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21 August 2017

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News imageMaggie O'Farrell attends a photocall at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Maggie O'Farrell's 17 brushes with death

The award-winning author's memoir I Am, I Am, I Am looks at all the close calls she has had.

News imageBenghazi

Shootings video mars Benghazi 'victory'

Just weeks after the Libyan city was declared liberated from Islamists, footage shows more bloodshed.

News imageFinger millet

Can these super-crops feed Africa?

Africa's population is set to boom over the next few decades - reaching 2.5 billion people by 2050. Scientists in Kenya are trying to find ways of growing enough food for everyone.

News imageSupreme Court

UK seeks Brexit legal disputes deal

Ministers want divorces and cross-border consumer claims resolved "in a clear and sensible way".

News imageJose Eduardo dos Santos

Is Angola's Dos Santos really giving up power?

Angolans go to the polls on Wednesday as President Dos Santos steps down after 38 years in power.

News imageGym equipment - treadmill

Review backs business rates overhaul

Leisure centres, private schools and universities should be brought fully into the business rates system.

News imageKyle Edmund

Edmund through in Winston-Salem Open

British number two Kyle Edmund is through to the second round of the Winston-Salem Open with a straight-set win over Thomas Fabbiano.

News imageDerelict hotel

Business rates under the microscope

A panel of experts looks at how businesses should contribute fairly to council finances.

News imageBaton arrival

Scots leg of Queen's Baton Relay begins

A series of events will take place in Glasgow and around the country over the next five days.

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