Det Supt Simon Barraclough said his "thoughts and sympathies are with Beryl's loved ones who are understandably upset by this latest development".

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Beryl Betts's brother Billy Jones was a 26-year-old factory hand on board the Gaul when it went down.

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Beryl Bainbridge's novel Master Georgie, which won the WHSmith literary award earlier this year, was dropped from the final shortlist.

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Published in Dundee, The Dandy is one of the world's longest-running children's comics, launching characters such as Bananaman, Korky the Cat and Beryl the Peril.

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