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Scottish Labour leadership frontrunner admits party faces ‘systemic’ problems as he vows new taxes on families and big businesses
Michael Marra, the frontrunner to become Scottish Labour’s next leader, has admitted the party faces “systemic” problems while proposing new taxes on wealthy individuals and large corporations to address funding pressures. Speaking in Glasgow, he said dissatisfaction with Sir Keir Starmer had been “a storm from which the Scottish Labour Party had failed to make…
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Man ‘killed partner by stabbing her 70 times before turning knife on her daughter’, court hears
A man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with murder and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his partner around 70 times in what prosecutors described as a “murderous attack”, before also stabbing her daughter when she tried to intervene. Alan Dore, 48, is accused of killing 52-year-old grandmother Samantha Turner at her home in…
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Goodbye Dandelion review – ode to a fabulous friendship with a 50-year age gap
This Guardian review covers Goodbye Dandelion, a storytelling show at Underbelly during the Edinburgh fringe, performed by sibling duo Maddie and Marcus Rice. The semi-fictional piece recounts Maddie’s friendship with 87-year-old artist and piano teacher Darcy O’Shea, nicknamed “Dandelion”, and touches on the theme of assisted dying that recurs across several shows at this year’s…
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911 audio reveals distressing moment doctor’s husband who left daughter, 2, to die in hot car was found by nanny after killing himself just hours before he was due to be jailed
Christopher Scholtes, the husband of a doctor, took his own life in the garage of the family’s Phoenix home on 5 November 2025, just hours before he was due to begin a 20 to 30-year prison sentence. He had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder over the death of his two-year-old daughter, Parker, who died of…
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Windows NT 4 went on sale 30 years ago today
Today marks 30 years since Microsoft released Windows NT 4.0 for retail sale on 24 August 1996, the version that finally merged the stable but old-fashioned NT operating system with the modern Explorer desktop interface introduced by Windows 95. Coincidentally, this is also the 31st anniversary of Windows 95 itself, which launched on 24 August…
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Reform would evict social housing tenants over unkempt gardens
Reform UK has said that, under a Reform government, social housing tenants who fail to keep their gardens tidy and properties decorated would face eviction. Party chair Lee Anderson made the announcement at a press conference on Monday, framing it as a return to standards he associates with older council housing practice and arguing it…
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Sussex couple set for UK return with Spencer family backing
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly preparing an imminent return to the United Kingdom, with plans advancing for their arrival within the coming days. While Prince Harry remains distant from key members of the
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Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case over their rental listings partnership
The US Federal Trade Commission has settled its antitrust case against Zillow and Redfin over a 2025 “partnership” it alleged unlawfully restricted competition in the rental listings market. Under the original arrangement, Zillow paid Redfin to syndicate its listings while Redfin wound down its own rental advertising business and agreed not to compete with Zillow…
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Graduate jobs slump, Burnham escalates Russia tensions in Kyiv, Harry and Meghan mull UK return
Adzuna data shows graduate vacancies at a ten-year low; Andy Burnham’s Kyiv trip and Ukraine’s Scalp missile deal have deepened the Russia rift, plus Malaga drone chaos, China’s aborted Moon launch and Maradona’s Hand of God ball fetching £2.5m.