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The Tories returned to Ravenscraig yesterday, a generation after Margaret Thatcher’s Government announced the closure of the biggest steel plant in western Europe.

Plans to charge drinkers a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol have been branded illegal and ineffective.

Foreign Secretary William Hague has refused to explain why he had shared a hotel room with a 25-year-old male aide, which led to claims they had a relationship, as a senior Tory criticised the cabinet minister’s “poor judgment”.

Gordon Brown has announced plans to work on worthy projects to increase global access to education and the internet in a pointed message that he has no intention, yet, to respond to Tony Blair’s savage attack on his personality and premiership.

Major-General Tony Younger, who has died aged 91, was the military man who, during the Second World War, helped lead the expedition to Gruinard Bay in Wester Ross to carry out what became notorious biological warfare experiments with anthrax.

Laurent Fignon, who has died aged 50 of cancer, was a Frenchman who twice won the Tour de France but was defeated by American rival Greg LeMond in arguably the event’s greatest race.

Alan McDonald, who has died at the age of 75, was a talented and creative architect who was responsible for the construction and restoration of some of Glasgow’s most prominent buildings.

Labour’s leadership contenders united against Tony Blair yesterday, accusing the former Prime Minist

Gordon Brown has told friends he will not hit back over Tony Blair’s withering attack – until after the Labour leadership contest is over.

William Hague has revealed his wife has suffered multiple miscarriages as he announced one of his advisers had resigned over “malicious” claims they had a relationship.

The body set up by the Scottish Government to deliver public infrastructure projects has thrown down the gauntlet to critics by producing externally audited figures showing it saved the public purse an estimated £114 million in its first full year.

JoeMcGoran, who has died aged 93, fought with the Cameron Highlanders in the battles for Monte Cassino in Italy in early 1944, where he lost his right arm and leg to a German grenade.

Professor John MacLeod, who has died aged 70, was one of Britain’s leading horticulturalists who devoted his life to promoting the practical side of the science.

Richie Hayward, who has died aged 64 of liver cancer, was co-founder of Little Feat, an eclectic band that maintained a strong cult following for decades.