51 h. ago 'I flipped off speed camera while driving – but later got a nasty surprise'

A man was driving through a seatbelt camera zone - which aims to catch those travelling without a seatbelt on or using a mobile phone behind the wheel - when he was caught on camera

Politics

54 h. ago Photography competition for Scotland residents to win £1,000 luxury getaway

Celebrating 20 Years of Care: ‘What Does Care Mean to You?’: To mark 20 years of championing care in communities across the UK, leading homecare provider Caremark is inviting Scotland's residents to enter its unique photography competition titled ‘What is care?’ for a chance to win a £1,000 luxury getaway.

Economics

57 h. ago The Penguin Lessons review – Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood

Coogan does his best, but there’s a tonal mismatch here: the animal-teaches-lonely-human narrative jars with a depiction of lives in totalitarian ArgentinaHere is a well-meaning, awkward tonal jumble of a movie, based on the bestselling memoir by former teacher Tom Michell; it is a quirky true-story heart warmer, in which an adorable penguin is apparently supposed to redeem not merely the human hero’s personal heartbreak but maybe even the agony of Argentina during the 70s junta. It stars Steve Coogan, who has often in the past shown brilliant technique as a straight actor, and in Philomena with Judi Dench proved he is perfectly capable of carrying an un-ironised emotional story. But his performance here is bafflingly underpowered and opaque, as if he is slightly perplexed by the script he’s been given.Coogan plays Tom, who takes a job in Peronist Argentina in 1976, teaching English at a stuffy private school for the sons of wealthy expatriates, and is wary of the overbearing headte...

Events

59 h. ago UK mobile phone provider to switch off service after O2, Vodafone and EE

Mobile phone users are being urged to check the model of their devices to see whether they'll be impacted a major shakeup taking place across the nation. It follows 2021 plans to phase out 2G and 3G services

Politics

3 d. ago Tiny Ayrshire village celebrates its first ever mobile phone signal

The small village of Barr has finally been connected after years of being a mobile phone 'deadzone'.

Politics

3 d. ago Mobile phone ban helps top private school become first in Scotland to win prestigious status

Famous boarding school now drawing up plans to become a ‘research hub’

Politics

3 d. ago Brutal rapist smashed down door of older woman's home before horrific sex attack

Bradley Shand was found smashing a door at the woman's property before he forced his way inside and seized her mobile phone.

Events

3 d. ago Young student loses her doctor parents and both her siblings in horror private plane crash that killed six

A high school senior lost her entire immediate family in a horror private jet crash that killed six in upstate New York.

Events

4 d. ago Killed, dismembered and scattered: the Honduran father and son who made a stand against illegal logging

The country is the most deadly to be an environmental activist – and the brutal murders of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Hernández are the latest in a long line of violent acts against defendersAt about 6pm on Wednesday 26 February, Ana Luiza Hernández Raudelez saw her partner, Juan Bautista Silva, 70, receive a phone call. A land defender who had spent more than 20 years working for the local environment, Silva was preparing to leave on a motorcycle trip to photograph illegal logging near Las Botijas, in Comayagua, central Honduras, to support a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.As he was about to set off, Ana suggested he take their son, Juan Antonio Hernández, 20, with him, as his new mobile phone took better photos. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Police launch probe after transport minister seen using mobile phone while driving vintage bus

Peer was reported to police last month by one of the passengers on his vehicle

Politics

5 d. ago Scottish private school announces parents can pay fees using Bitcoin

Boarding school is thought to be the first in the UK to accept the cryptocurrency

Economics

5 d. ago Police probe after Labour minister seen using phone while driving London bus

Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill was reportedly seen using his mobile phone to text a friend

Politics

5 d. ago Rail minister reports himself to police after using phone while driving a bus

Lord Peter Hendy apologises after being spotted texting behind wheel of vintage Routemaster in LondonThe rail minister, Lord Peter Hendy, has reported himself to the police after he was spotted using a mobile phone while driving a vintage Routemaster bus in London during a charity tour.The former Transport for London commissioner apologised for what has been described as an “error of judgment” after a passenger saw him texting behind the wheel of the double-decker last month. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Transport minister who drives his own Routemaster bus sparks police probe for 'texting at wheel'

Lord Hendy, 72, was behind the wheel of an old AEC Routemaster on a March 28 charity jaunt across the capital and had 35 passengers onboard.

Politics

6 d. ago Donald Trump exempts mobile phone and computers from reciprocal tariffs

The exemption also includes exclusions for other devices and components - including solar cells, flat panel TV displays, memory sticks, memory cards, semiconductors and solid-state drives used for storing data.

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6 d. ago Scotland stars and Rangers duo win league without kicking ball

Birmingham crowned League One winners - and they could have glory at Wembley a day later

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6 d. ago Expelled! review – deliciously daft private school murder mystery

(Inkle; Nintendo Switch, iPhone/iPad, Mac, PC)Prove that Verity Amersham is innocent of trying to bump off the head girl in this ingenious whodunnit from the makers of Overboard!There’s been a murder – or an attempted one, at least. At sunrise someone shoved Louisa Hardcastle, soon to be crowned head girl of Miss Mulligatawney’s School for Promising Girls, through the school’s stained-glass window. Your character, Verity Amersham, stands accused, and must present an account of her day that proves her innocence. This is achieved via a Groundhog Day structure: you repeatedly play through the hours leading up to Verity’s expulsion as an interactive flashback, from the moment she woke, through to attending chapel and classes, and the accusation on which the story pivots. There’s no magic involved: you’re simply recounting the day’s events to your concerned father as you construct your alibi, establish whether Verity committed the crime – or if not, by whom she has been framed.Developed ...

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7 d. ago Harrowing video shows moment tourist helicopter crashed into New York's Hudson River killing six people

Mobile phone footage shows the helicopter falling through the air before crashing upside down in the water

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7 d. ago Readers' Letters: Losing Independence referendum saved Scotland from austerity

A win for Yes in 2014 would have been a disaster for Scotland’s economy, argues reader

Politics

8 d. ago Woman dies after getting trapped in tiny space under manhole cover for days

Yafang Zhou, 59, was only recovered from the confined space when police tracking her mobile phone heard her calling for help from beneath a manhole cover in Poway, San Diego

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