The other poets were: John Burnside, Robert Crawford, Douglas Dunn, Alec Finlay, Valerie Gillies, William Letford, Aonghas MacNeacail, Tom Pow and Robin Robertson.

BBC: Monument rotunda

Wenger demonstrated his frustration in the final seconds of the match when his side were denied a late equaliser when William Gallas was adjudged offside in the build up to Robin Van Persie's side-foot finish.

BBC: Wenger to get sending off apology

Archbishop Robin Eames of the Church of Ireland and, perhaps most significantly, the Reverend William Bingham, a leading Orangeman, were also shocked into action.

ECONOMIST: From forward march to retreat

After William Hague's first major success, the BBC's Political Editor Robin Oakley asks: Where now for the Tories?

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