8 h. ago The crucial CCTV that helped jail a plastic surgeon for trying to kill his colleague

This CCTV is the crucial footage that helped jail a plastic surgeon who attempted to murder a fellow doctor he wanted “out of the way” by stabbing him after a thwarted plan to set his house alight.

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8 h. ago Dilapidated West Lothian farm house set for new future thanks to community team

Members of Livingston’s Community Shed pride themselves on solving practicable problems.

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8 h. ago West Lothian 'shopping centre' site to get more homes and only four shops

Plans to develop more than 70 homes on the site, as well as four shops, were rejected by West Lothian Council last year, amid concern the community needed shops rather than more home.

Economics

4 d. ago ‘When they are at risk they text me’: Gaza academic in UK powerless to rescue family

Nearly two years after accepting a UK scholarship, Bassem Abudagga has watched Gaza’s horrors close in on his relatives, and British bureaucracy fail to helpThe silence of the early hours was unbearable, perhaps worse than on any night since 7 October 2023. Bassem Abudagga paced around his flat in Manchester waiting desperately for an answer. He knew from a WhatsApp group of 800 relatives, set up by his extended family in Gaza, that houses near where his wife and two young children were holed up to the west of Khan Younis were being hit by Israeli missiles. His wife, Marim, was not picking up.“Every single minute, I am with them 24 hours a day and night. When there is any risk, I keep in contact all the time with them online,” he says. “It depends on the connections, sometimes they are very bad. Even when I am sleeping I keep the notifications very loud and I keep just waking up when one goes off. When they are at risk they just text me. It is very exhausting because they feel that ...

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5 d. ago Masters of the House: Trump and Vance set to attend ‘Les Miserables’ opening at the Kennedy Center

Several cast members are reportedly planning to boycott the performance

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5 d. ago DWP minister issues message to 'all pensioners' in Pension Credit update

The latest set of Pension Credit statistics shows that an additional 58,800 households have been awarded the means-tested benefit since last summer's Winter Fuel Payment announcement

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6 d. ago Age Scotland dementia event champions lived experience and inclusion

Age Scotland has marked a significant milestone in its dementia work with a national event in Stirling. Bringing together people living with dementia, unpaid carers, community organisations and professionals to help shape the future of support across Scotland.

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7 d. ago What drew 50 Cent to the Gilgo Beach serial killer case? A chilling new docuseries goes inside the suspect’s home

For the first time, a new docuseries goes inside the Long Island home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann where his family gives never-before-seen interviews about his alleged double life and the disturbing secrets kept in the basement. Andrea Cavallier takes a look at 50 Cent’s surprising new true crime project – Gilgo Beach Killer: The House Of Secrets, set to be released on Peacock on June 10

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8 d. ago Inside the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer’s home: 50 Cent’s surprising new true crime project

For the first time, a new docuseries goes inside the Long Island home of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann where his family gives never-before-seen interviews about his alleged double life and the disturbing secrets kept in the basement. Andrea Cavallier takes a look at 50 Cent’s surprising new true crime project – Gilgo Beach Killer: The House Of Secrets, set to be released on Peacock on June 10

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8 d. ago Watch: Humanoid robot housekeeper set to transform hotel industry, say tech company

A Chinese tech company has unveiled a humanoid cleaning robot it claims has the potential to transform the hospitality industry.

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8 d. ago I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty

I’ve spoken to white nationalists in Tennessee and Black activists in Texas – and learned about what it takes to connect across differenceThe residential community was lodged near a national forest on the outskirts of Scottsdale, Arizona. Forbidding gates and sentry posts restricted access to the exclusive development and its elegant homes. But security here went much further.Each cul-de-sac in the colony had its own individual railway gate, and many of the homeowners had installed gates across their own driveways as well. Anyone coming in or out of those houses would have to clear three checkpoints that set them apart from the wider world beyond. Continue reading...

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1 week ago My mother was murdered by a migrant in cold blood. A liberal 'coward' with White House ambitions set him free

'He should have never been paroled,' Birte Pfleger told Daily Mail of Thongxay Nilakout, 48, a native of Laos in Southeast Asia . 'It was devastating.'

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1 week ago Who is in The Real Housewives of London? Everything you need to know about the socialites set to take the Square Mile by storm in the upcoming reality show

Who is in The Real Housewives of London? Everything you need to know about the socialites set to take the Square Mile by storm in the upcoming reality show  Tatler

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1 week ago Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions

The White House says President Donald Trump is set to pardon reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, the couple famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” which followed their tightly knit family and extravagant lifestyle

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2 w. ago Ramshackle Canonbury studio where Dire Straits and The Police recorded set for conversion into house

The unassuming building saw everyone from Madness to John Cleese come through its doors

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2 w. ago Energy price cap: Here's how much household energy bills are set to fall from July

News of a fall in energy costs will come as a relief for households

Economics

2 w. ago Ofgem set to lower energy price cap with £129 drop in household bills

The price cap is currently set at around £1,849 for a typical household after three consecutive increases in bills.

Economics

2 w. ago Fury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissions

Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate votes to reverse EPA waiver and prevent state setting own rulesCalifornia has long been one of the nation’s pre-eminent eco-warriors, enacting landmark environmental standards for cars and trucks that go much further than those mandated by the federal government. Vehicles across the country are cleaner, more efficient and electric in greater numbers because of it.But that could all change if Donald Trump and his Republican allies manage to revoke the state’s ability to set its own, stricter emissions standards amid a White House crusade to combat climate-friendly policies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ofgem set to confirm latest energy price cap for household bills

The typical bill is expected to fall by £129 – or 7% – to £1,720 per year from July 1, according to experts at Cornwall Insight.

Economics

2 w. ago Trump’s massive tax and spending bill clears hurdle to advance to House vote in coming hours

Republicans have been deeply divided over the bill which would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts by tightening eligibility for food and health programs US President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill has cleared an important procedural hurdle in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, when a gatekeeper committee approved the measure and set up a floor vote for passage to occur within hours.Republicans have been deeply divided over the bill, which would extend Trump’s signature 2017 tax cuts, create new breaks for tipped income and auto loans, end many green-energy subsidies and boost spending on the military and immigration enforcement. Continue reading...

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