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Day break?

A READER tells us of an elderly relative who was boasting to his wife about the advantages of getting on in years when they were in the queue at DIY store B&Q by brandishing his discount card for pensioners on Wednesdays.

His wife threw him a withering glance and pitifully uttered: "It's Thursday".

Mia culpa

GLASGOW restaurateur Julie Walters, who opens her new place The Chophouse Brasserie in Merchant Square this week, is used to being confused with the popular English actress who shares the same name.