THE ARCHIVES

The railway strike is ended; the men are to return to work this morning. An agreement was reached after a five-hour conference yesterday between Mr Lloyd George and Mr Bonar Law and the Negotiating Committee. The chief points of the settlement are that the Government has extended its undertaking as to wages from the end of March to the end of September and that certain classes of railwaymen whose pre-war wages were below 18s are to receive a minimum of 51s. Leven Lifeguard Club was officially launched yesterday and the man behind the scheme is 60-year-old Mr George Davidson, Glenrothes. The club, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Scottish Midlands branch of the Royal Life-saving Society, is to have lifeguard beach patrols on duty at Leven during the summer season. But Mr Davidson’s ambitions do not stop there. “I’m going to recruit and train men and women to form lifeguard teams for every principal beach along the Fife coast,” he said. A radiant Princess of Wales stepped out confidently in public yesterday and shrugged off claims of an affair with former Life Guards officer James Hewitt. In her first official engagement since publication of the book Princess in Love, she gave no sign of inner turmoil. She appeared totally at ease, laughing and joking with streetwise youngsters and army officers as she launched an army-led expedition to Africa at Kensington Palace. Friends of the princess said she had brushed off allegations. Plans to charge visitors to Perth and Kinross an additional £1 a night to pay for services in tourism hotspots have met with a furious response from the industry. Backers say at least £1 million could be raised locally to protect services in areas popular with visitors, such as Loch Leven, Pitlochry and Dunkeld, and provide much-needed maintenance of popular attractions. The hospitality industry has written off the idea, likening it to “killing the goose that laid the golden egg.” The Jewish cousins had an emotional reunion 75 years after they fled Romania, each believing the other had been killed in the Holocaust.

9,000

The age of human remains found in Somerset. Radiocarbon dating was used to date the bones.

100 years ago 50 years ago 25 years ago One year ago 3,000

The number of locks at Wandsworth prison that are having to be changed.

A locksmith has been arrested on suspicion of selling duplicate keys to inmates.

£1.4m

The sum awarded to Dundee University physicist Dr Tom Vettenburg to develop the next generation of microscopes. The award was made by UK Research and Innovation.

282

The number of Munros bagged by Genghis, an elderly springer spaniel.

He has accompanied his owner Mac Wright and the two scaled their final Munro last week.