12 h. ago Expedited UK visa scheme being set up for Gaza students and other young people fleeing war

The Government will use ‘legal and controlled support’ to help people fleeing persecution, the Home Secretary told MPs

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20 h. ago Peer who fled Nazis as child warns summer 'disaster' for human rights amid asylum row

Lord Alf Dubs, who fled Prague in 1939 as part of the Kindertransport, said many of the people fleeing for safety in the UK are 'escaping the most terrible of situations'

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45 h. ago Minister admits it may take decade for full rollout of lung cancer screening

Jenni Minto said the Scottish Expert Advisory Group launched by the Government estimated it could take anywhere between seven and 10 years for a scheme to be fully set up across the country.

Politics

3 d. ago Brilliant way a valleys country park visitor centre and hotel could be powered in the future

The scheme at Dare Valley Country Park in the Cynon Valley is set to go before councillors soon

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3 d. ago Millions of children set to get 'life saver' free chickenpox JAB

Ministers claimed the vaccine, which is 98 per cent effective', would save millions of sick days from school and nursery,

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6 d. ago Photos show people fleeing flooding in Kashmir after weeks of intense rain in the region

Prolonged monsoon rains this season have badly battered South Asia. Rising waters sent people fleeing from their homes in the Indian-administered Jammu area in Kashmir, which is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both sides.

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6 d. ago UK vows to help 30 more students leave Gaza to take up university places

Evacuation problematic and dependent on Israel’s approval amid claims more scholarship students still in darkMinisters have approved plans to help a further 30 students leave Gaza to take up places at UK universities next month but their evacuation remains uncertain and dependent on Israel’s approval.It takes the total to 39, after a government commitment last week to work to secure the evacuation from Gaza of nine Chevening scholars with places at some of the UK’s leading universities. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Home Office approves special arrangements to bring Gazan students to UK

Students will undergo biometric checks in a third country before travelling on to the UK.

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7 d. ago St Andrews University: Scottish university calls for Home Office intervention to evacuate its students from Gaza

Two students have been offered places to study in Scotland - but currently cannot take up the places as they are trapped in a war zone.

Society

1 week ago Gaza City student prepares to say goodbye to her home as Israel issues evacuation order

Thousands of Palestinians, including 21-year-old student Sara Awad, are fleeing Gaza City after the Israeli military launched a new ground invasion on Thursday (August 21).

Politics

1 week ago Tommy Fleetwood arrives at East Lake as relatable contender on verge of greatness

After a season of close calls the world No 10 has a chance to turn his drought into a career defining momentThe widespread euphoria that surrounded Rory McIlroy’s Masters triumph served as the finest example of a moment when golf observers want a player to win. This, after all, is supposed to be a non-tribal environment aside from the weekend every two years when Europe face USA and people on either side of the ropes take leave of their senses.Golf’s next pursuit of the holy grail belongs to Tommy Fleetwood. Defeat from positions of strength at the Travelers and St Jude championships threw up an unwanted statistic. In 163 PGA Tour starts, Fleetwood is yet to emerge victorious. As striking as that raw number – Fleetwood’s talent is such that one assumes he should have claimed a batch of trophies in the US – is the fact people are willing him to end his drought. Fleetwood is relatable, likable, popular. He also has no objection to the discussion presently whirling around him. Continue...

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2 w. ago Woman told to flee 'cursed' Airbnb after people notice creepy detail

A woman has been told to 'get out' of an Airbnb she rented after showing it off online, as people claim the house might be haunted thanks to one 'cursed' detail

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2 w. ago Swinney calls for 'urgent action' for students trapped in Gaza

The First Minister said he was ‘appalled’ by the situation

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2 w. ago Voices: Why can’t Palestinian students from Gaza take up their university places in Britain?

Unless the UK expedites the safe passage of Palestinians with university offers, the government will have abetted the wiping out of scholarship in Gaza, says Oxford emeritus professor Avi Shlaim

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3 w. ago Arthur's Seat fire: Incredible drone footage of blazing landmark as people flee

The blaze at Edinburgh's popular tourist site Arthur's Seat spread rapidly on Sunday with police warning people in the area to stay away from the site of the fire

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3 w. ago Edinburgh fire LIVE: Arthur's Seat up in flames as people 'flee down hill'

A major fire has broken out on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh with people seeing fleeing down the hill to avoid the flames currently blazing across the iconic landmark

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3 w. ago Starving Palestinian students 'left to die in Gaza warzone' as UK sets impossible test

Soha Abu Eid, a 31-year-old determined to study a nursing PHD in the UK in honour of her friend and colleague Fatima, has been blocked from taking up her place by UK Home Office requirements

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3 w. ago Times Square shooting: Three injured as bodies seen on ground at tourist hotspot

Footage from the scene shows people fleeing after gunshots rang out

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3 w. ago ‘Unprecedented’ wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern France

Advancing blaze scorches 16,000 hectares near Spanish border, destroying homes and forcing people to fleeHundreds of firefighters are battling to stop the spread of a fast-moving wildfire in southern France after one woman died and nine people were injured as the blaze scorched a vast area of the Corbières hills.The blaze burned an area the size of Paris over one afternoon and night and was still burning on Wednesday evening, making it the second biggest fire in France in 50 years. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago More than 140 migrants believed dead as boat capsizes off Yemen

Shipwreck in Gulf of Aden with 154 Ethiopians onboard leaves only 12 survivors, with the rest missing and presumed dead, says UN agencyA boat has capsized off Yemen’s coast leaving 68 African migrants dead and 74 others missing, the UN’s migration agency said.It was the latest in a series of shipwrecks off Yemen that have killed hundreds of people fleeing conflict and poverty in hopes of reaching the wealthy Gulf Arab countries. Continue reading...

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