60 m. ago Readers Letters: Believe carbon capture project support when we see it

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says financial backing for the Acorn carbon capture and storage project is coming but when, asks reader

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1 hour ago Ed Miliband: We 'owe Scotland' over £200m Acorn project funds and 'unlimited' jobs potential

Ed Miliband has claimed there are “unlimited opportunities” for energy jobs in Labour’s vision for the North Sea.

Economics

3 h. ago Dublin is the only large European capital without a metro: what would Leopold Bloom make of that? | Dermot Hodson

In James Joyce’s Ulysses, the city’s most famous fictional resident was as frustrated by its transport links in 1904 as many of us are todayIreland’s planning body, An Bord Pleanála, will determine later this year the fate of an ambitious proposal to build the country’s first underground railway. Residents of the Irish capital won’t be holding their breath, however. Since it was first proposed 25 years ago, MetroLink has been cancelled, revived and rebranded. The latest version of the plan, which involves just 18.8km of track, has been subject to delays, costs that have spiralled to five times the original estimate, and fierce opposition from homeowners, heritage bodies and businesses.A wide-awake city of tech firms, theatres and tourist attractions, Dublin is one of the EU’s richest metropolitan areas; it is also the only large western European capital without a metro. No Dubliner would have been more frustrated with the situation’s absurdities, and MetroLink’s slow progress, than ...

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7 h. ago Idyllic home on remote Scottish island open to visitors again after 9 years

The project cost £3.6 million

Politics

7 h. ago Singing cicadas brought back to UK from France after disappearing in 1990s

The first-of-its-kind project aims to re-establish populations of the insect in the New Forest.

Events

8 h. ago Huge 8ft shark leaves girl, 9, covered in blood with hand hanging off in horror attack

Nine year old Leah Lendel had to have emergency surgery to reattach her severed hand after the 8ft bull shark attacked her while on holiday with her family in Florida

Events

11 h. ago Dad who is tackling toxic masculinity nominated for Pride of Britain award

Kevin Stoodley founded revolutionary project to help'overlooked' young dads gain confidence and parenting skills has helped over 700 men since launch

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11 h. ago Air India crash LIVE: First feared victims of London Gatwick

Over 290 people are believed to have died in disaster, including a students at a medical school, with 53 British passengers on board the flight

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11 h. ago Location, Location, Location viewers horrified as wife breaks down in tears and admits she's 'compromising' over £1.25million London home her husband desperately wants

Tax advisor Ben and accountant Maya, originally from West Country, roped in property expert Kirstie Allsopp 's help to find their dream family property in a leafy area of south west London.

Economics

11 h. ago Ruth Jones teases new TV project that could be love letter to hometown

While promoting show From Merthyr With Love, Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs teased a new programme.

Politics

12 h. ago Cardiff University 'has no God given right to exist' bosses say

Higher paying international students have kept the institution afloat

Politics

12 h. ago Horror 8ft shark attack leaves girl, 9, covered in blood with hand hanging off

Leah Lendel, 9, emerged from the water with her hand hanging 'by a thread' after she was attacked during a family snorkelling adventure off the coast of Florida

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12 h. ago Keir Starmer must come to the defence of his chancellor’s spending review

Editorial: In spite of Rachel Reeves’s much-vaunted increase in MoD expenditure, a rise to 2.6 per cent of GDP can only be achieved by draining the overseas aid budget, reallocating intelligence agency funds, and other sleights of hand. When the prime minister faces Nato leaders, including Donald Trump, he will have no choice but to spin the numbers

Politics

13 h. ago Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s TV deal for Fifa’s global project is next expansionist step towards a world super league“And what exactly are you doing here, sir?” To be fair, the border guard at Miami international airport made an excellent point. As ice-breakers go, frowning over the passports and visa tickers of the long-haul crowd on matchday minus four of the Fifa Club World Cup, the border guard was at least in tune with the zeitgeist. What is football doing here?What are Lionel Messi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and the massed engines of the football-industrial complex doing hovering like an alien landing party over this fun, sinking sandbank of a city, a strip of land where the ocean seems to be punching a mulchy green hole in the asphalt every few miles, a place that from the air seems to be made entirely from deep-fried crumb, tropical weed and traffic? Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Terrified students leap from windows to save themselves after Air India flight crashes into medical hostel

In the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad

Events

14 h. ago Girl, 9, has hand and wrist bitten off in horrifying Florida shark attack

Leah Lendel, nine, was snorkeling off the shore of Boca Grande with her Instagram blogger mother and siblings around noon on Wednesday, June 11, when she was bitten by the shark.

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15 h. ago Donald Trump to make Open return case for Turnberry as US President flies into Scotland

The Donald wants his Ayrshire course back on the Open rotation after controversy and poor infrastructure affected attendance

Politics

15 h. ago Jet2 and EasyJet passengers urged to check small print on hand luggage suitcases

A little-known rule about hand luggage suitcases could leave holidaymakers facing hefty charges

Politics

15 h. ago Scots charity that tackles homelessness in Ayrshire marks 50th anniversary with Civic Reception

The event brought together staff and supported people from across the country, including those from Ayrshire.

Politics

15 h. ago Prestwick singer set to release tribute song for victims of Great Fire of Ayr

'Forever Sisters' honours 29 lives lost in the tragic fire at Templeton's Carpet Factory in 1876.

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