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Lena Martell, the first Scottish female solo artist to get a Number One single with One Day at a Time and sold 20million records, dies at 86
Lena Martell, the legendary Scottish singer who became the first female solo artist from Scotland to achieve a Number One single with “One Day at a Time”, has died aged 86. A defining figure in Scottish entertainment for decades, she was renowned for her distinctive Glasgow accent, her Broadway career and her hosting of a…
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Tuchel’s flexible England system gives Bellingham greater freedom in attack
England assistant coach Anthony Barry says Thomas Tuchel’s more flexible system is helping Jude Bellingham use his range of skills, after England’s 7-0 win over Croatia. The approach gives Bellingham greater freedom to move across the attacking areas, while aiming to keep the team organised through shared principles. The system also asks other players to…
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Charities warn Badenoch’s aid cuts would undermine Britain’s global standing
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has announced plans to slash the UK’s overseas aid budget by 90%, from £9bn annually to just £1bn, to fund 50,000 new prison places and culture budget cuts. Charities and development organisations argue this radical reduction would irreparably damage Britain’s global credibility and leave it unable to meet existing commitments to…
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Badenoch revives Thatcherite economics despite its past failures
The Conservative Party, under new leader Kemi Badenoch, is returning to 1976 Thatcherite economic principles as outlined in her pamphlet “The Right Way”. The party maintains that its recent failures stem from abandoning these market-driven principles and proposes lower taxes, reduced regulation, and welfare reform to stimulate growth. The editorial disputes this diagnosis, arguing that…
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Badenoch says Scottish Conservatives offer Holyrood’s only common sense policy
Kemi Badenoch has declared the Scottish Conservatives the only ‘common sense’ party at Holyrood, sharply criticising Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and its Scottish leader. She cited the party’s Aberdeen South by-election victory as evidence that the Conservatives can recover in Scotland after their difficult May election campaign. Conservative candidate Douglas Lumsden won the Aberdeen South…
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Badenoch calls for scrutiny of Scotland’s record under devolution
Kemi Badenoch has challenged the assumption that devolution is inherently beneficial, arguing that governments should be judged by what they deliver rather than where power sits. The article supports her call to question Scotland’s record under devolution and says the issue deserves a wider debate about how Britain should be governed. Badenoch’s pamphlet, *The Right…
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Whately criticises advice for graduates to claim benefits after university
Helen Whately, the Conservatives’ shadow work and pensions secretary, said young people’s mental health difficulties should not automatically prevent them from working, and criticised what she described as a growing expectation that school or university leavers would claim benefits. Her remarks came as the party made welfare reform a focus of its conference, arguing that…
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Swinney rejects calls to apologise over pension triple lock claims
First Minister John Swinney has dismissed calls to apologise for claims that Scottish pensioners will lose their pensions following the UK Government’s announcement to remove the pensions triple lock from 2030. Opposition parties have accused him of misleading Holyrood and the public, but Swinney insists he “has nothing to explain”, stating that he is simply…