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Sunday headlines: Car smashed on 'notorious' street and Michael Mosley's belly fat plan

Good evening and welcome to the Daily Record's Sunday briefing.

The top stories you need to know today include a possible hit and run on a 'notorious' Edinburgh street, Michael Mosley's plan for losing belly fat, and the 'secretly royal' TV star you may recognise.

Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond.

Car smashed up in suspected hit and run on 'notorious' Scots road

Tom's car has been heavily damaged after it's believed a car collided with the parked vehicle. (Edinburgh Live)

A Scots man says he is no further forward in finding out what happened to his car after it was smashed up in a suspected hit and run while parked on a street.

Tom Hutchison was alerted by a neighbour to the damage at the start of the week. He suspects his car was damaged by another road user, who failed to leave a note, as the street he lives on in Edinburgh is prone to speeding drivers making risky overtakes.

The car was parked on Lower Granton Road between Friday July 29, and Monday August 1, when it is thought to have been hit.

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Scots hospital patient left waiting more than six years to be discharged

Delays in discharging patients from hospital is estimated to cost the NHS £142 million per year, or £262 per night per bed. (PA Wire/PA Images)

A hospital patient has been waiting more than six years to be discharged, new figures show.

The statistics, obtained by the Scottish Conservatives through freedom of information requests, show an NHS Grampian patient has had their discharge delayed by 2,312 days.

It is understood the majority of delays are caused by patients awaiting a care home place or a social care package at home being introduced, Age Scotland research shows. Patients waited an average of 23 days to leave hospital in the 12 months to June 2022, according to the data.

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Michael Mosley's time-saving weight loss tips to 'attack' stubborn belly fat

One common weight loss goal is reducing belly fat, but slimming your midsection can be a difficult task. Even so, the undertaking can be an important one as experts say an expanding waistline comes with a number of health risks.

Although taking - and keeping - weight off your belly can be harder to do as we get older, diet expert Michael Mosley has a three-part plan to 'make a serious impact'.

The Fast 800 and 5:2 diet creator kicked off his advice to the Express by saying: "You need to eat smart, fast smart, and train smart." He explained how to get ahead of a 'rapidly-expanding' belly fat by getting to the bottom of the issue.

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'Secretly royal' TV star who married into the family before Meghan Markle

Sophia Winkleman and her husband Lord Frederick Windsor (Getty Images)

Meghan Markle isn't the only actress in the royal family. Indeed, The Firm's extended family is so expansive that you may not know that the mum of one of Prince George and Princess Charlotte's cousins is a TV star.

You may recognise Sophie Lara Winkleman from Peep Show and Two and a Half Men, as well as for her familiar surname as her half-sister is Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman.

But she's also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, a title Sophie gained when she married into the royal family at Hampton Court Palace in 2009. Her father-in-law is Prince Michael of Kent, a first cousin of the Queen.

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Loose Women's Kaye Adams 'hopes to have gay partner' on new Strictly Come Dancing

Kaye Adams is joining Strictly Come Dancing (OK!/Lorna Roach)

Loose Women 's Kaye Adams has said she hopes her professional partner for the new Strictly Come Dancing show will be gay.

The star fears that a young heterosexuals man would be embarrassed about dancing with a woman old enough to be his mother. Mum-of-two Kaye, 59, told the Mirror : “I don’t want a heterosexual. I would feel embarrassed for them – because a young, hot heterosexual will be like he’s dancing with his mum.

“But if I got a nice gay guy, he’ll be fine with dancing with his mum.”

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