7 h. ago 'New mum' of fake baby breaks silence after 'grandma' discovers tot is actually a doll

Kira Cousins, 22, revealed her 'newborn baby' - which was actually a doll - was found in her bedroom by her mum, and that none of the family members knew about the situation

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7 h. ago Fake baby scandal as "mum" accused of wearing prosthetic bump and parading doll as newborn

Kira Cousins is accused of wearing a prosthetic bump before pretending to give birth and parading a plastic Reborn dolly as a baby girl named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce, to deceive those closest to her

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9 h. ago Family horrified to find mum Kira Cousins' 'real' baby is fake doll and dad has 'no idea'

Kira Cousins, 22, pretended to give birth to a baby before receiving gifts worth hundreds - only for it to emerge her daughter was, in fact, a doll, leaving her family mortified

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10 h. ago Fake baby scandal rocks Scots community as young "mum" pretends doll is newborn

Kira Cousins has caused outrage on social media over claims she made her loved-ones believe she had given birth when her "baby" was actually a doll.

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31 h. ago A humble church organist in rural Scotland had a dark secret... as Hitler's personal pianist

He promised to bring a 'gay and lively' musical repertoire to a remote Scottish community when he made his home there in the 1960s.

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32 h. ago Glasgow community left 'devastated' after fire rips through church

Emergency services were called to the Christ Apostolic Church on Govan Road at around 1.17am on October 17, following reports of the blaze. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service deployed three appliances to the scene at the height of the fire.

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43 h. ago Andrew cancels Sarah Ferguson's extravagant 66th birthday party as couple rocked by Epstein scandal

Fergie had been due to celebrate her 66th birthday last Wednesday

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61 h. ago Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice to make 'new move' over dad Prince Andrew

Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are expected to support their father as he faces the latest scandal to rock the Royal Family, with insiders convinced they 'couldn't live with themselves'

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7 d. ago Scottish business community seeing ‘reasons for optimism’ but there’s a sting in the tail

“September’s regional growth tracker offers signs of optimism and examples of Scottish firms taking a proactive approach to the challenges businesses across the UK are currently facing” – Judith Cruickshank, Royal Bank of Scotland

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7 d. ago The Changemakers Conference 2025 CHALLENGE: Scotland’s Marketers Converge to Shape the Future of Marketing

Scotland’s business community will gather in Edinburgh on 29 October for The Changemakers Conference 2025, hosted by The Marketing Society.

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1 week ago Plan to save activities at Falkirk community centre gets councillors' backing

The council will spend £300,000 on modular units to replace the centre which faces a repair bill of more than £3 million.

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1 week ago ‘Sensationally damning’: Malaysian football rocked by naturalisation scandal

Seven national-team players, including one from La Liga, have been suspended by Fifa over claims of cheatingThere hasn’t been that much to smile about for Malaysian football fans in recent years, so there was real jubilation among the 60,000 home spectators upon the final whistle in Kuala Lumpur on on 10 June. A 4-0 win over regional rivals Vietnam not just kept the Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) on course for the 2027 Asian Cup but well and truly confirmed they were dining back at the top table in southeast Asia. Four months later, they are still the talk of the region of 650 million people, but not in a good way.The story starts, as it does increasingly in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) football these days, with naturalisation. In January, the crown prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, the owner of Johor Darul Ta’zim football club, and former president of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), wrote on social media: “We have identified 6-7 heritage p...

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1 week ago Javier Milei belts out 80s anthems as Argentina’s economy unravels

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’Argentina’s “rock star president” Javier Milei has been struggling to get much satisfaction of late, as his pledge to lead the country into a new era of prosperity foundered amid a wave of economic strife, scandal and public discontent.But on Monday night the scruffy haired South American populist – the former frontman in a Rolling Stones tribute band – took to the stage in Buenos Aires hoping to sing his way out of the funk. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’Argentina’s “rock star president” Javier Milei has been struggling to get much satisfaction of late, as his pledge to lead the country into a new era of prosperity foundered amid a wave of economic strife, scandal and public discontent.But on Monday night the scruffy-haired South American populist – the former frontman in a Rolling Stones tribute band – took to the stage in Buenos Aires hoping to sing his way out of the funk. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Stop fanning flames of hatred', urge Jewish Scotland leaders after Manchester synagogue attack

Political and community leaders across Scotland must act urgently to “stop fanning the flames of hatred”, Jewish council chiefs have said in the wake of the Manchester synagogue attack.

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2 w. ago John Swinney vows to do 'everything necessary' to keep Jewish community safe in Scotland

Counter-terrorism police said two people have been arrested following the attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer condemns footage of racism and misogyny inside Charing Cross police station

Prime Minister Sir Keir has hit out and said Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley 'needs to be very robust in his response' to the latest scandal to rock Britain's biggest police force.

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2 w. ago Toddlers can now get the flu vaccine at community pharmacies for the first time

Parents are being urged to protect their children from becoming seriously ill from the flu this winter 🤧

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2 w. ago Chapelhall Community Development Group secures £40k grant from Scottish Land Fund

Following acquisition, the group intends to build a modular two-storey community hub for residents of the village.

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3 w. ago Ryan Thomas’ mum reveals she was tricked by a catfish who ‘wooed’ her & pretended he was a ‘silver

RYAN Thomas's mum has revealed how she was "catfished" after being "wooed" by a man for 24 hours who was pretending to be someone else. Former Corrie star Ryan and his famous brothers Adam and Scott Thomas were joined by their mum Gail during the latest episode of their podcast, ‘At Home With The Thomas...

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