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1. #SCOTLAND: A 21-year-old man is due to appear in court in Glasgow later in connection with the death of Karen Buckley.

2. #FAIRVIEW PARK: A man with special needs has been left ‘traumatised’ after an assault in Dublin. The attackers ‘threatened to rape him and set him on fire’.

3. #EMERGENCY: A two-year-old child with severe head injuries was airlifted to hospital in Dublin overnight, after falling from the first floor of a building.

4. #RODRIGO RATO: A former IMF boss has been questioned in Spain as part of a new investigation into money laundering.

5. #ARCHIVE: Wikileaks has published thousands of documents from last year’s Sony hacking scandal.

6. #TO THE POOL: Temperatures could tip into 20 degrees next week.

Main pic: A Buddhist girl raises birds to release during a ceremony to mark traditional New Year at Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Credit: AP Photo/ Khin Maung Win