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Scotland's top secondary schools have been revealed in a new league table.

New rankings for Ayrshire secondary schools have been released.

A beautiful village just an hour's drive from Manchester has been named the best place to live in the North West. Trawden, based in an 'unsung corner of Lancashire ', was chosen by judges in the prestigious Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide.

Strictly Come Dancing star Tess Daly was actually born with a totally different name.The host has presented the BBC dance competition since 2004 - and has always used the name Tess in a professional capacity.However, she was christened something completely different, and hasn’t officially changed it out of respect for her parents - though her mum Sylvia is the only person still using her previous name.Even her showbiz hubby Vernon Kay calls her Tess.But the star was actually christened Helen Elizabeth Daly - but when she started work as a model aged 17, there was already someone with the name ‘Helen Davies’ on the books.So Tess was told to change her name because it was too similar.She explained to Weekend: “My mum’s really the only person who still calls me Helen, and that’s not often.“She tends to call me ‘love’, so when she does say ‘Helen’ it can take me a while to respond.”The name Tess actually came about because the star’s agent at the time was “obsessed” with actress Nastassja Kinski - who starred in the film Tess - as they thought Tess Daly looked like her.She explained: “So Tess it was. I was gullible and impressionable.

Oscar and Emmy winner Barry Levinson has been tapped to direct David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Levinson will direct multiple episodes, including the first, and executive produce the series from Kelley, Keshet Studios and Universal Television

Selome Hailu David E. Kelley’s upcoming Peacock crime drama “The Missing” has tapped Barry Levinson to direct multiple episodes, including the first. He will also executive produce the series.“The Missing” is based on Dror A.

Schitt’s Creek alumna Karen Robinson and The Sinner alum Michael Mosley round out the series regular cast for The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series from David E. Kelley based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. They join previously announced leads Jeff Wilbusch and Juliana Canfield in the drama series.

Altrincham is officially the best place to live in the United Kingdom.