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Puppy trained to 'sniff out' cancer

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A nine-week old Cocker Spaniel has been handed over by Strathclyde Police to a cancer charity. Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs, based in Buckinghamshire, is training puppies to sniff out signs of the disease in humans.

Julie Peacock went to meet the latest recruit.

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