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The estate of former first minister Alex Salmond is seeking sequestration – the Scottish legal equivalent of bankruptcy – due to costs linked to court action.Salmond won a judicial review against the Scottish government over the handling of two harassment complaints against him by civil servants which were ruled to be “tainted with apparent bias”. He was awarded £512,000 in costs.His former lawyers, Levy and McRae, are now acting for his wife, Moira, in winding up his estate.Senior partner David McKie said “exposing the unlawful conduct of the Scottish government” had been “a matter of great satisfaction” for Salmond and…

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane considering move to Barcelona, Manchester United and Tottenham monitoring Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and Liverpool watch Fulham winger Kevin. Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has a 65m euros (£57m) release clause that kicks in next summer and the 32-year-old England international is weighing up his options, which include staying in Germany and considering a move to Barcelona. (Sport – in Spanish), externalManchester United and Tottenham are closely monitoring 23-year-old England centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite, who Everton do not want to sell and value him at around £70m. (Caught Offside), externalTottenham and Chelsea are set to go head-to-head…

An Iraq war and Royal Navy veteran has been identified as the driver whose quick-thinking saved the lives of passengers on the train he was driving.Peterborough man, Andrew Johnson, diverted the train heading to London to Huntingdon station within minutes of being told about the mass stabbing, The Telegraph reported.Mr Johnson’s actions allowed a quick response from emergency services.The man is understood to have finished his career as a Chief Petty Officer and worked as a weapons engineer.He had served in the Royal Navy for 17 years and deployed to Iraq in 2003 during the second Gulf War.Mr Johnson is…

Television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has disclosed an awkward predicament at airport security stemming from his significant weight reduction whilst taking Mounjaro.The 65-year-old broadcaster shared on X, formerly Twitter, that he faces difficulty keeping his trousers from falling when required to remove his belt for body scanners.”Mounjaro problem. I never saw coming. At airports you’re made to remove your belt and then told to stand in the body scanner with your arms in the air. So you can’t hold your trousers up,” he wrote on Saturday.The former Top Gear host’s post rapidly garnered thousands of likes, with followers responding to his…

A nine-month-old baby has been killed in a dog attack in south-east Wales, according to Gwent Police.Officers and paramedics went to a property on Crossway in Rogiet, Monmouthshire, at about 18:00 GMT on Sunday.The dog was seized and removed from the address, the force said. Ch Supt John Davies said: “Officers are on scene and will be making further inquiries as the investigation progresses.”

Sony MusicThe grounds of Dunham Massey will be transformed with a lights trailIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the north west as towns and cities in the region start to light up for the festive season.From town centre light switch-ons to city lantern parades and light trails through some of the region’s most scenic landscapes, we highlight just some of the events to help you to get into the festive spirit.Cheshire14 November – Lanterns and Light (Chester Zoo) Meet playful puppets, wander through the Ribbon Tunnel and gaze at the stars in Chester Zoo’s annual festive light…

Aside from last season’s glitch, where they failed to lift a major trophy, City have been a relentless winning machine themselves, with six Premier League titles in the last eight seasons, as well as a Champions League in 2023.In Haaland, they have someone destroying defences with power, speed and clinical finishing.The 1-0 defeat at Villa Park was City’s first in 10 games and, while they responded with wins over Swansea and Bournemouth, he has not forgotten that blip.”I didn’t score last game,” Haaland told Sky Sports when asked if he felt unstoppable. “I try to help the team to win…

Government figures show that a quarter of imprisoned foreign sex offenders are from just five countries.Poland, Ireland, Pakistan, India and Romania make up 457 of the foreign sex offenders in prisons in England and Wales, according to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures obtained by The Telegraph under Freedom of Information laws.That number represented one in four of the 1,731 foreign sex offenders who were in prison in June.It is an increase of 9.9 per cent in a year, figures show.In that same period, the increase in the number of Britons in jail for the same type of offences was 3.8…

Vito Coppola has left the Strictly Come Dancing fandom crying their eyes out after he embraced Ellie Goldstein following their elimination.The 23-year-old performer, who broke new ground as the programme’s first participant with Down syndrome on the main series, departed during Sunday evening’s results programme.The model and her Italian partner found themselves at risk following Halloween week’s performances, landing in the dreaded dance-off for the first time.The dance-off pitted Ms Goldstein and Mr Coppola against EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal and her partner Julian Caillon. BBC Strictly: Ellie Goldstein and Vito Coppola left the show on Sunday | BBCBoth pairs repeated…

Archie Fisher presented Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010Folk musician and former Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86.The singer, songwriter and guitarist had presented Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010. Born in Glasgow into a singing family, he released a number of albums over the years and was among the earliest steel-string players in British folk music.In 2006, he was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours for services to traditional Scottish music.In posts on social media, Scottish singing star Barbara Dickson described him as “the great Archie Fisher”.She said:…