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Rejected Conan Doyle story published
A short story written when Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an 18-year-old medical student was published for the first time today. The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe was rejected for publication by Blackwoods Magazine, but remained in the magazine¡¯s archive because the author failed to provide a stamped, addressed envelope.

Government extends health support
Health secretary Alan Milburn will visit Durham University today to see how medical schools are trying to recruit students from a wider social background. Two new medical schools - at Brighton and in Yorkshire - and 1,033 more trainee doctor places were announced today.

Scottish Executive backs medical school
The Scottish Executive's health department is contributing more than ?6 million to help build Glasgow University¡¯s ?14 million medical school. The university is raising the balance for purpose-built facilities for its 2,400 medical students.