6 h. ago 1 in 8 Scottish high street shops lying empty after 'decades of decline'

New figures showed that the average rate of vacant properties in Scotland's town centres was 12.3 per cent in 2023-24.

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5 d. ago New bar with live music and ‘mouthwatering’ street food to open in picturesque Scottish seaside neighbourhood

A new bar is set to open soon, and it’ll be ideal for summer drinks in the sunshine by the seaside.

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8 d. ago Woman dies in Dundee street after serious assault as police probe death

A woman in her 30s was found seriously injured in Dundee. She tragically died at the scene on South Road.

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1 week ago No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan

The bill steals from the sick, elderly and hungry, and gives to billionaires and jackboots. But Republicans will follow their leader anywhereThe budget reconciliation bill that passed the US House of Representatives on Thursday and was promptly to be signed into law by Donald Trump represents the particular perversity of national politics in America: seemingly no one wants it, everyone hates it, and it is widely agreed to be devastating for staggering numbers of Americans. And yet, the bill felt inevitable: it was a foregone conclusion that this massive, malignant measure was something that everyone dreaded and no one had the capacity to stop.They didn’t really even try. In the Senate, a few conservative Republicans made noise about the bill’s dramatic costs: the congressional budget office estimates that the bill will add $3.3 tn to the deficit over the coming decade, and the senator Rand Paul, a budget hawk from Kentucky, declined to vote for it for this reason. But other Republic...

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1 week ago Forensic officers comb Paisley street after man dies in 'stabbing'

A 39-year-old man was found with stab wounds and later died in hospital.

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1 week ago Scaffolding collapses and smashes window after falling into building on Scots street

The near miss caused a loud bang to echo around the area.

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1 week ago Six ‘stubborn’ barriers stopping parents from vaccinating their children

The uptake of vaccines in the UK has stalled over the last decade and is, in many cases, declining

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2 w. ago Armed cops storm Scots street after cars 'shot at by airgun' as police helicopter called

Two separate calls from members of the public reported their vehicles had been struck on Sunday night.

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2 w. ago Tributes paid after legendary trainer D Wayne Lukas dies ‘peacefully’, aged 89

One of the greatest trainers in US history had been forced to call time on his six decades long career a week earlier due to declining health

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2 w. ago Antarctic ice has grown again – but this does not buck overall melt trend

Study shows ice sheet gained mass from 2021 to 2023, due to extreme snowfall that was also an effect of climate crisisA new study shows that after decades of rapid decline, the Antarctic ice sheet actually gained mass from 2021 to 2023. This is a reminder that climate change does not follow a smooth path but a jagged one, with many small ups and downs within a larger trend.The research, published in the journal Science China Earth Sciences, showed that while the ice sheet lost an average of 142bn tonnes each year in the 2010s, in the 2021 to 2023 period it gained about 108bn tonnes of ice each year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Emergency services descend on Scots street after disturbing 'screams' heard

Police cars and an ambulance at the scene in the capital.

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2 w. ago Edinburgh Princes Street death probe continues as cops stand guard near forensic tent

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 6am on Wednesday following reports of an unresponsive man in the street.

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2 w. ago Major incident as man found dead on UK high street as police investigate

A section of a busy high street in the Scottish capital has been cordoned off after a man was found dead at around 6am this morning, sparking a major response from police and paramedics

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2 w. ago Body of man found on Edinburgh's Princes Street as forensic tent erected

Emergency services were called to the scene after the alarm was raised at around 6am on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Edinburgh Princes Street closed as forensic tent erected amid 'ongoing incident'

Emergency services raced to the scene after the alarm was raised early on Wednesday morning.

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3 w. ago Riot police cordon off Edinburgh street as residents evacuated from homes in major incident

Around eight emergency vehicles and multiple officers, as well as police dogs, were spotted on scene.

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