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Harry Potter café left in limbo after fire damage

  By Angie Brown BBC Scotland, Edinburgh and East reporter Edited by Amal Udawatta Image caption, David Taylor said he cannot refurbish the Elephant House café until the building's owner makes sure it is structurally safe A café where JK Rowling wrote parts of her Harry Potter books cannot reopen because the building's owner has gone into liquidation, the BBC understands. The Elephant House café was one of several properties badly damaged in a blaze on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh in August last year. Café owner David Taylor said no work had been carried out to repair the building and he was left in limbo. Liquidator Mike Solomons said it was "addressing issues" around the fire. Mr Taylor, who has 12 years remaining on his lease at the property, said his insurance company had signed off £350,000 to renovate the café after the fire. The five-storey building damaged by the fire houses a number of other businesses such as the Oz Bar, Merchants restaurant and rental flat

NHS: Dentist check-ups in Wales cut to once a year

From BBC Health News Edit by Amal Udawatta Rather than six-monthly check-ups, dentists will create a personal care plan setting out how often then need to come in Media captio Most adults in Wales will now be invited to visit the dentist only once a year instead of every six months. Wales' new chief dental officer said it will allow dentists to focus on patients who most need help. Andrew Dickenson also said it would enable practices to take on up to 112,000 new NHS patients a year. But the British Dental Association (BDA) said the claims "look like they've been cobbled together on the back of an envelope". Prof Dickenson, who has been in post since April, said improvements in oral health mean routine six-monthly check-ups are "outdated". Why can't I find an NHS dentist in Wales? 'Should I save my tooth or heat my house' He said over the past two decades there had been a steady decrease in tooth decay, with more adults keeping their teeth and few