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All bets are off as Scot is lined up to be Poet Laureate

Bookmakers have stopped taking bets on Carol Ann Duffy to be appointed as Britain's first female poet laureate, after it was reported the Scottish writer will be handed the role.

Bookmakers have stopped taking bets on Carol Ann Duffy to be appointed as Britain's first female poet laureate, after it was reported the Scottish writer will be handed the role.