3 h. ago Tragedy as man, 43, dies suddenly after falling ill in Scots street

The emergency services dashed to the scene in Paisley but the man could not be saved.

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8 h. ago Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit

Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein filesThe most violent day in the history of Washington DC, leaving aside the War of 1812, was 6 January 2021, and the instigator was Donald J Trump, who this week has endeavored to seize control of the nation’s capital, after reports that a former employee of the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was assaulted in the city.In a sense the new event echoes the old; both are illegitimate power grabs made on the basis of lies. In 2021 it was a lie about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election; in the summer of 2025 it’s lies about crime levels. Reliable sources – including the Biden Department of Justice in January – have noted that violent crime there is at a 30-year low. Five people died as a result of that 2021 attack on Congress, and dozens of law enforcement officers were injured, some gravely, by the mob Trump incited. On his first day in office in 2025 he par...

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22 h. ago Multiple students injured in school bus crash carrying more than 40 kids on first day back to school

Authorities say a Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students

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25 h. ago Multiple Texas students are injured in a school bus rollover crash on the first day of class

Authorities say a Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students

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30 h. ago Jarrad Branthwaite injury: Everton suffer nightmare blow just days before season

Jarrad Branthwaite signed a new contract at Everton over the summer, but he will miss the opening few weeks of the new season after aggravating a hamstring injury

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36 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Man, 39, taken to Edinburgh hospital after late night serious assault on busy street

The man was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

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40 h. ago Car flips on roof in Glasgow street as person rushed to hospital

Emergency crews raced to Rhannan Road in the city's south side at around 5.30pm on Tuesday evening to reports of a single vehicle crash.

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3 d. ago Fashion brand Lucy and Yak announce plans to open first Scottish store in Edinburgh

Lucy and Yak have announced they will open their first Scottish store in Edinburgh.

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3 d. ago Palestine Action has committed ‘violence’ and ‘significant injury’, No 10 says

Downing Street said evidence and security assessments shared in closed court supported the group’s proscription.

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5 d. ago ‘Irreparable loss’: Two Japanese boxers on same card die from brain injuries

Hiromasa Urakawa passes days after Shigetoshi Kotari died Pair had been injured in fights at same event in Tokyo on 2 AugustTwo Japanese boxers have died days after suffering brain injuries in separate fights on the same card, boxing associations and media reports said.Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday and Hiromasa Urakawa on Saturday after being injured in their fights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on 2 August, Japanese media said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Angry Fife residents hold fourth street protest amid 'beast out' chants

Dozens of extra police officers were drafted in after cops were attacked at a similar protest last weekend.

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6 d. ago Aberdeen crime: Man found injured on city street's death being treated as 'suspicious' following post

The investigation is being led by detectives from Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team.

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6 d. ago Family pay tribute to 'popular' Aberdeen man as cops probe 'suspicious' death

Austin Ironside, 25, died after he was found injured at a flat in Aberdeen's Skene street on Sunday, August 3.

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6 d. ago Mobility scooter pensioner dies after being hit by a car on Scots street

The 84-year-old was hit while on his mobility scooter just before 5pm.

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7 d. ago Coming to a street near you: Meet Glasgow’s new ‘monster’ waste truck Wayne

Meet Wayne – an eye-catching new bin truck with a monster-sized appetite to help change the way people in Glasgow think about waste.

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7 d. ago Enzo Maresca makes worrying Chelsea admission after injury blow on first day of training

Chelsea returned to training this week, less than a month after winning the Club World Cup, and the effects of the tight turnaround are already being felt after Levi Colwill went down injured on the first day

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7 d. ago Edinburgh residential street locked down by cops amid ongoing incident

The nature of the incident is currently unknown.

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7 d. ago Princes Street police incident: Two teens arrested after 'items thrown off roof' on main Edinburgh street

Police were called to Princes Street on Wednesday evening.

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8 d. ago Journalist who failed to board flight home to Britain after solo hike in Norway is found ALIVE but seriously injured 'after surviving five days on very little food'

A UK-based climate reporter who vanished in bad weather during a solo hike in a remote national park in Norway has been found alive after spending nearly a week alone in the wilderness.  

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8 d. ago Princes Street police incident: Police respond to 'items being thrown off a roof'

The road was closed for several hours but has now reopened

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