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National News
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Four people were injured after a black cab hit pedestrians in Glasgow city centre. Two women, aged 60 and 61, and the male driver of the taxi, aged 62, were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital following the crash which happened around 1.50pm on Union Street. A 61-year-old woman was taken to the Glasgow […]
Chris Packham is challenging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to support rewilding across the Church of England’s vast estate. The broadcaster is taking to the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, to call on the Church to commit to rewilding 30% of Church Commissioners – the Church’s investment arm – to rewild its […]
New cancer treatments will be trialled in the UK, the Government has confirmed, announcing a series of medical tech investments. Projects looking into AI diagnoses and personalised immunotherapy treatments are among those that could benefit from public and private sector investment totalling £148 million. Research hubs will also be created at universities across the country, […]
A two-year-old boy, a woman and two men died in “two tragedies” off the coast of France, the Prefect of Pas-de-Calais region has confirmed. Jacques Billant, said that in the first incident on Saturday, the French coastguard responded to a boat carrying nearly 90 people on board which was suffering engine failure. A total of […]
Authorities in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday began vaccinating against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation. The 265,000 doses donated to by the European Union and the US were rolled out in the […]
Arrests have been made as tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in central London ahead of the anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Israel. Two people have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, the Metropolitan Police said, as part of a “significant” policing operation in place across the capital in […]
The Strictly Come Dancing professionals will transform into minions from the Despicable Me franchise during the show’s movie week special. Kai Widdrington will dress as Gru, the grouchy former supervillain and protagonist of the film series, while the other professionals don yellow bodysuits to mimic the tiny henchmen. This year’s movie week will see Welsh […]
England captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the first Test in Pakistan as he continues to recover from a torn hamstring. Stokes sustained the injury in August while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred and subsequently missed his side’s 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka. He had been hoping to lead his […]
South Africa has regained its position as the best value long-haul holiday destination for UK travellers, according to a new report. Local price falls and the weakening of the South African rand have brought costs down for UK visitors by 12% since autumn 2023, Post Office Travel Money said. This makes Cape Town the best […]
The number of children in Scotland with developmental concerns has sharply increased since the Covid pandemic, figures show. The percentage of four and five-year-olds who were recorded as having one or more developmental concern has nearly doubled since 2019, according to data released by Public Health Scotland (PHS). A fifth (19.97%) of all children assessed in that […]