44 minutes ago Putin's rage as bid to stop Moldova joining the EU is foiled: Kremlin tries to discredit referendum as voters back Brussels despite 'Russian interference'

The referendum on joining the EU went down to the wire - 50.46 per cent voted in favour versus 49.56 per cent against with 99.7 per cent of ballot boxes accounted for this afternoon

Politics

46 minutes ago Second man charged over 'murder bid' in Orkney as man left fighting for life

Emergency services raced to Burnmouth Road in Kirkwall after receiving reports of a disturbance on Tuesday, October 15.

Events

48 minutes ago Polls show tight races for Trump and Harris in crucial battleground states as Election Day nears: Live

Polls tighten in key swing states as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter final two weeks of campaign

Politics

52 minutes ago Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen’s case alleging retribution by Trump over tell

The former ‘fixer’ accused Trump of unconstitutional retaliation by keeping him in solitary confinement

Politics

59 minutes ago Big Brother's first winner Craig Phillips says today's housemates have it 'harder' than ever

Craig Phillips was crowned the winner of the first-ever series of Big Brother back in 2000, and has watched as the reality TV landscape has changed beyond recognition

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59 minutes ago Missing Victoria Taylor's friend hits out at 'unhelpful' trolls as search enters third week

The search for Victoria Taylor, 34, from Malton, has entered its third week - and her oved ones have issued a fresh appeal to trolls in a bid to stop them spreading speculation surrounding the case

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61 minutes ago Nearly 1 in 4 Republicans believe if Trump loses he should do ‘whatever it takes’ to put himself in White House

Nearly 30 percent of Republicans believe ‘true American patriots may have to resort to violence to save the country’

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67 minutes ago Indigenous elder scolds Lidia Thorpe for yelling ‘disrespectful’ comments at King Charles

Aunty Violet Sheridan says the Victorian senator ‘does not speak for me and my people’ and called her yelling of ‘fuck the colony’ inappropriateWho is Lidia Thorpe, the Australian senator who accused King Charles of genocide?A Ngunnawal elder has rebuked Lidia Thorpe over her confrontation with King Charles, saying the Victorian senator doesn’t speak for her people and that her comments of “fuck the colony” were “disrespectful”.Aunty Violet Sheridan, 69, met the royals as part of an official greeting party on Monday and was sitting near the king in Parliament House when Thorpe “jumped out”, marched forward and started shouting at the royals. Thorpe yelled at the king to “give us our land back”, and shouted “fuck the colony” and “you are not my king”. Continue reading...

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67 minutes ago My week at Kanye’s: John Safran on his time squatting in the rapper’s mansion

The Jewish Australian comedian-journalist spent a week living in one of West’s houses in Los Angeles, without him knowing. This is what he learnedHow would you try to track down Kanye West? If you are John Safran, you just go and knock on his door. Having flown from Melbourne to Los Angeles with a vague interest in the rapper’s recent antisemitic remarks, Safran – a Jewish Australian comedian-journalist with a history of outlandish stunts, often mentioned in the same breath as Louis Theroux and Jon Ronson – arrived outside one of West’s properties, a mansion in Calabasas, California. He poked around until he found an old water bill addressed to West and, having gotten his bearings, set about meeting his neighbours.“Is it fun living next to West?” Safran asks Ernie across the road. “No, ...

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73 minutes ago State Pension, PIP, Universal Credit and other benefit payment changes due before Christmas

Full list of DWP, HMRC and Social Security Scotland payment date changes during Christmas week.

Economics