56 m. ago MSP Colin Smyth appears in court accused of possessing indecent images and voyeurism

Smyth appeared in court on Wednesday and was granted bail.

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59 m. ago MSP Colin Smyth appears in court charged with child sex offence

The South Scotland MSP had previously been arrested on Tuesday August 5, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour.

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88 m. ago New study proves what we all suspected about cold and flu season

The study also squares with older research that found that young kids play a key role in spreading respiratory viruses at home

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89 m. ago Former Labour MSP Colin Smyth makes no plea on alleged indecent child images charge

Smyth appeared in court on Wednesday and was granted bail.

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90 m. ago Release date for Arc Raiders and when you can play the extraction shooter after its massive tests

The Arc Raiders release date has been officially confirmed, and it's not long now until the game is out in full.

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91 m. ago MSP Colin Smyth in court accused of voyeurism and possession of indecent images

No pleas were entered as the South Scotland MSP appeared in private at Dumfries Sheriff Court to face two charges.

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3 h. ago Middle class foragers are desecrating the countryside by copying influencers who romanticise berry and mushroom picking

The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust recently reminded visitors that foraging is strictly not allowed at any of its reserves.

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3 h. ago Retirement boost for some pension savers as part of UK Government reforms

The initiative enables employers to pool multiple pension schemes into a collective fund.

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4 h. ago This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain

Spanish police have arrested seven people suspected of stealing over 1,100 chairs from outdoor seating areas at restaurants and bars

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4 h. ago Man City fan and 'devoted dad' found dead in his bed in Benidorm after he travelled to watch his team in the Champions League and partied with Ricky Hatton's son

A Manchester City fan hailed for being a 'devoted dad' has died after he travelled to Benidorm to watch his team play against Spanish club Villarreal on Tuesday.

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4 h. ago Horror film survival quiz: Would you make it out alive against Freddy Krueger?

Take this quiz to find out if you would make it out alive.

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4 h. ago Star Trek’s Chris Pine to make London theatre debut in Ivanov next summer

The Hollywood actor will star in a new version of the Chekhov classic by writer-director Simon Stone at the Bridge theatre from JulyStar Trek’s Chris Pine will boldly go to the Bridge next summer but the actor, best known for playing James T Kirk in the sci-fi reboot, is swapping the starship for the stage.For his London theatre debut, Pine has been cast in the title role of a new version of Chekhov’s early play Ivanov by Australian writer-director Simon Stone. Produced by London Theatre Company, Ivanov will open in July at the Bridge theatre, where Stone’s update of Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea is now running. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago British holidaymaker's warning after being charged double to change Easyjet flights

An easyJet passenger has issued a warning after claiming they were charged double the amount they'd initially paid for their flights to change their booking. 

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5 h. ago The play that changed my life: ‘Waiting for Godot revealed that less is more – it made me fearless’

A school production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, with Nigel Planer in the cast, provided a lesson in forgetting about failureUntil I was 12 I was in the French school system, where theatre was Molière, Corneille, Racine. Going to the theatre meant The Sound of Music or My Fair Lady. Then it was decided I would switch to school in England. So, at 13, I arrived at Westminster school. It was 1968, and the world opened up.I went to see a school production of Waiting for Godot in French in a small room with a little stage, and I was sitting at the back. Musically, I was pretty sophisticated – I already knew about all the psychedelic music that had been happening. I’d seen the Mothers of Invention. I’d seen lots and lots and lots. But I didn’t know there was stuff like this. I suddenly became aware that, just like in music, there was a whole new world out there. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Further improvement in London’s air quality demands more than the Ultra Low Emission Zone policy | npj Clean Air

Further improvement in London’s air quality demands more than the Ultra Low Emission Zone policy | npj Clean Air  Nature

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5 h. ago Man City fan and 'devoted dad' dies after travelling to Benidorm to watch them in Champions League

A Manchester City fan hailed for being a 'devoted dad' has died after he travelled to Benidorm to watch his team play against Spanish team Villarreal on Tuesday.

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6 h. ago ‘A force of nature who took no prisoners’: a tribute to Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki

The driving force behind Team Ninja was a game development samurai who almost always won his battlesGame designer and ex-Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki died last week aged 58. He was famous for his sunglasses, long black hair, leather jackets – and his penchant for using colourful second world war metaphors to describe game development, marketing strategies and just about anything else. A pugnacious talent, he rocked the boat and made waves in almost every aspect of his life.Itagaki joined Japanese game developer Tecmo in 1992, as a young programmer, where he led the creation of the fighting game series Dead or Alive, the first instalment of which was released in 1996. He famously picked a long-running fight with Namco’s Tekken series, after that company’s marketing team ran an ad that he found disparaging. The resulting one-sided beef put his fighting franchise on the world stage in the early 2000s. After Dead or Alive 3, he turned his attentions to beach volleyball as a palette ...

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6 h. ago Northern Ireland Open Snooker 2025 Wednesday Order of Play: Day 4 schedule, prize money, format, is Ronnie O'Sullivan playing?

There are still two Scots left in the competition.

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6 h. ago Novak Djokovic withdraws from Paris Masters after Six Kings Slam retirement

Djokovic hopes to play again this season but has withdrawn from next week’s Paris Masters following his retirement from the Six Kings Slam

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7 h. ago The Maids at Donmar Warehouse: 'If you're prepared to surrender, it's a wild ride'

This adaptation of Jean Genet’s play by Kip Williams makes use of phones to project the fantasy world of two sisters wishing to murder a terrible mistress but the true power is in the performances

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