9am Briefing: Prince William becomes Duke of Cambridge

PRINCE William became the Duke of Cambridge today just hours before he marries Kate Middleton in a historic ceremony watched by million across the globe.

The announcement means Miss Middleton will become Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge when the happy couple are pronounced husband and wife by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Queen marked the royal wedding by giving her grandson the dukedom - the highest rank in British peerage.

The news came as hundreds of thousands of well-wishers poured into London eager for a glimpse of the wedding.

• THE McEwan Hall has been ruled out as a venue for this year's Festival Fringe because of organ restoration work in the building.

The hall, which is Edinburgh University's graduation hall, was first used as a venue last year by Underbelly and was credited with the whole Fringe selling more tickets than ever before.

THE family of Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron, who died a year after being injured in Afghanistan, have spoken about their pain at the loss. The 42-year-old died suddenly at home in Livingston despite apparently making a good recovery from head injuries sustained when he was caught in the blast from an improvised explosive device near Lashkar Gah. Brother Iain said: "It might have been easier to take losing him in Afghanistan, but we had him in our lives for another year.

"For that we can always be grateful."