26 h. ago Motorist buys back his OWN £20,000 stolen car from dealership 70 miles away

Motorist Ewan Valentine, 36, spent more than £20,000 on a replacement for a cherished car which was taken from his driveway - then discovered he had accidentally bought back his own stolen car.

Economics

56 h. ago Residents block London street to stop controversial £650,000 plan to replace parking spaces with benches

Locals sealed off the road with fake crime scene tape to stop council employees from entering to start on scheme

Economics

5 d. ago RFK's claims about people with autism offer a sinister insight into how Trumpism sees us all | John Harris

The war on science being waged by the US health secretary and the White House is bound to spread. We must be on our guardIn the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is “a terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath”. But in the US’s new age of irrationalism and chaos, these two men are now of one voice, pursuing a strand of Trumpist politics that sometimes feels strangely overlooked. With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.Nearly 2,000 members of the US’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have warned of “slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration”. Even work on cancer is now under threa...

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5 d. ago RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris

The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human differenceIn the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is “a terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath”. But in the US’s new age of irrationalism and chaos, these two men are now of one voice, pursuing a strand of Trumpist politics that sometimes feels strangely overlooked. With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.Nearly 2,000 members of the US’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have warned of “slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration”. Even work on...

Politics

7 d. ago 'Coward' driver left best friend to die in wreck after horror drug

Joshua Pearce was slammed by a judge while he was being sentenced to four years and four months in jail for ditching the godfather of his child after a car crash, in Wales

Events

8 d. ago Teen left 'a few hours from death' after vaping habit 'triggered' bacterial infection that led to lethal sepsis

A 16 year-old who almost died of a life-threatening lung infection has warned youngsters to avoid vapes at all costs, after doctors said her 18-month habit triggered her disease.

Events

1 week ago New benefit to replace DLA for over 66,000 people before end of this year

Social Security Scotland will write to claimants to let them know when it is time for them to transfer from the DWP system.

Politics

2 w. ago More than 8,000 wheelie bins replaced in Dumfries and Galloway in two years

The local authority claims the number is likely due to bins reaching the end of their useful life.

Politics

2 w. ago Ayrshire's councils fork out replacing more than 15,000 damaged and missing wheelie bins

Figures released under Freedom of Information laws found that Ayrshire's councils replaced more than 15,000 wheelie bins in 2024.

Events

2 w. ago Drug user left elderly dad, 82, fearing for his life as he held carving knife to his neck

Matthew Haywood, 45, was living with his elderly dad on July 26, last year when he launched into a number of vile attacks leaving the 82-year-old pleading for help

Events

2 w. ago Drug left mum, 27, needing bladder replacement after £1,000 a month habit

Amber Currah, 27, has been left incontinent following her ketamine use

Economics

2 w. ago Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind

A year ago, Sierra Leone's government declared a public health emergency over the cheap synthetic drug called kush

Events

3 w. ago He made £61,000 selling drugs from around the world, but he'll pay back a fraction of that after getting caught on a train

Harley Hall, 28, was outed as a drug dealer after his colleague Jordern McCourt-Knight, 30, left a carrier bag containing a kilogram of ketamine on a train between Bristol and Cardiff

Economics