46 h. ago What Scottish People Mean: Here are 40 words with totally different meanings in Scotland

If you live in Scotland or have Scottish friends then you may know the alternative and often ‘colourful’ meanings behind these everyday English words.

Politics

54 h. ago NHS gets an extra £29billion a year but waiting list targets may STILL be missed, health chiefs say

Economists described the real-terms rise as 'substantial', with the health service budget now equal to the entire annual income of Portugal.

Economics

4 d. ago Spending review boost for 'broken' police service after last

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is prepared to announce real-terms increases to the budget for police forces

Events

5 d. ago Covid alert as doctors issue warning about new variant with 'unusual' symptoms

Doctors have warned people to look out for new symptoms of coronavirus, stressing that the latest strain is different from the rest. People could mistake Covid for other common issues due to the similarities

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7 d. ago American stunned by 'unique' British city and says people are 'a different breed'

A US tourist who visited the UK has shared his thoughts on a popular city in the north and was left shocked by the whole experience, including how 'chilled' it was

Politics

8 d. ago Asda worker blasts 'entitled' shoppers for making same 'demanding' request

The message got people talking - with many having different opinions on the matter. One thing is clear though, the Asda worker thinks some shoppers make "demanding" requests

Economics

9 d. ago 'I was a huge children's TV star in the 1990s but now people recognise me for something very different'

Many kids in the 80s and 90s grew up with T-Bag, but now a whole new generation is growing up with one of it's characters

Society

1 week ago Ukraine war live: deadly Russian attacks continue after Turkey peace talks end with no significant breakthrough

Officials say Russian shelling killed at least five people in different frontline areas of eastern Ukraine on MondayHere is a quick recap of the outcomes of the talks in Istanbul, which ended much sooner than was anticipated, having lasted barely an hour.Russia presented terms during the negotiations that highlighted its refusal to compromise on its longstanding war goals. A text of Moscow’s memorandum, published by Russian state media, said a settlement would require international recognition of Crimea and four other regions of Ukraine that Moscow has claimed as its own territory, as well as the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces. It also ruled out Ukrainian membership of Nato and demanded recognising Russian as the country’s official language.Russia’s memorandum presented two options that both appeared to be non-starters for Ukraine. Option one: for Ukraine to start a full military withdrawal from the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Option two: Ukraine to cease mil...

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2 w. ago Road sign welcoming people to town moved to a different town 10 miles away

Previous pranks have seen a welcome sign for Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire relocated more than 60 miles away

Politics

2 w. ago Liverpool parade driver arrested over attempted murder remains in custody

More than 50 people, including children, were treated in different hospitals.

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2 w. ago Tourists from around the world boycott America over Trump's tariffs and two nationalities lead the no

Tourism season this year might look a little different in the U.S. with people from several countries opting to skip out on visiting the states.

Politics

2 w. ago Labour turns fire on Farage ahead of Reform UK leader’s speech – UK politics live

Chair Ellie Reeves says Farage driven by personal ambition as he is expected to label Starmer ‘unpatriotic’ in speechEducation secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced new foundation apprenticeships, which she claimed “will make a really big difference to the lives of young people.”Speaking on BBC Breakfast, she told viewers:I’m announcing today a big step change that is really good news for young people across our country. 120,000 new opportunities to get on into trades like construction. So announcing foundation apprenticeships that are an earlier step in the career for young people.But we know we’ve got to go further, because I hear from apprentices how amazing that opportunity is, how optimistic they are about their future. I met with some bricklaying apprentices recently, really optimistic, wanting to start their own business, get on in construction.I back parents to make decisions about what’s right for them. For some parents that will involve sending their child to a privat...

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2 w. ago People are only just discovering the 'hidden symbol' on Elon Musk's Tesla logo

Tesla's logo is the letter T, which is widely believed to be stylised to represent a part of the electric motor - but some people have different ideas about what it looks like

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3 w. ago The Guide #192: How reality TV and streaming has shaped 21st

In this week’s newsletter: In the second of our new miniseries looking back at the last quarter-century of pop culture, we chart the transformation of television since 2000To try to get our heads round the fact that we’re somehow a quarter of the way into the 21st century, the Guide is running a miniseries of newsletters looking at how pop culture has changed over the past 25 years. We tackled music last month and we’ll be looking at the state of film next month, before sharing our favourite culture of the century so far, and asking for yours too, in July.Today, we’re taking the temperature of TV. Like the music industry, television has seen its entire business model upended by the streaming revolution this century. That has meant what was once a universal activity – an entire nation sat around the glow of the old cathode ray tube – has been replaced by people watching a galaxy of different shows, or watching the same show but at completely different times. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Quinie: Forefowk, Mind Me review – collecting songs on horseback, this Scottish musician is alive with ideas

(Upset the Rhythm)With folk songs gathered from a gallop across Argyll, Josie Vallely’s album is a resonant tribute to her ancestral landTravellers’ songs sung in Scots are the focus of Josie Vallely, a gutsy, Glasgow-based artist performing as Quinie (pronounced “q-why-nee”; “young woman” in the Doric dialect), whose third album acknowledges ancestors watching over her. It includes traditional singers Lizzie Higgins, Jeannie Robertson and Sheila Stewart, whose rawness drones, speaks and soars over these 11 varied tracks, mixing tunes from fiddles, Gaelic sean-nós singing, and canntaireachd (the vocal mimicry of pipe music).Quinie collected these songs from people using a method that fits the album’s strange, rustic mood: she rode her horse, Maisie, across Argyll (“you pay attention to all your senses, have different conversations with people and connect to older ways of doing things,” she writes in the liner notes of this journey; she’s also made a 15-minute film). On Auld Horse, h...

Culture

3 w. ago Boden shoppers race to buy luxury £240 coat reduced to £60 while it has summer discount

"I absolutely love this coat. The first day I wore it no less than five different people unsolicited complemented me on it throughout the day"

Economics

3 w. ago Net migration to UK down by half in 2024 compared with year before

Office for National Statistics estimate shows fall from 860,000 in 2023 to 431,000 last yearUK politics live – latest updatesNet migration to the UK is estimated to have almost halved from 860,000 in the year ending December 2023 to 431,000 in the year ending December 2024, the Office for National Statistics said.The estimate for the difference between the number of people moving to and from the UK is the biggest fall since the pandemic. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago UK politics live: Net migration to UK plummets by more than 400,000 in a year

Difference between the number of people moving to the UK and leaving the country has fallen to the lowest level since the pandemic

Politics

3 w. ago Budget 25/26 will make a real difference to people’s lives, O’Dowd says

MLAs in the Northern Ireland Assembly backed the 2025-26 Budget following a lengthy debate on Monday.

Politics

3 w. ago Difference 10 years makes: Filmmaker shoots people at 50 and a decade later... the results are astounding

Dutch photographer and filmmaker Jeroen Wolf went about capturing 50 of his school friends to mark their 50th birthdays. He then returned 10 years later...

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