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Eric Carle

Author Eric Carle - complete with caterpillar cap - at an event in New York in 2009 (Picture: Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle attending Jumpstart's "Read for the Record" at The New York Public Library, 2009, in New York City. (Photo : Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Jumpstart)

Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar author, dies aged 91

Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar dies aged 91 (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File).

The Very Hungry Caterpillar author dies aged 91

Just one in 30 fathers has time for a bedtime story

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First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks to the media after speaking at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) forum at the Royal Bank of Scotland Business School in Edinburgh.

Scottish ministers meet to rule on fate of deposit return scheme

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Keir Starmer faces showdown with unions over transition plan for green energy

Dr Sonya Miller - TauRx

Breakthrough drug developed in Scotland to halt progress of Alzheimer's disease