5 d. ago Highlanders must speak out to stop green economy 'Wild West' wrecking our beautiful countryside

The Scottish Government is seeking people’s views about its proposed Rural Delivery Plan – and you have until March 17 to respond

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5 d. ago Britain's most brazen shoplifters: Experts say high streets have turned into Wild West with staff helpless to stop tide of thieves targeting their stores

Britain is in a state of 'anarchy' according to a leading policing campaigner as the nation battles to deal with the shoplifting scourge, which has skyrocketed to record levels.

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8 d. ago Trade minister predicts Scottish green jobs boom 'like the internet in 1999'

Douglas Alexander has vowed to help rebuild Scotland's struggling economy with green jobs and support for exporters and universities.

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9 d. ago Jack Reacher author Lee Child's guide to the wild west of Wyoming where he lives

The British author moved to Wyoming because he likes the drama of this single state which is bigger than the entire United Kingdom

Society

1 week ago EastEnders sisters lick each other on wild night out in London's West End

Samantha Womack and Rita Simons were spotted sharing a playful moment during a wild night out in London’s West End.

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2 w. ago German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe

Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shiftedGerman election live – latest updatesIn the final days of an election campaign dominated by migration, the likely new chancellor of Europe’s biggest polluter sought to assure voters that its economy ministry would not be occupied by NGOs. Instead, conservative lead candidate Friedrich Merz posted on social media that it would be led by “someone who understands that economic policy is more than being a representative for heat pumps”.Climate action barely featured on the campaign trail before Germany’s federal elections on Sunday – except when right-leaning parties used it to swipe at the Greens. Merz’s jab was at the tamer end of attacks aimed at the Green party candidate, Robert Habeck, the economy and climate minister who pushed through an unpopular law to promote clean heating, but is a sign of how far the political conversation around climate action has shifted. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review

The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams Facing the Music Radio 3/BBC SoundsTara and George: Last Rights Radio 4/BBC Sounds)Why Is Amy in the Bath? Grab Bag Collab & Because It’s True ProductionsBetween the Ears: A Symphony of Cicadas Radio 3/BBC Sounds“It’s almost midnight,” purrs Dominic West, all honey and velvet, straight after we hear the famously doomy, four-note opening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The wild-eyed composer is in a cart, West tells us energetically, his latest piano sonata getting ruined by the rain, after throwing some coins at the driver and growling his preferred destination. West relishes every syllable of it: “Vi-ennnn-a!” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago For Dominican baseball hopefuls, age fraud cases and a curveball from Japan reflect a broken system

Despite years of corruption and criticism, the entry point for talented players from the Dominican Republic into Major League Baseball's development pipeline remains a Wild West form of free agency

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