Man dies after motorbike accident

3 July 2011
Last updated at 04:50 ET

A 40-year-old man has died after coming off his motorbike near Falkland in Fife.

A spokesman for Fife Constabulary said the accident happened on the A912 Strathmiglo Road to Falkland Road at about 1750 BST hours on Saturday.

The rider was taken to Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline with life-threatening injuries but died in the early hours of the morning.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.

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Japan's Panasonic develops robot hair-washer

Tokyo, JAPAN : A combo picture shows a Japanese electronoics giant Panasonic employee demonstrating a bed shaped robot which can be transformed between a bed (L) and a wheel chair (R) to make life easier for elderly and disabled people at the annual Home care and Rehabilitation exhibition in Tokyo on September 30, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO

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