How a teacake tycoon helped to save a village's lifeboat station
A donation from Sir Boyd Tunnock worth "a lot of caramel wafers" saved the St Abbs service 10 years ago.
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Council leaders wary of radical plan to redraw Scotland's local government map
Local politicians across Scotland are digesting plans for the biggest shake-up of the council system in 30 years.
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We're growing jobs based on AI, not destroying them, says tech boss
One school even offers pupils a semiconductor qualification to help them get into the industry.
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Evacuation plans over WW2 bomb cut to 300 homes
More than 300 households are likely to be evacuated on Wednesday, Cornwall Council says.
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Booker Prize judges reveal shortlisted novels after selection 'tussle'
Past Booker winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are among the nominees for this year's award.
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Earl Spencer should pull Diana book from shelves, Piers Morgan says
Princess Diana's brother apologised to Morgan for a factual error in his memoir. Morgan said he is "pursuing legal action" against Spencer.
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Reform MSPs walk out of parliament in protest against independence debate
The party's leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, describes the debate as an insult and a waste of time.
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Plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community disrupted, say police
Two men were arrested in Manchester on Sunday, say counter-terror police.
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Inquest opens into 'Putney Pusher' suspect's death
Nicholas Brandram, who was suspected of pushing a woman into the path of a bus, was found dead last week.
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Tim Westwood charged with two more sexual offences
The alleged sexual offences date back to 1991 and 2004.
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Student who accidentally overdosed on paracetamol learns to walk and talk again
Riley Lubas took two over-the counter medicines without realising they both contained paracetamol.
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Veteran BBC Africa correspondent Mark Doyle dies aged 67
Doyle was best known for reporting on African conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, notably in Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
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Mum and three children die in Bootle house fire
Another person was taken to hospital following the "intense fire which spread very rapidly".
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Man who killed 82-year-old in random attack given hospital order
Julian Donoher admitted the manslaughter of Gerard Ring by reason of diminished responsibility.
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'Lego-type blocks' anger woman who was fenced in
Helene Ball had won a legal dispute with Derbyshire County Council over access to her garden gate.
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Parents oppose appointment of head teacher with drink-driving convictions
Families at Tarland School in Aberdeenshire have issued an open letter calling for the appointment to be reconsidered.
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Father admits causing death of his son in hotel fall
The two-year-old boy fell from the window of a hotel in Cyprus in July, a Paphos court hears.
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Victim's family 'let down' by justice system after killer disappears during father's funeral
A meeting with Justice Minister Naomi Long is expected to take place later this week.
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