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Police investigate Alex Salmond inquiry leaks: Detectives receive two complaints about ‘unlawful disclosure of information’ from Scottish government’s probe into harassment claims against former First Minister Police said it got complaints about ‘potential unlawful disclosure of information’ A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed that the force is now investigating them Salmond had said he told lawyers … Read more

Greedy one-year-old Labrador Ellie-May is lucky to be alive after swallowing 11 ROCKS during walk in woods  The one-year-old Labrador swallowed the pebbles during a walk in Staffordshire Vets and owners were amazed to see dog’s stomach filled with stones in X-ray  Surgery took 3 hours as the vet painstakingly removed each pebble   Ellie-May has made a … Read more

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Mesopotamian king, then looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago, is finally headed back to Iraq. The $1.7 million cuneiform clay tablet was found in 1853 as part of a 12-tablet collection in the rubble of the library of Assyrian … Read more

British Airways SCRAPS plans for short-haul budget airline subsidiary operating from Gatwick after talks collapsed over pilots’ pay Talks broke down between British Airways and pilots’ union Balpa over pay  Subsidiary would have included 17 planes at Gatwick for short-haul flights  Airline says it needed costs for project to remain ‘viable and sustainable’ By Stewart … Read more