Councillors seeking re-election were not the only ones whose performances were being scrutinised - polling took place on the same day auditions for talent show guru Simon Cowell's X Factor were being held in Inverness.
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Janine revealed all while talking to BBC Berkshire's Andrew Peach the day after Danyl crashed out of the X Factor, failing to reach the final.
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Another factor is that a list containing LVF prisoners expecting visits on the day of Wright's murder was inadvertently shown to INLA prisoners.
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