Leven

[ lee-vuhn ]

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Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.

Leven

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a lake in E central Scotland: one of the shallowest of Scottish lochs, with seven islands, on one of which Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned (1567–8). Length: 6 km (3.7 miles). Width: 4 km (2.5 miles)
a sea loch in W Scotland, extending for about 14 km (9 miles) east from Loch Linnhe

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Harvie grew up in the Vale of Leven and attended Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament protests from a young age.

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Officers told her the next afternoon they had found a body on the banks of the Leven in Renton.

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A month after the murder, the four-year-old told police that "Robbie" hit Caroline with a pole "down the Leven".

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In East Yorkshire, 17 flood warnings have been issued including at Bielby, near Pocklington, Leven, Routh and Meaux, and Upper Hull catchment.

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Stuart Pearce, 'director of place' for the Loch Lomond park authority, said it created "unacceptable risk" of flooding of the River Leven.

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