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The Scottish Government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme has helped more than ten thousand households purchase a new home.

The Lib Dems have accused universities of ‘stifling free speech’. The accusation comes after it was found that staff who were employed by a number of universities had signed compromise agreements, known as ‘gagging clauses’. The Lib Dems say that the inclusion of these clauses is an attack on free speech from the institutions which should be defending it, however universities have defended their actions, saying there are a range of reasons that the clauses are included in settlement agreements.

There was a 6.3% rise in legacy income for charities during the twelve months to March 2017, Remember A Charity reports. 

Over a year after Prince’s untimely death, a judge in Minnesota has named the singer’s sister, Tyka Nelson, and his five half-siblings as heirs to his estate, reports the Independent.

The town of Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire has seen average house prices rise by more than any other seaside town in Scotland over the past ten years, according to new research from Bank of Scotland.