1 hour ago Train bound for Edinburgh goes alight as more than 200 passengers evacuated

Passengers on a train heading for Edinburgh were evacuated after a fire broke out onboard, with CrossCountry apologising for the 'significant disruption' on Wednesday afternoon.

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2 h. ago £360 robot vacuum cleaner reduced to £130 has an almost perfect five

"Really good product, well built, versatile and compact! Comes with a lot of smart features via the app that make it a breeze to use."

Economics

2 h. ago Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the seat of U.S. military power

Politics

2 h. ago Claudia Winkleman’s Strictly ring is a perfect Christmas buy from Kate Middleton

During the Strictly results show last Sunday, Claudia Winkleman was wearing a statement ring from a Kate Middleton-loved jewellery brand, and you can still shop it

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3 h. ago Property manager tries to sue her bosses after they failed to celebrate her one year anniversary with the firm

Rita Nunn claimed she felt ‘overlooked’ when no one congratulated her in the company’s WhatsApp group chat

Society

3 h. ago All Blacks can wait as Scotland hooker puts focus on test before the real Test

Ashman impressed by new boy’s Edinburgh debut

Politics

4 h. ago Chinese company gives an Eric Trump crypto firm preferential access to tech

SEC filings show Bitmain gave firm partially owned by Eric Trump unusually generous terms on equipmentA private Chinese company is giving preferential access to its technology and providing unusually beneficial payment terms on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of specialized equipment to a firm partially owned by Eric Trump, according to industry sources and Securities and Exchange Commission records.The company, Bitmain, has faced concerns over the potential national security risks of its technology, with one Republican congressman asking the treasury department to review some of its business dealings in the United States. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 9 autumn buys chosen by shopping experts to snag the M&S advent calendar for less

The Beauty Advent Calendar from Marks and Spencer usually retails at £330, but there's a way to get it for £60 when shopping the brand's fashion and homeware range

Economics

5 h. ago Boston mayor Michelle Wu dismisses Trump threat to remove World Cup games from city

Trump claimed Fifa president could ‘easily’ move gamesWu says Trump comments are ‘targeting Boston values’The mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, implied the city was ready for a face-off with the US president Donald Trump over his claim he could order Fifa to remove World Cup games from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, 22 miles south-west of the city.Wu appeared on local podcast “Java with Jimmy” on Wednesday to respond to Tuesday’s criticism from the White House, which labeled the Democrat as “radical left”. Trump threatened he would make a call to the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, if Boston did not “clean up its act”. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago AI robotics firm raises funding with help from Scottish National Investment Bank

Launchpad opened a research and development centre in Edinburgh last year, solidifying ties with the city.

Economics

5 h. ago PPE firm linked to 'Baroness Bra' misses deadline to repay £145 million it owes taxpayers for defective surgical gowns

Underwear tycoon Baroness Mone has been embroiled in controversy over the defective surgical gowns supplied to the NHS by PPE Medpro at the height of the Covid pandemic.

Economics

5 h. ago Electricity prices set to jump 20% within five years, energy firm warns

Bosses also blamed ‘complex regulations’ for the UK having higher wholesale energy prices than some other European countries.

Events

5 h. ago Selling Sunset star shaken as home raided by masked burglars

A Selling Sunset star has opened up on a terrifying ordeal as a brand new series returns

Politics

5 h. ago Popular rice brand recalls products over possible presence of small stones

There have currently been no reported illnesses as a result of the contamination, the FDA reports

Politics

6 h. ago Man who murdered his partner in a hot tub sentenced to 25 years in prison

Claire Leveque travelled from Canada to live with her killer and his mother in October 2023, months before she was murdered.

Events

6 h. ago Scottish Rugby takes charge of GB Sevens and reveals six new players

Full-time programme to be run out of Edinburgh base

Sport

6 h. ago Paedo who abused niece in hospital bed after she took overdose dies in jail

Andrew Temple died in HMP Edinburgh at the weekend.

Events

7 h. ago Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2025: Brand back to 'super sexy' with Irina Shayk and Emily Ratajkowski after going 'woke'

'It will be very glitzy and sensual,' a source told Daily Mail. 'It's a return to the old style where women looked their very best. There will be less emphasis on shock value and more on all the pretty.

Culture

7 h. ago World’s largest ever bowls training session held to mark 2026 Commonwealth Games

A number of sporting professionals attended, some of whom had never played the sport until now.

Politics

7 h. ago Jeamie TKV withdraws from Frazer Clarke fight as BBC dealt boxing blow

British heavyweights were set to clash in a brand new BBC boxing deal

Economics