8 h. ago LIVE: Police swarm house with forensic tent erected amid serious incident

A forensic tent can be seen outside a property

Events

3 d. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner snubs council home to carry on living 'off

Christian Brueckner defiantly continues to live in a tent despite vocal protests by locals, who are preparing to carry out a new demo near his woodland bolthole on Monday

Politics

3 d. ago ‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped by war and blockade

Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuationWhen the Gaza war began, Ismail Abu Naji was just 18 months old, his small body covered in swollen, bleeding lesions. Months earlier, doctors had diagnosed him with a rare blood cancer, one that, if untreated, is often a death sentence.In the weeks before the war, Ismail’s family had arranged for him to be transferred to Al-Makassed hospital in Jerusalem, a charitable institution for Palestinians, for specialised care. But the blockade Israel imposed on Gaza after Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack that triggered the conflict meant Ismail could not leave the territory. Continue reading...

Science

5 d. ago Gifted student living in tent in Gaza begs for help after offer to study at top Scots uni

Qusay Al-Reqeb, 20, has had an offer to study computer science at the University of Glasgow but is facing a daily struggle to survive in war torn Gaza.

Politics

9 d. ago University boss who suggested Scots students pay tuition fees was paid £881k in 2 years

Edinburgh Uni principal Sir Peter Mathieson said Scottish students could be charged tuition fees to solve a funding crisis

Economics

2 w. ago Shamed teacher told student she had 'hot sexy body' and gave teens condoms as gifts

The Teaching Regulation Agency said that Ian Shilling, 41, showed 'no remorse' for his behaviour and displayed a 'calculated course of action' for his own sexual gratification

Society

4 w. ago Trump says ‘there’ll be hell to pay’ if Hamas does not disarm as he meets Netanyahu at Mar

US president says group will have ‘very short period’ to disarm and that he and Israeli prime minister ‘don’t agree on the West Bank 100%’ as pair meetBenjamin Netanyahu is expected to tell Donald Trump on Monday that Hamas must return the remains of the last Israeli hostage left in Gaza before the next stages of the stalled ceasefire can be implemented, Israeli officials and analysts say.The trip comes amid a new push by officials in Washington to force concessions from Israel to allow progress towards a second stage of the ceasefire in Gaza, which began in October after two years of devastating war.He feels he has a number of cards to play yet and the remains of Gvili is the easiest one to play now but there are others.Netanyahu knows exactly what he wants for Christmas – more of the same. Israeli troops stay in 51% of Gaza, periodically striking Hamas without the shadow of withdrawal looming over him. None of this requires a denunciation of the [Trump] plan itself and Trump can v...

Politics

4 w. ago Trump says reconstruction of Gaza will begin ‘soon’ as he meets Netanyahu at Mar

US president says he and Israeli prime minister will discuss ‘five major subjects’ and Gaza will be among themBenjamin Netanyahu is expected to tell Donald Trump on Monday that Hamas must return the remains of the last Israeli hostage left in Gaza before the next stages of the stalled ceasefire can be implemented, Israeli officials and analysts say.The trip comes amid a new push by officials in Washington to force concessions from Israel to allow progress towards a second stage of the ceasefire in Gaza, which began in October after two years of devastating war.He feels he has a number of cards to play yet and the remains of Gvili is the easiest one to play now but there are others.Netanyahu knows exactly what he wants for Christmas – more of the same. Israeli troops stay in 51% of Gaza, periodically striking Hamas without the shadow of withdrawal looming over him. None of this requires a denunciation of the [Trump] plan itself and Trump can very easily justify Israel’s extended stay...

Politics