67 m. ago Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’ | Oliver Bullough

Innocent people are being frozen out of basic banking services – and it all traces back to reforms rushed through after 9/11Hamish Wilson lives a few miles away from me, in a cosy farmhouse in the damp hills of mid Wales. He makes good coffee, tells great stories and is an excellent host. Every summer, dozens of Somali guests visit Wilson’s farm as part of a wonderfully wholesome project set up to celebrate their nation’s culture, and to honour his father’s second world war service with a Somali comrade-in-arms.Inadvertently, however, the project has revealed something else: a deep unfairness in today’s global financial system that not only threatens to ruin the Somalis’ holidays, but also excludes marginalised communities from global banking services on a huge scale. Continue reading...

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67 m. ago ‘It could be a shoe or a stick’: Sajid Javid on being beaten by his father, petty crime – and turning his life around

As a young teenager, Javid and his brother were caught stealing from slot machines, arrested and held in a cell. His future hung in the balance. How did he get from there to the top of UK politics?In 2019, when Sajid Javid was home secretary, he spoke about growing up on “the most dangerous street in Britain” and said how easy it would have been to fall into a life of crime. Fortunately, he said, he managed to avoid trouble. But it turns out that Javid was being a little economical with the truth. He did get into trouble. Serious trouble.Now 56, he has just published his childhood memoir, The Colour of Home. It’s crammed with incident – arranged marriages, savage beatings and boys behaving badly. I think there’s one key moment in your story, I tell him. “What, just one?” he hoots. Javid is not lacking for confidence. Continue reading...

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82 m. ago Edinburgh cycle hire scheme criticised by Greens over 'teething problems'

Edinburgh's new cycle hire scheme has been criticised by Green councillors over "teething problems".

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97 m. ago One hundred days to go to the Holyrood election as Labour urges Scots to 'save' NHS

Holyrood's political parties have laid out their priorities ahead of the pivotal election in May.

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97 m. ago Jail death of thug caught with gun and £33,000 cocaine haul to be probed

Liam McCaig, 26, died at HMP Edinburgh on Saturday, June 11, 2022.

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97 m. ago Energy price hikes as Ofgem will ensure 500,000 customers are protected

The industry was previously unregulated and some people seen rises of up to 450 per cent.

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97 m. ago Reform UK members in Scotland will 'not have a say' in picking Holyrood candidates

EXCLUSIVE: It is understood party bosses will impose the candidates for the upcoming election.

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97 m. ago Keir Starmer's takeover spat could damage Labour's hopes at Holyrood election

The leadership fight between Starmer and Andy Burnham stands to benefit only the SNP and Reform, says Record View.

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97 m. ago Number of Scots still living in poverty is 'driving political disaffection'

One in five Scots continue to live in poverty despite repeated SNP Government pledges on the issue.

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97 m. ago Gangland thugs terrorising quiet village drive family out with spate of firebomb attacks

Former crime figure Hugh O’Donnell’s wife Marion and daughter Stacey owned and ran two businesses which were targeted.

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97 m. ago Victims of evil care worker finally see justice as pervert jailed

William Brydson, 78, was convicted on 12 charges against nine children in his care more than 40 years ago.

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2 h. ago DWP tells pensioners 'check' as thousands owed average £8,300

HMRC says some people have failed to claim the cash because they 'didn't believe it was genuine'

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4 h. ago What time is Wonder Man out on Disney Plus? Release time and date for new MCU show

Wonder Man is the first MCU release in 2026 - but when can you tune in? 👀📺

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4 h. ago Burnham rebellion grows: 50 Labour MPs sign letter to Starmer protesting against decision to block Manchester mayor

One MP called for the PM to 'consider his position' while more than 50 put their names to a letter critical of his actions. There were also calls for an emergency meeting of the party's ruling body.

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6 h. ago What time is Fallout’s next episode out? Season 2 episode 7 release time in UK and US

Fallout’s journey into the Wasteland continues this week! 👀📺

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6 h. ago 100 days to save NHS says Labour as parties set out Holyrood election stalls

Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on May 7 – 100 days from Tuesday.

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6 h. ago Love Island stars Sean and Scott’s rivalry boils over as they clash in fiery game that threatens to divide villa

LOVE Island stars Sean Stone and Scott van-der-Sluis spectacularly clashed on-screen as their ongoing rivalry exploded in an fiery new villa game. Relations between the two islanders, who are appearing on the latest series of Love Island: All Stars, have been fraught ever since Scott entered the villa as a bombshell. And in a teaser...

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6 h. ago ‘Emotional’ Take That pose in ‘fan’s bedroom from 1990s’ at premiere of warts

TAKE That get taken back to some of their best days at the premiere of a three-part series on them, starting on Netflix today. Gary Barlow, 55, Mark Owen, 53, and Howard Donald, 57, admitted some of the footage was “moving” at ­Battersea Power Station cinema in London last night. It tells of their rise,...

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6 h. ago Trump team cancels contract for firm whose employee leaked the president’s tax return

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced Monday that all 31 contracts between the department with Booz Allen Hamilton would be aexed

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6 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Breathlessly, Suella clutched Farage like a lottery winner

Mad January continues. The week began with a continued Labour pie fight after Andy Burnham's excitements. Soon we had Tory rejects trying to re-inveigle themselves into the political operetta.

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