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Robert Carlyle shown as armed officer in first look at Line Of Duty series seven

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a culture story. STV News and The Scotsman are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 12 Nov 2026, 12:55 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Robert Carlyle shown as armed officer in first look at Line Of Duty series seven”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Scotsman
First look at Robert Carlyle as he joins Line of Duty as rifle officer for series seven
- Picked up by STV News
Robert Carlyle shown as armed officer in first look at Line Of Duty series seven
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.