87 minutes ago Kyle Walker and Annie Kilner planning 'Italian move' after planning Manchester City exit

Kyle Walker and his wife Annie Kilner are said to be looking at moving to Italy just days after the Mirror revealed that the couple are looking forward to their future

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1 hour ago Fresh standstill funding fears for Scottish arts events and venues despite £34m boost for industry

Warning over prospect of Creative Scotland being forced to ‘spread the jam really thinly’ when funding decisions are made

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18 hours ago Andy Murray makes thoughts clear on greatest tennis star ever as he coaches Novak Djokovic

All eyes will be on Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic over the next fortnight at the Australian Open as the Scot sets his former rival a new challenge, having crowned him tennis' 'GOAT'

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35 minutes ago Harry and Meghan branded 'disaster tourists' by Family Ties actress after joining LA wildfire volunteers

Family Ties star Bateman said Meghan and Harry were ‘no better than ambulance chasers’ after seeing footage of the couple visiting victims

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24 hours ago What time is Dancing on Ice on TV tonight? ITV start time for 2025 reality show

Dancing on Ice is skating back onto ITV tonight 🚨

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1 hour ago SNP must make lifesaving dental checks available to everyone, Labour say

Dentists made more than 1,000 cancer-related referrals in 2023-24

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7 hours ago Student plans festival to fund delivery of ambulances to conflict zones

Umran Ali Javaid, who studies at Glasgow Caledonian University, has so far taken more than 40 ambulances to countries blighted by war.

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1 hour ago Three Scottish colleges in 'financial distress' handed more than £8.3m in lifeline funding

Loans and grant support agreed for partners at University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

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19 hours ago Andy Murray could REVERSE his retirement decision, John McEnroe teases, despite Scot coaching old rival Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open

EXCLUSIVE BY DAN DAVIS: Andy Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, brought an end to his glittering career after bowing out of the Paris Olympics last August.

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54 minutes ago Could a DNA sample help police track down 'guerilla rewilders' who released four lynx into the wild in the Scottish Highlands illegally?

DNA samples from four lynx that were captured after they were illegally released in Scotland could be used to help track down the culprits behind the ill-conceived scheme.

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25 hours ago Landowner and music festival founder claims mass pylons will 'ruin' Highlands

Hundreds of miles of new powerlines and pylons are due to cross the Highlands.

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2 hours ago India’s Maha Kumbh Mela festival gets under way for first time in 144 years

The grand version of the 12-yearly Hindu pilgrimage is expected to draw more than 400 million devoteesThe world’s largest religious gathering kicked off on Monday as millions of Hindu devotees gathered on the banks of Ganges in India to mark the beginning of the Maha Kumbh Mela.The Kumbh Mela pilgrimage takes place every 12 years and is widely seen as the “festival of festivals” in the Hindu religious calendar in India, attended by a vibrant mix of sadhus or holy men, ascetics, pilgrims and tourists. This year’s celebration is particularly significant as the Maha or grand Kumbh Mela only takes places every 144 years, marking the 12th Kumbh Mela and a special celestial alignment of the sun, moon and Jupiter. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Grieving mum of student murdered by sex offender demands law change to 'save women's lives'

Lisa Squire, whose daughter was murdered by a prolific sex offender, is pleading with ministers to learn the lessons of Libby's death so her daughter’s memory can be ‘honoured’

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8 hours ago How £380million is being added to your bills to pay wind farms for NOT producing electricity

Scottish wind farms have been handed an astonishing £380million for not generating electricity as so-called 'constraint payments' reach a historic high.

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1 hour ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe warns of industry 'extinction' as Grangemouth plant closes

Ineos chairman’s plea on energy prices and carbon taxes as ethanol plant shuts down

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30 hours ago BBC TV licence fee 'could be scrapped by end of 2027 and swapped for tax under plans being considered by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy'

The BBC TV licence fee could be scrapped and replaced by funding from general taxation under plans reportedly being considered by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy.

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3 hours ago Readers' Letters: SNP politicians more interested in being 'celebrities'

A reader suggests senior SNP politicians are more interested in courting celebrity than serving their constituents

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16 hours ago M6 LIVE traffic updates as motorway shut after 'serious collision' and air ambulance scrambled

Emergency services are at the scene on the northbound carriageway

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9 hours ago Limitless Win couple reveal sweet plan to honour Ant and Dec after taking home £250,000

A couple quickly climbed the limitless ladder with an exact answer to a question about the length of a cotton wool bud banking them a quarter of a million pounds

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1 hour ago LA wildfires show that those who deny climate change are putting us all at risk

With Donald Trump about to become US President, Labour must live up to their promises on climate change

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3 hours ago SNP using government quangos to avoid taking responsibility for their actions

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the buck will stop with ministers if he wins next year's Holyrood election.

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18 hours ago BBC Strictly's Dr Punam Krishan reveals reason she won't be on live tour

BBC Strictly Come Dancing Scots star Dr Punam Krishan, who was partnered with Gorka Marquez, has opened up about her time on the show and why she won't be taking part in the live tour.

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9 hours ago Scott McTominay's Napoli increase Serie A lead amid more £40m Man Utd links as Scotland ace ends drought

Rollercoaster weekend in Italy for number of Scotland stars

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1 hour ago Comic Susie McCabe on how having a heart attack has inspired her new stand

Award-winning performer had health scare less than two weeks before start of Edinburgh Festival Fringe run

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3 hours ago Scottish Labour MP encourages colleagues to speak out and 'hold UK Government to account'

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Leishman said backbench Labour MPs have to "make sure that the values and the ideals and the principles of the Labour Party are enacted in Government."

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22 hours ago Lauryn Goodman asks Kyle Walker to rent out £2m Sussex home amid plans to move abroad

The 34-year-old footballer is facing a turbulent period, with transfer rumours surrounding his playing career and reports of a divorce adding strain to his personal life

Society

22 hours ago Rachel Reeves 'making Britain a laughing stock' on China trip as she returns with 'puny' £600m investment deal

The Tories said the Chancellor had 'come back with next to nothing' from her trip to Beijing, which she ploughed ahead with despite fresh alarm at her economic plans.

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2 hours ago I'm the TV fitness guru accused of trying to KILL my allergic boss with a deliberately planted chocolate bar... I've been cut off by friends but I will rebuild my life

EXCLUSIVE: Friends of Jody Bunting were urged to 'cut him off' after the fitness guru was accused of trying to murder his allergic boss with chocolate.

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4 hours ago Justin Bieber 'needs the money' and is planning 2025 music comeback four months after becoming a father

The Love Yourself singer in August welcomed his first child, son Jack Blues, with wife Hailey Bieber , 28.

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22 hours ago Family pay tribute to 'bright' student who died after falling from sixth floor at halls

"Matthew was just like every other teenage boy at university. It could have been anyone's son."

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26 hours ago ‘A welfare state with a budget on the right side of zero’: Iceland’s youngest

Kristrún Frostadóttir, who entered politics just four years ago, speaks to the Observer about feminism, the far right and reopening talks on joining the EUNearly 45 years ago, Iceland made history by producing the world’s first elected female president of a country, setting it on a path to being the global feminist frontrunner it is today.Since then it has had multiple female presidents and prime ministers, but it wasn’t until three weeks ago, when social democrat Kristrún Frostadóttir took office, that the country’s two top positions were both held by women at the same time. It comes after Halla Tómasdóttir became Iceland’s second female president in August. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Zelensky ready to exchange North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian prisoners of war

Kyiv claims to have captured two North Koreans fighting in Russia’s Kursk region

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5 hours ago Picking England's Six Nations squad: Four uncapped young stars, Marcus Smith at full

CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY:Steve Borthwick finds himself spinning a lot of plates in terms of his Six Nations 36-man provisional squad selection planning, due to various disruptive factors.

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25 hours ago 'Shocked' building firm issues apology after demolishing childhood home of AC/DC rock stars

Company promises to create ‘special space’ to commemorate site

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2 hours ago Debts on EY’s failed Project Everest took longer than expected to clear

Doomed spin-off plan still had $270mn outstanding at the end of the firm’s financial year

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5 hours ago India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering

Millions of Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on earth

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2 hours ago From Paula Radcliffe’s marathon tips to Ben Stiller on his epic TV drama: the best podcasts of the week

Olympians serve up a 16-week audio running club, while the Zoolander star unpacks his brilliant brain-scrambler of a show, SeveranceAfter nearly three years, Apple’s brain-scrambling epic is back on our screens this week. If you just can’t wait (fair enough), director-executive producer Ben Stiller and Adam Scott – who stars as Mark – have launched this new official pod. Having already kicked off with daily rewatch episodes covering the twists of season one, it will continue with week-by-week coverage of season two. Hannah J Davies Apple Podcasts, episodes weekly Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Government 'will start flogging your health data' in new move to 'turbocharge' Labour's growth plans with AI

Ministers are getting ready to open up the UK's store of NHS data to large tech companies in a bid to place the country at the centre of the worldwide AI revolution.

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3 hours ago Suspect quizzed about death of Scot Jean Hanlon in Greece 16 years ago

Jean, 53, from Dumfries, was found dead in Heraklion harbour on Crete in March 2009, and her three sons have always insisted their mum was murdered.

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6 hours ago TV star Hayley McQueen tracks down online trolls and holds them to account

Scots TV presenter Hayley McQueen has revealed how she has tracked down online trolls and reported them to their workplace after receiving abuse on social media platforms

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3 hours ago Notorious hunt accused of 'rampaging through Scots countryside terrorising foxes with hounds' despite ban

It’s claimed huntsmen pursued foxes with bloodhounds in Renfrewshire last Saturday under cover of an official NatureScot fox control licence.

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7 hours ago Artificial intelligence will 'turbocharge' Labour's growth plans and transform the lives of ordinary Brits, claims Keir Starmer

Artificial Intelligence will 'turbocharge' Labour's growth plans as well as transforming the lives of ordinary people, Sir Keir Starmer will claim on Monday.

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4 hours ago LAFD forced to explain why they are fighting fires with 'women's handbags' as conspiracies rage online

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Erik Scott has been forced to confront online conspiracy theories as firefighters continue to battle the deadly wildfires.

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7 hours ago Scots ‘can benefit from Trump uncertainty’ in green energy investment: Forbes

The Deputy First Minister also defended the Government’s stance that it would meet the President-elect.

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4 hours ago Inside Harry and Meghan's LA fire 'crisis plan' from survival kits to 'plans to flee'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have opened up their home to those in need as the LA wildfires continue to spread, but the couple are also said to be preparing to evacuate

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8 hours ago Who is Jacob Fearnley? Britain’s rising star facing Nick Kyrgios at Australian Open

The 23-year-old Scot is prepared to face the unique challenge of playing Kyrgios on John Cain Arena

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4 hours ago Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 24 people

The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday

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9 hours ago ‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

Keir Starmer plans to ‘unleash’ technology with massive investment and deployment, despite public fearsArtificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK’s computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology’s effects.Keir Starmer will launch a sweeping action plan to increase 20-fold the amount of AI computing power under public control by 2030 and deploy AI for everything from spotting potholes to freeing up teachers to teach. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago I'm the TV fitness guru accused trying to KILL my allergic boss with a deliberately planted chocolate bar... I've been cut off by friends but I will rebuild my life

EXCLUSIVE: Friends of Jody Bunting were urged to 'cut him off' after the fitness guru was accused trying to murder his allergic boss with chocolate.

Events

9 hours ago Major plan for AI to be unleashed across Britain launched by Keir Starmer

In a challenge to tech billionaires in Silicon Valley, Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce an AI Opportunities Action Plan to 'win the global race' in developing AI

Politics

6 hours ago North Korean troops are being used as 'drone bait' by Russians on the battlefields of Ukraine, dead soldier's diary reveals

Published by Ukraine 's Special Operations Forces, the dead man's written notes described how North Korean soldiers are being used as cannon fodder in the brutal war.

Events

9 hours ago Scotland star Finn Russell shines as Bath keep Champions Cup hopes alive ahead of 'massive task' in Dublin

All to play for next weekend as Bath stay in hunt alongside rivals

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6 hours ago Painting LA pink! Fire retardant stains houses that still stand and everything around them in an attempt to slow the blazes that have killed at least 16 people

The spray, known as Phos-Chek, has been dropped from nine large planes and 20 water-dropping helicopters across the city to fight the fires that have been burning since Tuesday

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9 hours ago CalMac Glen Sannox ferry completes trial with paying passengers ahead of scheduled maiden voyage

CalMac's Glen Sannox ferry has completed a trial run with paying passengers ahead of its scheduled maiden voyage.

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6 hours ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv ready to swap North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian PoWs, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president says there ‘should be no doubt left’ that Russia is dependent on military assistance from North Korea. What we know on day 1,055See all our Ukraine coverageUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he was ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia. Zelenskyy’s offer came hours after South Korea’s National Intelligence Service confirmed Ukraine’s announcement from the previous day that it had captured two North Korean soldiers.In a post on X Sunday, Zelenskyy said: “Ukraine is ready to hand over Kim Jong-un’s soldiers to him if he can organise their exchange for our warriors who are being held captive in Russia.” There would “undoubtedly be more” North Korean soldiers captured by Kyiv, he added. “There should be no doubt left in the world that the Russian army is dependent on military assistance from North Korea.”One of the men said he wanted to return to North...

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9 hours ago Edinburgh's forgotten pair help Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe flourish in atmospheric Brittany

Win over Vannes strengthens Sean Everitt’s side’s lead in Pool 3 of Challenge

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7 hours ago Large UK companies plan to cut hiring at fastest pace since pandemic, Deloitte says

Large UK companies plan to cut hiring at fastest pace since pandemic, Deloitte says  Reuters UK

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10 hours ago Escaped peacock parading on Glasgow roof leaves emergency workers in stitches

"It was the male that had escaped. It had already been on the roof for six hours before I showed up at around 11pm."

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9 hours ago Room for another Wan? Game of Thrones star Rory McCann to become second Scot to play a Jedi in Star Wars

Scots actor Rory McCann, best known for his role as 'The Hound' in Game of Thrones , has been cast in the new season of the hit Star Wars series Ahsoka.

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