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I spy the next 007! Slow Horses star backs Scotland’s own Jack Lowden
Actor Gary Oldman has suggested that his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden has already been chosen as the next James Bond, though the announcement has yet to be made. Speaking on Canadian television, the Oscar winner said producers had “made their choice, but they have not announced it yet,” adding that he had his “fingers…
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Ikea wins right to launch legal action against Belgian far-right party
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Ikea can pursue legal action against Vlaams Belang, the Belgian far-right party, after it used the Swedish furniture retailer’s trademarks and branding in an anti-immigration campaign. Europe’s highest court found that the party’s use of Ikea’s distinctive imagery could cause significant damage to the…
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‘We’ve got nothing left’: Parents who lost their only surviving son 16 years after he tried to save his brother with cancer tell of their heartache
Nick and Amanda Pearce have described their devastation after losing their only surviving son, Edward, in a car crash this summer, 14 years after his older brother William died of leukaemia. Edward, known as Bunty, was killed after a van struck him as he changed a tyre on the way to work; he was 20.…
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Travellers are ordered to leave illegal site opposite Britain’s nuclear weapons factory where they built 13 static homes
A High Court judge has ordered a group of travellers to leave an illegal encampment opposite the Atomic Weapons Establishment’s Aldermaston site in Berkshire, where they had built 13 static homes during 2025. Judge Sylvia de Bertodano ruled that the families had “ridden roughshod over” a court injunction by deliberately moving onto the land, and…
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RUTH CHARTERIS KC: Corrosive domestic abuse is not a women’s issue – it is a societal issue. And we must ALL play a part in tackling it
Scotland’s Lord Advocate, Ruth Charteris KC, has written about the scale of domestic abuse in Scotland, describing it as a societal problem rather than a “women’s issue” that requires collective action to tackle. She notes that while overall reported figures remain troublingly high, there has been growing use of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act (DASA),…
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Calls at food and drink summit for SNP’s price cap plans to be scrapped
Business leaders across Scotland’s food and drink sector have used a Scottish Government summit to unanimously urge SNP ministers to abandon plans for a mandatory price cap on essential supermarket items. The closed-door meeting, called to discuss rising food costs, was reportedly dominated by opposition to First Minister John Swinney’s proposal, with attendees saying not…
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UK air traffic control problem strands hundreds of thousands of passengers
UK air traffic control provider Nats suffered a “technical issue” on Tuesday that grounded flights for hours, causing more than 1,000 cancellations and delays to hundreds of thousands of passengers, with disruption continuing into Wednesday. It was Britain’s third major air traffic control stoppage in just over three years, prompting fresh calls from airlines for…
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Scottish civil servants even live outside of Europe just to avoid SNP’s taxes
Freedom of information figures show that 156 members of the Scottish Government’s core civil service workforce live outside Scotland, mostly elsewhere in the UK, with a further 18 based abroad in countries including Spain and Poland. Campaigners and opposition politicians argue this reflects staff seeking to avoid the higher income tax rates imposed by SNP…
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New Altman biopic trades celebration for unease in AI story
A trailer has been released for “Artificial,” a biopic about OpenAI’s Sam Altman starring Andrew Garfield, directed by Luca Guadagnino. The film dramatises the chaotic 2023 events in which Altman was abruptly fired by OpenAI’s board before being reinstated five days later, and its unsettling, horror-tinged tone has drawn attention for portraying the AI boom…
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United Utilities pays £1m over sewage contamination at Fylde resorts
United Utilities has been fined nearly £1m after pleading guilty to five environmental permit offences over a raw sewage discharge along the Fylde coast in June 2023, which polluted popular holiday spots including Blackpool. Preston magistrates’ court ordered the company to pay £964,225 in fines and costs, in a case the Environment Agency classed at…