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Schools start cancer jabs

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Schools in Scotland have started offering girls aged 12 and 13 vaccinations against a sexually-transmitted virus which can cause cervical cancer.

But critics say girls should be advised to abstain from underage sex rather than be given injections.

Raymond Buchanan reports.

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