2 @gpurvis2711 @BBCBreaking @forthroadbridge another labour failure that @SNP have to fix when it's raining and roof is leaking

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
      5. Graeme Purvis‏ @gpurvis2711 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PatonGordon

        @PatonGordon you are aware that the @theSNP sneakily privatised the maintenance and running. Amey have taken over fro Forth Ports.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Gordon Paton‏ @PatonGordon 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @gpurvis2711

        @gpurvis2711 @theSNP firth ports is owned by dubai dumbo

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Graeme Purvis‏ @gpurvis2711 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PatonGordon

        @PatonGordon @theSNP Forth Ports Plc is. The bridge was run by FETA and the Forth Bridges Joint Board. Public bodies until privatised 2014

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Gordon Paton‏ @PatonGordon 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @gpurvis2711

        @gpurvis2711 @theSNP you state forth ports If you didn't check your facts tuff

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. angus‏ @kingskroinkie 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @PatonGordon

        @PatonGordon @gpurvis2711 @theSNP Labour sneaked though 6,000 miles of Scottish territorial waters 18 years ago-sneaky bastards.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Terry‏ @tpin88 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews @GreigWhite92 see this

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      4. Terry‏ @tpin88 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @GreigWhite92

        @GreigWhite92 better leave earlier then from now on, bridge ready to collapse less they fix it lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Matthew Laws‏ @Archadium 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking looking for cheap car ferry so I can make millions carrying people over the forth. Any ideas where I can get one?

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      1. Toxic Tinker‏ @ToxicTinker 4 Dec 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @forthroadbridge Thank God it WAS noticed before there was a major failure!!! Well done FRB team for keeping us safe!

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      1. Scott Robertson‏ @thingmie 4 Dec 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @forthroadbridge Well done SNP for pushing the new one to be built

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