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5 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn, pictured, will today seek to move on from the row over his “snub” to the Queen with a visit to Scotland to help raise money for the Scottish Labour Party. Ahead of a gala dinner in Glasgow, the Labour leader will visit a housing association in the city, where he will insist good business should respect workers and have social responsibility at its heart. Before that, he will be joined by members of Social Bite, a social enterprise, and is expected to hail it as an “example of a business with a conscience”.

10 years ago

Scott Brown, the Celtic captain, could be out of football until after Christmas. The midfielder withdrew from the Scotland squad this week and tests show he has suffered a stress reaction in the third metatarsal of his right foot. The injury presents Neil Lennon with a pressing problem as the Old Firm match on October 24 looms. Brown and Joe Ledley,have formed Lennon’s preferred central midfield pairing. However, Ledley has been filling in at left-back in the absence of Emilio Izaguirre.

25 years ago

Former gangland henchman “Mad Frankie” Fraser quipped he would perform free dental work on any prison officers in the audience when his one-man comedy show opened last night in London’s East End. Mr Fraser, nicknamed “The Dentist” in the 1960s for extracting teeth from victims who had fallen behind with their debts, played before a packed house at the Brick Lane Music Hall. Insisting he was not nervous, he said: “This must be better than appearing at the Old Bailey. Court number one — that was my stage.”

50 years ago

Paisley yesterday celebrated the centenary of the opening of the Library, Museum and Art Galleries, the buildings for which were given by Sir Peter Coats, one of the two brothers of the threadmaking organisation, J. and P. Coats. The library has a collection dating back to 1802 and had a collection of 15,000 volumes when the buildings were opened. Exhibitions are being held to mark the centenary and among the exhibits are a copy of Aesop’s Fables dated 1501.

100 years ago

An exciting scene was witnessed in the vicinity of Aberdeen Harbour yesterday. A detective was walking along the street, accompanied by a well-dressed young man when the latter suddenly dashed off along the street. The detective followed in pursuit, and a crowd eventually joined the chase. The fugitive entered the Fish Market. Failing to see an avenue of escape, he leapt into the water of the Fish Dock. A Seaman jumped in and reached him and a boat was lowered, into which the two were hauled.