84 minutes ago Duterte drug war back in ICC spotlight after parliamentary committee hears claims his office paid police $17,000 to kill suspects

Accusation against former Philippines president increases pressure on successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr to allow access to international criminal courtA Philippines former police colonel has testified that Rodrigo Duterte’s office offered police up to $17,000 to kill suspects as part of his “war on drugs”, sparking calls for the evidence to be referred to the international criminal court.Royina Garma, a former police colonel who had close ties to Duterte, gave the most damning evidence yet against the former president, when she told a parliamentary committee last week he had called her in May 2016, asking her to find a police officer capable of implementing a nationwide “war on drugs”. Continue reading...

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84 minutes ago Electric wallpaper trialled as alternative to central heating in Glasgow

Academics hope that electric wallpaper, which goes on the ceiling and is painted over, could become a ‘viable’ replacement for central heating.

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84 minutes ago Government speeds up ‘skills passport’ for workers to move to clean energy jobs

UK and Scottish Governments also strike new deal for Great British Energy to work with public bodies in Scotland to support clean energy.

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2 hours ago Andy Murray claims first trophy in new sport just weeks after tennis retirement

Andy Murray has taken up golf and already claimed his first silverware.

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2 hours ago Renfrewshire remembers former first minister Alex Salmond following heart attack

The icon of the Scottish independence movement died at the weekend.

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2 hours ago Paisley man secures Ronaldo's signature after handing him another Madrid great's jersey

Craig had to hide the fact that it was not Ronnie's name on the shirt he offered him to sign.

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3 hours ago Alex Cooper reveals interview with male actor was so bad it never aired

The ‘Call Her Daddy’ host wouldn’t divulge the name of her least favorite podcast guest

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3 hours ago David Graham murder suspect released by police as dad's death probe continues

The 28-year-old was detained in connection with the death of the 38-year-old.

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3 hours ago ‘A triumph’: London’s £19bn Elizabeth line is named best new architecture in Britain

With its futuristic panels, airy tunnels and elegantly unified design, the 73-mile addition to the tube is a worthy winner of the prestigious Stirling prize – and puts the rest of the creaking, sooty network to shameWith the longest platforms, the biggest tunnels and the fastest trains on the entire London underground, the Elizabeth line boasts a dizzying list of superlatives, carrying more people a day than any other train line in the country. It is now deemed to have the best design, too – being named as the winner of the 2024 RIBA Stirling prize for the finest architecture in the UK. The competition was stiff: from the National Portrait Gallery in London to the renovation of the Park Hill estate in Sheffield, from a Dorset dairy farm conversion to a street of social housing in Hackne...

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4 hours ago NWSL expansion team BOS Nation FC sorry for ‘transphobic’ rollout campaign

BOS Nation FC apologizes for ‘Too Many Balls’ adClub will compete in NWSL starting with 2026 seasonThe National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in Boston apologized on Wednesday for a ‘Too Many Balls’ marketing campaign that drew a harsh reaction from the transgender community and others.A day after unveiling the slogan as part of the rollout of the team name BOS Nation FC, the organization posted on X that “we missed the mark” with an attempt to “create a bold and buzzworthy brand launch campaign”. Continue reading...

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