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The Scottish capital has hosted a series of events over the past two decades highlighting its literary credentials.

Rachael Griffin says mandatory lessons could prevent future deaths after the inquest into the deaths of two youngsters in Bournemouth.

The PA news agency looks at what fresh GDP figures mean for the wider UK economy, households and the Government.

The Metropolitan Police said it had been contacted by 40 alleged victims since the BBC’s documentary on the former Harrods owner.

The review will have a particular focus on ‘preventing abuse of power and ensuring everyone at the BBC conducts themselves in line’ with BBC values.

The body of Ms Ward was found by police at her home in Melrose Street, Belfast on October 1.

The published and unpublished footage related to scenes captured at a dissident republican Easter commemoration in Derry’s City Cemetery.

The offer will cost the Scottish Government £64.1 million.

The news comes after the companies confirmed last week they were holding talks over a potential deal.

Virginia McCullough admitted killing John and Lois McCullough, both aged in their 70s, in 2019.

The former immigration minister said he ‘would have done things differently if I had my time again’.

Hays, which recruits for companies in the accountancy and technology sectors, among others, saw a one-fifth drop in its UK fees over the Summer.

The rapid deterioration in the Government’s approval rating underlines the rocky start to Sir Keir Starmer’s time in Downing Street.

Crime boss Petko Zhutev was in charge of taking delivery of the Colombian drugs at a London warehouse in February 2021.

A team from Bournemouth University solved the mystery of the sunken Admiralty mooring lighter.

The sun has now entered its period of greatest solar activity.

Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine was the youngest member of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition and was lost on the upper slopes of the mountain in June that year.

She resigned as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff at the weekend.

The lights could be seen as far south as Kent and East Anglia.

Both Shell and Exxon Mobil have also warned that lower refining margins will hit profits for the third quarter of the year.