5 h. ago Investing in your people today will create the leaders of tomorrow

An empasis on personal and professional development is vital for Scotland’s life sciences sector, says Jeanette Rigby

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42 h. ago Illinois plane crash: Four killed in horror incident as aircraft plummets to ground

A small plane crashed in Illinoois earlier this weekend, killing all four people involved as an investigations gets underway into what brought down the aircraft

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3 d. ago Three dead after plane crashes down into river as emergency services pile in

Yet another horror plane crash has claimed the lives of the three people on board the aircraft as emergency services scramble to investigate the tragedy in Nebraska

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4 d. ago Kinghorn attack: police make arrest and continue with increased patrols

Police investigating a serious assault on four young people in Kinghorn have made an arrest.

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4 d. ago The projects £110m funding pot will support in two parts of Wales

The 'major investment' is set to help people get around more easily

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5 d. ago DWP confirms start date for Eligibility Verification and ‘monitoring’ bank accounts to stop benefit fraud

The Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP direct access to bank accounts or enable investigators to see how people on benefits spend their money.

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5 d. ago Police chief hits out at people who report 'fluff and nonsense' and says officers must stop dealing with 'guff' and prioritise real crimes

Police should stop wasting their time investigating 'guff' and tell people reporting 'fluff and nonsense' on social media to 'grow up', one of Britain's top chiefs has said.

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5 d. ago Doctor is charged with murdering 15 palliative care patients and trying to hide evidence by setting fire to their homes

The Berlin-based physician was first arrested in August last year on suspicion of killing four people. But as investigations progressed, the number of suspected victims continued to rise

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6 d. ago Doctor with 'a lust for murder' is charged with murdering 15 palliative care patients

The Berlin-based physician was first arrested in August last year on suspicion of killing four people. But as investigations progressed, the number of suspected victims continued to rise

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7 d. ago One dead, five missing, after boat capsizes off Florida’s Treasure Coast

A survivor from the overturned vessel told to investigators that five people had drowned

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7 d. ago Liberal staffers plant ‘stop the steal’ pins at Canadian conservative conference

Operatives placed buttons at CSFN trying to link Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre with Donald TrumpCampaigners with Canada’s Liberal party had some very American-esque politicking over the weekend, when Liberal operatives were found to have planted “stop the steal” buttons at a conservative conference to link the Conservative party to Donald Trump.Two Liberal party staffers infiltrated last week’s Canada Strong and Free Network Conference (CSFN) in Ottawa at which they strategically placed provocative buttons designed to create the false impression that Conservative supporters of party leader Pierre Poilievre were embracing Trump-style rhetoric, highlighting internal party divisions. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Gambling Commission charges 15 over bets on timing of 2024 UK general election

Charges follow investigation into alleged cheating related to bets over when last year’s election would be heldThe Gambling Commission has charged 15 people with offences under the Gambling Act 2005 after an investigation into alleged cheating related to bets placed on when last year’s general election would take place.Former Tory MP Craig Williams was among the 15 charged. He was Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary (PPS), one of the former prime minister’s closest aides. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The SNP Government has created a bureaucratic monster shielding Ministers from failure

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar blasts the quango state created by the SNP Government.

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1 week ago North Lanarkshire Council team leading the way in supporting care

By completing a special training programme, the CLD team is showing real leadership in creating welcoming and supportive learning environments.

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1 week ago There are opportunities for Keir Starmer in Trump's trade chaos. Here's how he can seize them | Martin Kettle

From fiscal rules to universities, doors have opened that were shut three months ago. Our future depends on which he choosesIt was Bismarck who expressed the art of political leadership most poetically. “A statesman cannot create anything himself,” Germany’s 19th-century iron chancellor once said. “He must wait and listen until he hears the steps of God sounding through events; then leap up and grasp the hem of his garment.”In other words, when it comes, seize the day. Leadership as Bismarck perfected it combined opportunity, readiness and drive. If circumstances allowed – something Bismarck was brilliant at ensuring – an opening might present itself, through which he could propel the state in the direction he wanted. At such moments, the gales of history seem to intensify, making it possible to achieve things that would otherwise be impossible, or more hazardous, in normal times. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Christian missionary group accused of public shaming and rituals to ‘cure’ sexual sin

Exclusive: young volunteers also allege spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour at bases of Youth With a Mission‘It felt like a demon was inside me’: young Christian missionaries allege spiritual abuseThe world’s biggest youth Christian missionary organisation is facing allegations of spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour from young people who say they were left “traumatised”.An Observer investigation has revealed evidence of safeguarding failings within Youth With a Mission (YWAM), a global movement that trains young Christians to spread the gospel. A spokesperson for YWAM said the organisation was “heartbroken” by the claims and was “deeply committed to the safety and wellbeing” of everyone in its care. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two people die in holiday park caravan fire as investigators probe cause of the blaze

Two people have died in a holiday park caravan fire in Lincolnshire.

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2 w. ago Two dead including young girl in horror caravan park fire as police launch probe

An investigation is underway into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning.

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2 w. ago Ingoldmells caravan fire: Two die including girl, 10, as police launch probe

Lincolnshire Police have launched an investigation into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning

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2 w. ago America’s Brexit? Trump’s historic gamble on tariffs has been decades in the making

Trump’s economic assault on the world stunned economists and sent stock markets into a spiral. Who will pay the price?Donald Trump’s vast overhaul of US trade policy this week has called time on an era of globalization, alarming people, governments and investors around the world. No one should have been surprised, the US president said.The announcement of 10% to 50% tariffs on US trading partners tanked stock markets after Trump unveiled a “declaration of economic independence” so drastic it drew comparison with Britain’s exit from the European Union – Brexit. Continue reading...

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