39 h. ago Alarm raised over slow pace of payouts to UK veterans fired over sexuality

MP Jess Brown-Fuller says at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the compensation processAn MP has raised alarm at the slow pace of a scheme to compensate LGBT service personnel dismissed or discharged from the forces because of their sexuality, saying that at the current rate it could take more than a decade to complete the process.Jess Brown-Fuller, the Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, said she began examining the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme, formally launched in December, due to the experiences of a constituent, who is one of just 69 people to have been compensated, of more than 1,200 who have applied. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Edinburgh road blocked off as emergency services rush to scene

Police were called to a collision on Calder Road, at the Bankhead Roundabout, after the alarm was raised at around 9pm on Wednesday.

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. ago Body of man found inside caravan on side of Scots road as cops probe 'unexplained' death

Emergency services were called to Broughty Ferry Road in Dundee after the alarm was raised at around 2pm on Monday.

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6 d. ago Car sinks after rolling into loch at Scots country park as man charged

Emergency services were called to Strathclyde Park after the alarm was raised at around 7.20pm on Saturday.

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6 d. ago Man charged after woman and baby taken to hospital in Edinburgh 'disturbance'

Police, including firearms officers and a K9 unit, were called to St Leonard's Street in the capital after the alarm was raised at around 9am on Saturday.

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8 d. ago The Guardian view on Our Story With David Attenborough and The Herds: a new theatre of the Anthropocene | Editorial

A cinematic immersive experience and stampeding animal puppets are bringing the climate emergency into the cityAs parts of the UK swelter, this week brought yet more alarming reports of increasing temperatures, extreme weather events and dwindling chances of meeting the global 1.5C target. It was the UK’s warmest spring on record and its driest in more than 50 years.Communicating the urgency of our predicament without provoking despair and hopelessness is an intractable challenge, especially when it comes to children. But two trail-blazing theatre experiences are bringing the breakdown of the natural world into urban metropolises, and raising the alarm with such immediacy that even those of us fortunate enough to live in places that have so far been relatively unaffected by the climate crisis must pay attention. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Major hunt launched at sea for missing Brit woman who vanished in Formentera after hiring boat

The 39-year-old woman failed to returned to the motor boat she hired yesterday, leading friends to raise the alarm and the Spanish coastguard to launch a major search operation

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1 week ago Loganair flight heading to Edinburgh diverted after pilot declares mid

The aircraft was set to land in Edinburgh but was diverted to Manchester after the alarm was raised.

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1 week ago Neighbour of woman found murdered at home 'for diamond rolex' found her body

Jennifer Abbot's niece reportedly raised the alarm after having not heard from her aunt for four days, with a neighbour's son forced to break down the door of her Camden home

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1 week ago Woman found stabbed with tape over her mouth may have been killed for her Rolex

Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, 69, was found fatally injured in her flat after her niece raised the alarm.

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1 week ago Go viral for racist behavior, receive $750,000: inside the new extremist crowdfunding campaigns

The response to these online fundraisers signals the rise of more overt, public support for racist actionsShiloh Hendrix, a white woman based in Rochester, Minnesota, went viral after admitting in a video that she called a 5-year-old Black child the N-word while at a local park on 28 April.Though Hendrix was met with widespread condemnation and denouncement after the incident, she also raised over $750,000 on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo, commonly used by extremists to fundraise for far-right causes. Many contributors to Hendrix’s campaign, which was created to “protect [Hendrix’s] family” after backlash, used racial slurs and Nazi symbols in their donation names. As of 1 June, over 30,000 people had donated to Hendrix’s fundraiser. The support and funding Hendrix received for her racist actions raised alarm bells for many, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which flagged the fundraiser as being used to “spread hateful talking points and legitimize their ideas”. Expe...

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1 week ago Families grieve as officials finally start handing over remains of Air India crash victims

Tensions are mounting over the slow pace of DNA identification following the deadly Air India crash

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1 week ago Perth fatal fire probe continues as building set to be flattened after man's death

Officers raised the alarm around 1.50am when they discovered a fire in the city's Scott Street. Fire crews raced out to tackle the flames.

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2 w. ago Sexual assaults in Glasgow city centre double as 'alarm' raised over attacks

It comes as the number of rapes in Glasgow rose by a "shocking" 40 per cent while domestic abuse crimes against women increased by 41 per cent this year compared to last.

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2 w. ago South African woman’s murder prompts anger at country’s high level of femicide

Olorato Mongale, allegedly killed by man she went on date with, is latest victim of violence against womenA wave of anger and frustration has gripped South Africa after the murder of 30-year-old Olorato Mongale, allegedly by a man she went on a date with. It is the latest in a series of high-profile cases of violence against women and children in the country.Friends of Mongale, a former journalist who had been studying for a master’s degree in ICT policy, raised the alarm when she stopped checking in with them while on a date in Johannesburg on 25 May. Her body was found that day. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Doctors raise alarm as numbers taking dangerous party drug that causes bladder failure rise eight

The number of people taking a popular party drug has skyrocketed, with doctors concerned that the epidemic is only getting worse, with routine use causing organ failure.

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2 w. ago Suspected 'stabbing' near Scots primary school leaves child in hospital

Emergency services raced to Muir Road in Dumbarton, near Aitkenbar and St Peter's Primary School, after the alarm was raised at around 3.30pm on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Kate Garraway's Good Morning Britain colleagues rushed her to hospital in heart attack fears

It was Dr Hilary Jones who raised the alarm about Kate's health as she attempted to appear on the ITV show

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