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1. #SITESERV: The former chairman of IBRC, Alan Dukes, said he is “extremely angry” at suggestions of malpractice or criminality in the bank’s sale of Siteserv to the Denis O’NBrien-owneed Millngton.

2. #GLASGOW: The death certificate of murdered Irish student Karen Buckley was released, citing head and neck injuries as the cause of death.

3. #TRAGIC: Actor and child star Sawyer Sweeton, who featured in popular show Everybody Loves Raymond, took his own life, his family confirmed.

4. #MOTHERS AND FATHERS: Campaigners for the ‘No’ side in the same-sex marriage referendum accused the ‘Yes’ side of pulling their posters down.

5. #MUST-HAVE: The long-awaited Apple Watch has officially gone on sale today and these lads are already pulling it to pieces.

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