5 h. ago Glasgow crime: Shop assistant seriously injured as attacker 'sprays substance' during robbery

The attack happened on Saturday evening

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6 h. ago Scots shop worker hospitalised after being 'sprayed with substance' as police hunt suspect

The incident took place in Glasgow and is now being investigated by Police Scotland.

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28 h. ago Last surviving Second World War Victoria Cross recipient dies aged 105

Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank was honoured for courage and dedication during an attack on a German submarine that left him seriously injured.

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53 h. ago Libyan migrant, 24, who arrived in Britain by small boat is arrested after three people injured in knife attack

Khalifa Eissa Benyzeed, 24, originally from Libya, is being held by police on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after one man suffered a 'potentially life-threatening' stab wound to his chest.

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56 h. ago Israeli minister posts video online confronting Palestinian detainee in his prison cell – Middle East crisis live

Far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir posts video showing him confronting Marwan Barghouti, who has spent more than 20 years in Israeli custodyAt least 16 Palestinian people, including five aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing medical sources.Here are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires from Gaza: Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Glasgow crime: Busy kebab shop egged and two schoolgirls, aged 14, charged after alleged 'assault'

Two 14 year old girls have been charged.

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62 h. ago Several Palestinian people reported injured in overnight attack by Israeli settlers in West Bank – Middle East crisis live

Settlers attacked Palestinian people in village of Susya, south of Hebron, while separately settlers reportedly attacked village of Atara and set fire to vehiclesHere is some more detail on the controversial plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem.The decision from the Supreme Planning Council, which meets next week, is expected to support the plan after rejecting objections by Israeli NGOs.The expected decision in favour will come after Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich – who backs both the plan and the imposition of Israeli sovereignty through the occupied West Bank – gloated that he believed construction on E1 would “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Teens arrested after boy, 17, horrifically injured in Wigan machete attack

The incident happened at around 5:30pm on Wednesday on a street in Wigan and left the young victim 'bleeding heavily' with potentially life-changing injuries to his hand

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3 d. ago Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit

Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein filesThe most violent day in the history of Washington DC, leaving aside the War of 1812, was 6 January 2021, and the instigator was Donald J Trump, who this week has endeavored to seize control of the nation’s capital, after reports that a former employee of the “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was assaulted in the city.In a sense the new event echoes the old; both are illegitimate power grabs made on the basis of lies. In 2021 it was a lie about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election; in the summer of 2025 it’s lies about crime levels. Reliable sources – including the Biden Department of Justice in January – have noted that violent crime there is at a 30-year low. Five people died as a result of that 2021 attack on Congress, and dozens of law enforcement officers were injured, some gravely, by the mob Trump incited. On his first day in office in 2025 he par...

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3 d. ago Teenagers arrested after boy, 17, left seriously injured in horror machete attack

Two boys, aged 15 and 17, remain in custody

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4 d. ago Horror on the street after boy, 17, seriously injured in knife attack

An air ambulance was scrambled to the scene

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4 d. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder

The charges come after four prison officers were injured during an attack at HMP Frankland

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4 d. ago Scottish students can now earn a Mickey Mouse Degree at 'Disney University'

Scotland's prestigious universities offer a wide array of courses, from the University of Glasgow's 'Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime' to modules at the University of Edinburgh exploring witchcraft, but have you ever considered getting a Micky Mouse Degree from "Disney University"? With SQA results announced earlier this month, thousands of Scottish students will be making big decisions about their futures when it comes to further education, and now a “Mickey Mouse Degree” is also an option on the table.

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5 d. ago Spurs open Eze talks as they try to beat Arsenal to Palace attacker

Arsenal need to make sales firstSpurs unlikely to meet £68m release clauseTottenham have opened talks over a move for Eberechi Eze, whose £68m release clause expires on Friday, and are pushing to beat Arsenal to the Crystal Palace attacker. Arsenal have indicated they need to make sales in attack before pressing ahead with their pursuit of the England international.The delay from Arsenal, who are looking for buyers for Leandro Trossard, has opened the door for Spurs to act on their longstanding interest. Thomas Frank, the new Spurs manager, needs attacking additions after losing James Maddison to a long-term knee injury and missing out on the signing of Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White. They can offer Champions League football to Eze after winning the Europa League last season. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The kindness of strangers: sobbing in a rack of bras, a grandmotherly shop assistant soothed me

Two months after my single mastectomy, I felt sore, sad and scarred. Looking for a suitable bra, I became completely overwhelmedRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 and immediately had to have a single mastectomy. Told by the doctors I needed to wear very soft bras for a while, two months after the surgery I went to my local department store to find something suitable.I was hobbling around and feeling really awful about myself – sore, sad and scarred, and as though I’d never look attractive again. Somewhere deep in the racks of bras I became so overwhelmed by it all that I just broke down and started sobbing. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The kindness of strangers: as I was sobbing in a rack of bras, a grandmotherly shop assistant soothed me

Two months after my single mastectomy, I felt sore, sad and scarred. Looking for a suitable bra, I became completely overwhelmedRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 and immediately had to have a single mastectomy. Told by the doctors I needed to wear very soft bras for a while, two months after the surgery I went to my local department store to find something suitable.I was hobbling around and feeling really awful about myself – sore, sad and scarred, and as though I’d never look attractive again. Somewhere deep in the racks of bras I became so overwhelmed by it all that I just broke down and started sobbing. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Social media rumours shut down by police after two men injured in town centre attack

A man has been arrested

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9 d. ago Glasgow comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli accused of indecent assault at BBC Scotland studio as trial date set

Scottish comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli has been charged in connection with historic sex offences.

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1 week ago Shark attack victim shows horror injuries after mates battle to save life

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Chance Armand posed for a picture after his foot was nearly torn off by a shark in a horror attack while spearfishing with pals

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1 week ago Alfredo Morelos injured in shocking team bus attack as ex Rangers star hit by shattered glass

The incident occurred ahead of a Copa Colombia clash against Cucuta but the striker brushed off his scars to score in the game

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