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ARTHUR Valerian Wellesley, who has died aged 99, was the eighth Duke of Wellington, also known as the Prince of Waterloo. His ancestor, the first Duke of Wellington whose statue in Glasgow’s city centre is routinely and famously crowned with a traffic cone, won the Battle of Waterloo. The death of the current Duke comes just six months short of the 200th anniversary of that battle in which the British army defeated Napoleon under the leadership of the first Duke.
As any Doctor Who fan knows, the Doctor never really dies, although last night it certainly felt like it. In a dramatic episode full of fire, tears and the four knocks of doom, David Tenant’s Doctor, pictured, finally regenerated, bringing to an end what is arguably the most successful era of the show ever.
For months now, in a series of special episodes, the show’s executive producer and lead writer Russell T Davies has been upping the tension towards yesterday’s climax.
A Rothesay newsagent whose dedication to duty on New Year’s Day almost cost him his life faces a ticking off from a very relieved wife. With no island deliveries because ferries were on holiday, 57-year-old Mr Alex Gibson borrowed a friend’s rowing boat and set off early yesterday morning to make the 600-yard trip across the Kyles of Bute to collect Sunday newspapers from the mainland. He got only 30ft out from Rhubodach when the 9ft rowing boat capsized in gale-lashed waters. Lifeboats were called out.
Representatives of the Church of Scotland who saw a preview of the B.B.C. sex education programmes found nothing objectionable and have unanimously supported the general principle of their being made available for showing to children of 8 or 9 years of age. The group, from the Moral welfare Committee, attended the preview at the invitation of the B.B.C. with representatives from other Churches and educational bodies. The group felt that certain sections of the press gravely erred in their reports.
The boot and shoe warehouse of Messrs A. L. Scott and son, David Street, Glasgow, and the premises of Messrs Samuel Gallery and Sons (Limited, Landressy Street, have been broken into on several occasions and a large quantity of boots stolen. During the past month nearly 30 persons have been arrested in connection with the thefts. It is alleged that part of the missing property was concealed in houses in Glasgow and was afterwards taken in taxi-cabs to Bathgate and sold to a man there.