64 h. ago Check for Council Tax discount and possible refund of up to £850 this Christmas

Nearly half a million households in Scotland are receiving a discount on their annual Council Tax bill.

Economics

3 d. ago UK universities restricting recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students

At least nine higher education institutions have stopped applications due to tougher Home Office rules and concerns over visa abuse

Politics

3 d. ago UK universities restrict recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students

At least nine higher education institutions have stopped applications due to tougher Home Office rules and concerns over visa abuse

Politics

5 d. ago From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White

Leaving eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown homeless and cut off from her mother should never have been sanctioned by the stateBritain’s long history with the Caribbean, from enslavement to the Windrush scandal, is marked by policies that have fractured families. The Home Office’s latest actions show little has changed. After the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, a tropical cyclone that made landfall across the Greater Antilles area in late October, eight-year-old Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown was left destitute in Jamaica. But after her UK-resident parents appealed for the Home Office to expedite her visa application, officials rejected it and Lati-Yana has been left to sleep on the floor of her elderly grandmother’s destroyed home.But the rejection rested on factual errors, according to Lati-Yana’s mother, Kerrian Bigby. Dawn Butler, her MP, shared a letter with me raising concerns about “misrepresentations” in the decision notice, including the claim that Bigby does not have full parental...

Events

2 w. ago New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passportA pro-independence leader from the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has accused the French government of “deliberately dragging out” his passport application, preventing him from flying home after his release from prison.Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak leader, was arrested in New Caledonia in June 2024 over allegations that he had instigated the deadly pro-independence protests that had taken place on the island a month earlier. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Neighbours attack Beckhams over planning applications at £6m Cotswolds home

The pair have submitted more than 30 applications in what neighbours called an ‘abuse’ of the system

Economics

3 w. ago Check for £850 Council Tax discount and possible refund from your local council

Nearly half a million households in Scotland are receiving a discount on their annual Council Tax bill.

Economics

3 w. ago Council receives application for new homes on site of ex Motherwell gym and nightclub

The application, from McTaggart Construction, seeks approval two blocks containing a total of 44 flats to be built at Brandon Street, on the site of a defunct former gym which is currently empty.

Society

3 w. ago Homeless refugee applications from outside Scotland soar by 250% in Edinburgh

Scottish Labour says the rise is ‘further evidence’ the SNP is mishandling Scotland’s housing crisis

Events

3 w. ago Edinburgh hit by 250% rise in homeless refugee applications from outside Scotland

EXCLUSIVE: The Capital has seen a hike in the number of refugees applying from south of the border.

Events

3 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council reports strong progress in reducing homelessness and improving housing outcomes

Latest Homelessness Action Plan update shows a two per cent fall in homelessness applications and a 21 per cent reduction in repeat homelessness during 2024–25.

Politics

4 w. ago Henry Arundell scorches away to help England finish off battling Fiji

England 38-18 FijiVisitors narrowly denied half-time leadAnother win for England, their ninth in succession, but the word comfortable is definitely not applicable. Only in the final quarter did the home side pull away on the scoreboard and, for lengthy periods, they were made to work extremely hard for their second victory in as many weeks. They will definitely need to find another gear to see off next Saturday’s opponents New Zealand.Equally there is no doubting the fact England are finishing games more strongly and have some rare talent lurking in reserve. This time it was their birthday boy, Henry Arundell, who shone brightest off the bench, scoring one scorching try and looking dangerous every time he touched the ball on his first appearance for England for two years. Continue reading...

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