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20/11/2013
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Journalist, Broadcaster And Activist Ray Gosling Dies Aged 74
Journalist, broadcaster and gay rights activist Ray Gosling has died aged 74.
According to reports Gosling, who presented more than 100 television documentaries and many more radio programmes, died in hospital in Nottingham.
In 2010 he was sentenced for wasting police time after he falsely claimed on a BBC show that he had smothered a former lover who was dying of Aids.
Nottingham University NHS Trust said Gosling died at the Queen's Medical Centre on Tuesday.
Men Arrested Over North Lanarkshire Cannabis Haul
Cannabis plants worth an estimated £135,000 have been discovered at a flat in North Lanarkshire.
Police Scotland have reported that two men have been arrested in connection with the find.
Acting under a warrant officers searched the flat in the town's Alexander Street at about 19:55 on Tuesday.
Welsh Great Oak Nominated For European Award
The Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead, near Chirk, Wrexham, has been nominated for the European Tree of the Year award.
The tree is named after an 1165 battle in which Welsh forces ambushed an invading English army, burying the dead nearby.
The Woodland Trust, which nominated the oak, said the competition aimed to find the most "lovable" tree.
(MH/CD)
Journalist, broadcaster and gay rights activist Ray Gosling has died aged 74.
According to reports Gosling, who presented more than 100 television documentaries and many more radio programmes, died in hospital in Nottingham.
In 2010 he was sentenced for wasting police time after he falsely claimed on a BBC show that he had smothered a former lover who was dying of Aids.
Nottingham University NHS Trust said Gosling died at the Queen's Medical Centre on Tuesday.
Men Arrested Over North Lanarkshire Cannabis Haul
Cannabis plants worth an estimated £135,000 have been discovered at a flat in North Lanarkshire.
Police Scotland have reported that two men have been arrested in connection with the find.
Acting under a warrant officers searched the flat in the town's Alexander Street at about 19:55 on Tuesday.
Welsh Great Oak Nominated For European Award
The Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead, near Chirk, Wrexham, has been nominated for the European Tree of the Year award.
The tree is named after an 1165 battle in which Welsh forces ambushed an invading English army, burying the dead nearby.
The Woodland Trust, which nominated the oak, said the competition aimed to find the most "lovable" tree.
(MH/CD)
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