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5 YEARS AGO

Vicky Pryce, pictured, was escorted to prison after she and ex-husband Chris Huhne were jailed for eight months for lying about a speeding offence a decade ago. A judge told the former energy secretary and his ex-wife they were “acting together” in deciding to pervert the course of justice when she agreed to take his speeding points.

10 YEARS AGO

Almost £500million of subsidy will be required to ensure the SNP’S local tax plans mean lower bills for most households, though it would still leave bills rising for professional couples. The subsidy to councils would mean an effective tax cut for most council taxpayers and would have to be funded from other Scottish Government budgets. It helped the Finance Secretary John Swinney present the major reform of local taxation as leaving most households better off, while killing off the “high and unjust” council tax yesterday.

25 YEARS AGO

Angry Muslims took British troops hostage yesterday during a botched UN humanitarian mission to the