13 h. ago Female member of staff charged after pupil ‘attacked’ at Scots school

A MEMBER of school staff accused of attacking a pupil has been charged. The alleged incident happened last month at a school in Perth and Kinross. Cops attended the campus on September 1 after the alarm was raised. There were no reported injuries and officers have charged a woman. A report will be sent to...

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15 h. ago London woman ‘shocked’ by £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain

Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond stationA woman from west London said she was “shocked” after being fined £150 for pouring the dregs of her morning coffee down a street drain as she waited for a bus.Burcu Yesilyurt said she believed she was doing the right thing by emptying her reusable cup before getting on a bus to work. But moments later, she was confronted by three enforcement officers near Richmond station and handed a fixed-penalty notice. Continue reading...

Economics

25 h. ago Union chiefs warn SNP ministers China energy investment 'cannot come at any cost'

Union bosses have also raised concerns Chinese-made turbine parts arriving in Leith was a “stark reminder” at opportunities being missed out on by Scottish workers.

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34 h. ago Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

Politics

37 h. ago Appeal to trace missing Scots woman as officers grow 'increasingly concerned'

Emma Munro was last seen yesterday evening.

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44 h. ago Can we keep antibiotics working? Yes, but the world needs to follow the EU and the UK | Devi Sridhar

Unless more countries drastically cut back on antibiotic use in food production, these vital drugs will lose their efficacy for humansWhat we’re putting into our bodies can either nourish us, or make us ill. With that in mind, I wrote recently about the role of food consumption in terms of the risk of colon cancer. But what about food production?Across the world, we are seeing the rise of cheap meat: largely driven by demand from a rising middle class who finally can afford beef, pork and chicken, which used to be out of reach, given their cost. Approximately 45% of global consumption growth is occurring in upper-middle-income countries including China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and the Philippines. Poultry is set to take an increasingly large share of that growth (projected to grow by 21% by 2034), because it is relatively cheap, widely acceptable and requires fewer resources per kilogram compared with beef or pork. By 2034, it is estimated that poultry will provide 45% of the prote...

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44 h. ago Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over | Devi Sridhar

Antibiotic use in farming is now rampant and you should care about that. How meat is produced in China may mean the drugs you need here won’t workWhat we’re putting into our bodies can either nourish us, or make us ill. With that in mind, I wrote recently about the role of food consumption in terms of the risk of colon cancer. But what about food production?Across the world, we are seeing the rise of cheap meat: largely driven by demand from a rising middle class who finally can afford beef, pork and chicken, which used to be out of reach, given their cost. Approximately 45% of global consumption growth is occurring in upper-middle-income countries including China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and the Philippines. Poultry is set to take an increasingly large share of that growth (projected to grow by 21% by 2034), because it is relatively cheap, widely acceptable and requires fewer resources per kilogram compared with beef or pork. By 2034, it is estimated that poultry will provide 45% ...

Politics

46 h. ago Police officer who tweeted crude jokes about woman’s ‘boobs’ and Prince Andrew keeps his job

PC Andrew Jacks’ private X account discovered during re-vetting of all City of London Police staff working in the Square Mile

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61 h. ago CCTV released in search for missing woman who vanished overnight

Victoria McGloin was last seen in the Hardgate area in Aberdeen at around 4pm on Sunday.

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61 h. ago Authorities say remains found in Philadelphia are of missing woman Kada Scott

Prosecutors in Philadelphia say remains found buried in a wooded area behind an abandoned school are those of Kada Scott, a 23-year-old woman who’d been missing for about two weeks

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2 d. ago Scots man missing after car crash as cops launch urgent search

Officers are keen to make sure Iain MacDonald is 'safe and well.'

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3 d. ago Human remains discovered during search for Kada Scott are believed to belong to missing Philadelphia woman

Remains discovered in shallow grave near abandoned school close to where police searched for 23-year-old

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3 d. ago Human remains discovered during search for missing Philadelphia woman Kada Scott

Remains found in shallow grave near abandoned school close to where police have been searching for 23-year-old

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4 d. ago Police appeal to trace young boy seen alone in busy city area

They have launched an appeal for information

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4 d. ago Boy goes missing from Dundee industrial estate as cops launch probe

Police raced to the scene, but the boy was no longer in the area.

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4 d. ago Teenage girl missing from Scots town as police launch search

Clare Degale vanished in the Harlaw Road area of Inverurie.

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4 d. ago Teenage girl missing from Aberdeenshire found after police search

Clare Degale, who vanished in the Harlaw Road area of Inverurie, has been found.

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4 d. ago Search for missing pensioner who vanished after boarding Glasgow bus

Frances McMahoney, who uses a walking stick, vanished on Friday after boarding the number 77 bus from Govan Road.

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5 d. ago Girl, 10, stretchered off hillside in mountain rescue mission near Dumfries

The young walker was suffering from a lower leg injury

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6 d. ago Three asylum seekers in court charged with rape on Brighton beach

Sussex police officers received a report that a woman had been raped on the lower esplanade in Brighton at about 5am on the morning of October 4.

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