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Central Scotland list MSP Monica Lennon spoke out following the release of the latest statistics on waiting times to access mental health services.

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1 hour ago Angela Rayner's future in doubt as she admits she should have paid more tax: RECAP

RECAP: Angela Rayner has admitted not paying enough tax on her second home in a dramatic move leaving her political future in limbo. Here is an overview of the events that happened after.

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2 h. ago Labour 'won't be welcomed at conference in Liverpool if Hillsborough Law not sorted' warning

Keir Starmer was warned that Labour should not expect a welcome from the people of Liverpool if a new Hillsborough Law is not put forward within the next three weeks

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2 h. ago Maine mass shooting survivors sue government for negligence: ‘Most preventable mass tragedies in American history’

The bew lawsuit accuses the Army of negligence for failing to act as shooter Robert Card’s mental health unraveled in the months before the October 2023 attack

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3 h. ago Labour will ‘tax the living daylights out of your family’s future’, say Tories

Opening the Conservatives’ opposition day debate, Sir Mel insisted ‘nothing is safe from the tax man’ under Labour.

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3 h. ago Energy drinks ban for teens latest as Welsh Government gives update on whether it will follow England

Cardiff Bay was asked its own policy on the issue after the ban was put forward by the UK Labour Government

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3 h. ago Male boss did not sexually harass HR worker because he put hand on her shoulder in a 'fatherly' way, tribunal rules

Putting a supportive hand on a female colleague's shoulder in a 'fatherly' way is not sex harassment, a tribunal in Cardiff has ruled in the case of HR worker Yvette Rankmore.

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3 h. ago Moment Chuck E Cheese is put in handcuffs in front of kids ‘for stealing customer’s credit card’

Watch as a Chuck E Cheese mascot is placed in handcuffs in front of children at the popular restaurant chain for “stealing a customer’s credit card”.

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4 h. ago FA will not appeal against decision to clear Lucas Paqueta of spot

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4 h. ago Rick Astley confirms ticket release date for massive Cardiff gig

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4 h. ago From the Archives: Ken Walton on the first ever Lammermuir Festival

Over the last 15 years the Lammermuir Festival has become one of the highlights of Scotland’s classical music calendar, and the 2025 edition is about to take place in venues all around East Lothian. Back in September 2010, however, it was still just an idea. Scotsman classical music critic Ken Walton spoke to co-artistic directors James Waters and Hugh Macdonald about their plans for the inaugural event

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4 h. ago Married At First Sight star coming to Cardiff next month and you can still get tickets to see him

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4 h. ago UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner admits underpaying tax

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4 h. ago Council begins review to decide future of controversial Blackweir Live gigs

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5 h. ago Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan is an obscenity. Can we really trust Tony Blair to have told him so? | Simon Jenkins

The former PM’s leaked visit to the White House is concerning. This scheme is an outrage that no other Arab – or western – state could backSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreTony Blair’s leaked presence at the recent White House discussion of Donald Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” plan is either good news or outrageous. Good news if he used his influence with Trump to terminate this obscenity. Dreadful news if he were to be party to it.The plan itself was first outlined to an incredulous world by Trump in February. The details have now emerged. It involves the expulsion – the de facto imprisonment – of 2 million Palestinians, while the US administers the exclave for 10 years. Each Palestinian would be paid $5,000 each plus four years’ rent somewhere else and one year’s supply of food. Gaza is then rebuilt as a skyscraper wonderland of artificial intelligence inv...

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5 h. ago Developers fight decision not to let them build flats over flooding fears

Wales and West Housing argued that the new flats are desperately needed in Cardiff, but councillors and residents said the proposed location is not right

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