95 m. ago Labour MP urges SNP Government to support community takeover of landmark pub

The historic former coaching inn once counted famous Scots like Iain Banks as regulars.

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25 h. ago This beef taco recipe from the cookbook 'Plantas' uses salsa for seasoning the meat

Taco night in the U.S. often features an Americanized version of Mexican food that uses a packaged seasoning mix

Society

48 h. ago Government urged to ban Iranian revolutionary guard amid violent crackdown

Dozens of people have been killed and thousands detained as the Iranian state has attempted to quell mass protests in the country.

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3 d. ago Government told to make changes to food packaging in obesity crisis battle

People most used the traffic light system when choosing snacks

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3 d. ago Government urged to make major change to all food packaging labels

It comes as the country faces an obesity crisis, according to Which?

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3 d. ago Government urged to make nutrition labels on front of food packaging mandatory

Which? called on the Government to make the change amid what it described as an ‘obesity crisis’.

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3 d. ago Put mandatory nutrition labels on all food packaging to combat ‘obesity crisis’, government urged

A "better approach" is essential to help individuals make healthier dietary decisions, Which? said

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3 d. ago Government says changes to Grok ‘insulting’ and urges Ofcom to update ‘in days’

X has faced a backlash after reports that users of its AI chatbot had prompted it to create sexualised images of people, including children.

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4 d. ago New calls made for radical change to State Pension and student fees

A petition urging the UK Government to 'review, reform and means-test the State Pension and scrap tuition fees' has been posted on the Parliament website

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4 d. ago Will Britain ban X? Starmer says 'all options on table' as fury grows over Grok creating sexualised images of women and children

Pressure mounts on government to take urgent action against X

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4 d. ago Watch Storm Goretti LIVE as webcams show 100mph winds hit in rare red Met Office warning

Live webcam footage shows Storm Goretti battering Britain with terrifying 100mph winds as the government issued urgent mobile alerts warning of 'danger to life'

Events

4 d. ago Syrian army orders Aleppo evacuations amid fighting with Kurdish forces

People told to leave three areas as fears grow of wider conflict between government and Kurdish authoritiesThe Syrian army ordered civilians to evacuate neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Thursday after fighting with Kurdish forces entered its third day, deepening the rift between the Syrian government and the US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria.The Syrian government urged people to leave the three contested neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and Bani Zeid by early afternoon, opening humanitarian corridors and displacement shelters to facilitate their exit. The Syrian army said it would begin military operations against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the deadline, and issued maps showing specific areas that needed to be evacuated. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Tesco boss lends weight to calls for business rates support for pubs

Chief executive Ken Murphy has urged the Government to completely overhaul the business rates system, which be branded ‘fundamentally unfair’.

Economics

5 d. ago Avoid tax divergence and be ‘pragmatic’ on nuclear, next government urged

CBI Scotland made the plea in its manifesto published ahead of May’s Scottish Parliament election.

Politics

6 d. ago UK Government urged to extend Blue Badge scheme to include people with fluctuating conditions

A Blue Badge holder travelling either as a driver or a passenger can park for free in disabled parking bays.

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6 d. ago Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister

Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government responseThe UK technology secretary has called a wave of images of women and children with their clothes digitally removed generated by Elon Musk’s Grok AI “appalling and unacceptable in decent society”.After thousands of intimate deepfakes circulated online, Liz Kendall said X, Musk’s social media platform, needed to “deal with this urgently” and she backed the UK regulator Ofcom to “take any enforcement action it deems necessary”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Starmer's government orders Elon Musk stops AI bot Grok over lewd deepfakes of kids

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is under fire after its AI chatbot Grok was found to have generated sexualised deepfake images, including of children, prompting urgent calls from the government

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7 d. ago Cooper refuses to condemn US action in Venezuela as criticism among Labour MPs grows

Government facing mounting criticism from its own MPs urging Sir Keir Starmer to criticise the US intervention

Culture

9 d. ago Urgent warning about contaminated weight loss injections from UK Government

'Fake fat jab sellers' warning from health minister who tells the Mirror dodgy weight loss injections can cause life threatening heart and psychological problems

Events

9 d. ago Family of British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges urge Government to 'come out and defend their citizens' as they deliver petition to Downing Street

It is a year since Lindsay and Craig Foreman were taken into custody in January during a world motorcycle tour and were later charged with espionage.

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