67 m. ago Wishaw MP welcomes UK Minister to Veterans Community Hub in Craigneuk

The Hub offers support to ex-Armed Forces veterans, and their families, from all over Lanarkshire. Drop-in ‘brews and banter’ sessions are held at the Hub Monday to Thursday, while a café is hosted at the Kings Church in Motherwell on Fridays.

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98 m. ago Russia’s former transport minister dies from gunshot hours after sacking

News of Roman Starovoit’s death made public shortly after that of his sacking by Putin, but timeline is unconfirmedRussia’s former transport minister has died from a gunshot wound just hours after Vladimir Putin sacked him.The body of Roman Starovoit, the ex-minister, was found in his car in a Moscow suburb. He appeared to have killed himself, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Media faces existential threat from ‘thieving’ AI, ministers warned

Media minister Baroness Twycross said AI posed both significant risks and opportunities for news media.

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2 h. ago Liam and Noel Gallagher's estranged father Tommy lashes out at Oasis stars in foul

Irish-born Thomas Augustin Gallagher hasn't seen the Oasis duo for years, who've never forgiven him for how they treated their mother Peggy when they were boys.

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3 h. ago Russia’s former transport minister dies from gunshot wound hours after sacking

News of Roman Starovoit’s death in his car made public shortly after that of his sacking by Putin, though timeline of events remains unconfirmedRussia’s former transport minister has died from a gunshot wound just hours after he was sacked by Vladimir Putin.The body of Roman Starovoit, the ex-minister, was found in his car in a Moscow suburb. He appeared to have killed himself, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Russian transport minister 'shoots himself dead' hours after being sacked by Vladimir Putin

Roman Starovoit was reportedly found with a ‘gunshot wound’ near the capital Moscow

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3 h. ago Novak Djokovic's comment about Alex De Minaur speaks volumes about him

Novak Djokovic and Alex De Minaur were set to face off in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last year before the Australian was forced to withdraw through injury

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3 h. ago Russian minister found dead in car with gunshot wounds hours after Putin sacked him

Russian minister Roman Starovoit, 53, who was sacked by Vladimir Putin in connection with a corruption probe, was found dead from gunshot wounds at his home in Russia just hours later

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3 h. ago Russian transport minister is found dead with gunshot wound 'in his Tesla' hours after being sacked by Putin

Russia's sacked transport minister has been found dead in his Tesla outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life, state investigators said

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3 h. ago Zelenskyy says ‘coalition of the willing’ should meet ‘in a few days’, after call with Starmer – Europe live

Ukrainian president says he and UK prime minister also discussed additional funding for drone productionThe commission also addressed the reintroduction of Polish border controls with Germany and Lithuania, confirming at its midday media briefing that it had received a formal notification from Poland on Friday.EU spokesperson Markus Lammert confirmed that “reintroducing temporary internal border controls is possible subject to certain conditions, as set out in EU legislation, and in particular in the Schengen borders code.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Novak Djokovic's comment on Alex de Minaur at Wimbledon summed up the person he is

Novak Djokovic was set to face Alex De Minaur in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year before the Australian was forced to withdraw through injury

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4 h. ago Russian transport minister fired by Vladimir Putin ‘dies by suicide’

Roman Starovoyt’s death came amid ongoing corruption probe into defensive fortifications in Kursk

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4 h. ago Scottish ministers accused of 'taking a wrecking ball' to North Sea oil and gas

Opposition parties say the Scottish Government has ‘squandered’ its just transition fund.

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5 h. ago Indirect talks over Gaza ceasefire continue as Netanyahu arrives in Washington

Israeli minister says meeting with Trump will focus on ‘a new Middle East’ with 60-day pause discussed in DohaMiddle East crisis – live updatesIndirect talks between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza continued for a second day on Monday, hours before a meeting in Washington between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.Avi Dichter, an Israeli minister and member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said he expected Trump’s meeting with the Israeli prime minister would go beyond Gaza to include the possibility of normalising ties with Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia – an ambitious project that is central to the US president’s policy in the Middle East. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Russian minister 'shoots himself dead' hours after being sacked by Putin

A Russian minister has shot himself dead just hours are being sacked by Vladimir Putin.

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5 h. ago Tony Blair think tank 'involved in talks over plan for Gaza Riviera holiday destination' with staff saying Israeli attacks created redevelopment 'opportunity'

Staff from the former Labour prime minister's Institute for Global Change said the damage caused by months of Israeli attacks had created a 'once-in-a-century opportunity' to redevelop it.

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5 h. ago Paddy Pimblett forced to explain comment which sparked bitter Ilia Topuria rivalry

Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria have been bitter rivals for the past three years and the feud boiled over last month when the pair clashed in the UFC cage

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5 h. ago Super junior ministers ‘acting as a collective authority in Cabinet meetings’

The High Court is hearing a challenge by Sinn Fein TD Pa Daly.

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan lay wreaths at 7/7 bombings memorial

Prime minister Keir Starmer and London mayor Sadiq Khan laid wreaths at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park today (7 July), in a service commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 2005 London terrorist attacks that killed 52 people.

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5 h. ago Minister dodges questions on special education for children as Starmer faces new revolt threat by Labour MPs

Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

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