31 h. ago WhatsApp urges all iPhone users to download 'critical' update to avoid cyber attack

WhatsApp has released a new update for iPhone users that fixes a bug that could be exploited by cyber criminals, with a security expert now issuing a warning to all iPhone users

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32 h. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Ulrich Loening, pioneering molecular biologist who led Centre for Human Ecology

Dr Ulrich Eduard Loening BA DPhil, biochemist and human ecologist. Born: 18 June 1931 in Berlin. Died: 10 July 2025 in East Lothian, age 94

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4 d. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Giles Havergal, artistic director who led the Citizens Theatre to global fame

Giles Havergal, theatre director, actor, writer and teacher. Born: 9 June 1938 in Edinburgh. Died: 23 August 2025 in Polegate, East Sussex, aged 87

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6 d. ago Toddler's broken leg led to leukaemia diagnosis as family battle to save life

Lilly-ann Larmour, from Ayr, is currently undergoing life-saving treatment which is likely to last two-and-a-half years.

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7 d. ago Google issues warning to billions of Gmail users over password hack

Cyber criminals known as ‘ShinyHunters’ have previously targeted AT&T Wireless, Microsoft, Santander and Ticketmaster

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7 d. ago Key member of notorious hacking gang 'led by young Scots cyber criminal' jailed for 10 years

US prosecutors claim Noah Urban was working with Tyler Buchanan, from Dundee, and others when he stole cryptocurrency in one of the most sophisticated hacking scams the country has seen.

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1 week ago Trump administration to crack down on Mexican cartels with lethal new strikes

The Trump administration is preparing for lethal strikes against key targets in Mexican cartels, a military source has said. The notorious Sinaloa cartel could be one target

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2 w. ago Scots motorists driven 'round the bend' by faulty LED road signs

EXCLUSIVE: An MSP said it was up to Transport Scotland to "set out what benefits these signs provide and whether they think they are providing good value for money".

Transport

2 w. ago 'I just want his face melted': The chilling EncroChat texts revealing how gangland enforcer ordered Liverpool hitman to blind his rivals with acid attacks

EXCLUSIVE: Philip Waugh is among hundreds of British gang bosses now in jail after police hacked into EncroChat, an encrypted communication platform used by criminals.

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2 w. ago Moment Met Police arrests 'one of London’s most dangerous offenders' for multiple rapes and sexual assault

Clinton Easy was detained last year following an investigation led by Scotland Yard detectives

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2 w. ago Gran's terrifying seizure at work led to doctors finding mass on her brain

Doctors initially put Lesley Arnott's unexpected seizure down to epilepsy before a scan revealed something more sinister.

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2 w. ago In Washington police takeover, federal agents and National Guard take on new tasks

Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital

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2 w. ago Drug and gun gangster Jamie Rothwell sentenced to 43 years as he's 'tired' of crime life

Jamie Rothwell was one of the National Crime Agency's most wanted men after he was exposed as a leading figure in the Salford gang feud following the EncroChat hack

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3 w. ago Google sends red alert to 1.8billion users over AI scam it can't stop

A new Google scam is reportedly being used by cyber criminals to steal data, with the tech giant issuing a red alert to its 1.8billion users over the fraud

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3 w. ago Aberdeen crime: Man found injured on city street's death being treated as 'suspicious' following post

The investigation is being led by detectives from Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team.

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3 w. ago Scottie Scheffler reveals golf superstition that led him on hunt for £40 eBay bargain

Down-to-earth World No.1 isn't shy in hunting a bargain as he rummages around the internet looking for a key item

Economics

3 w. ago Stoke Newington murder feared to be gang war attack linked to shooting of girl, 9

Shooting victim Erdal Ozmen was a member of the Hackney Bombers gang who were the suspected targets of a drive-by shooting that left a nine-year-old girl fighting for her life

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3 w. ago Crumbling shells, melting ice – and a wildlife boom: what recreating Scott’s Antarctic trip reveals about our seas today

A new polar expedition compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and BorchgrevinkThree glass specimen jars full of satsuma-sized echinoderms, or sea urchins, sit on Dr Hugh Carter’s desk in the Natural History Museum. Each one, collected from the depths of the Southern Ocean by polar teams led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, Capt Robert Falcon Scott and the Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink, tells a tale of heroic exploration and scientific endeavour.Now, more than a century later, Carter, the Natural History Museum’s (NHM) curator of marine invertebrates, hopes the preserved Antarctic urchins, 50 in all, will help tell a different, increasingly urgent story of modern times: how changes in the world’s southernmost waters may be affecting marine life. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago What recreating Scott’s Antarctic expedition reveals about our seas today

A new polar project compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and BorchgrevinkThree glass specimen jars full of satsuma-sized echinoderms, or sea urchins, sit on Dr Hugh Carter’s desk in the Natural History Museum. Each one, collected from the depths of the Southern Ocean by polar teams led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, Capt Robert Falcon Scott and the Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink, tells a tale of heroic exploration and scientific endeavour.Now, more than a century later, Carter, the Natural History Museum’s (NHM) curator of marine invertebrates, hopes the preserved Antarctic urchins, 50 in all, will help tell a different, increasingly urgent story of modern times: how changes in the world’s southernmost waters may be affecting marine life. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago WhatsApp alert: Three things any users told to do immediately

WhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps in the world but that popularity means it's often targeted by cyber criminals. Action Fraud has issued a fresh warning

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