25 h. ago From heat pumps to heritage crafts, apprentices are shaping Scotland

Edinburgh’s future is being built right now in college workshops, kitchens, studios and training yards. The students learning there are the people who will wire our homes, service our buses, run our labs and keep the whole city moving.

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52 h. ago Black Friday MyHeritage DNA Tests deal: Trace your ancestry with a simple test, now 66% off

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5 d. ago Lanarkshire social care workers urged to get their flu vaccination this winter

The flu season is already underway in Scotland with cases continuing to increase over the last couple of weeks. Every vaccination helps reduce the risk of flu spreading in homes and care settings, keeping vulnerable individuals safe and services running smoothly.

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6 d. ago Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr

Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament? Rachel Reeves has approached this week’s budget like a reluctant swimmer inching into freezing water, trying to ease the unpleasantness by incremental exposure. The chancellor started paddling delicately around the problem of insufficient revenue at the end of the summer. First, she refused to stand by former insistence that tax rises in last year’s budget would be the last. “The world has changed,” she said.Then, earlier this month, she took a bigger stride into the icy waves. There was a speech promising to “do what is necessary” to fund public services and keep borrowing costs down. Downing Street did not discourage speculation that this meant reneging on Labour’s 2024 manifesto promise not to raise income tax. Too deep! Within 10 days the Treasury had retracted the hint. The manifesto commitment still stood after all. As any cold-water sw...

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3 w. ago Car bumpers, homemade pies no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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3 w. ago Next day delivery, no weapons allowed: the unstoppable postal service keeping Ukraine going

Nova Poshta connects frontline cities to the capital, and to millions of refugees across Europe, delivering everything from home comforts to house moving boxes, even under fireIn a post office 10 miles (15km) from Ukraine’s frontline, in a suburb of the eastern city of Kharkiv, business is brisk on a chilly autumn morning – despite the ballistic missiles that had shaken the city at midnight, lighting up the sky with a false dawn of flames.The customer area is fitted out with phone-charging stations “and a small co-working space, which people can use during blackouts, since we have generators”, says the branch manager, 30-year-old Yaroslav Dobronos. There is also a changing room, in which a young woman is trying on, with a critical gaze, a new pair of jeans, before repacking them and sending them straight back.Nova Poshta logistics hub in Kyiv, where packages are moved through a complex set of scanners and chutes before being loaded on to lorries for the journey to their destinations...

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3 w. ago Scots Christmas shift workers offered free festive meals at pubs across country

Tthousands of nurses, carers, delivery drivers and others working on Christmas Day workers are being honoured with a celebratory meal on December 1.

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3 w. ago This is the one weapon that can save women from the violent monsters that prowl our streets. We must be allowed to carry it

Don't read a book. Don't listen to music or a podcast on headphones. Don't look a stranger in the eye or even close your eyes to rest. It could cost you your life...

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3 w. ago Workers decry Trump officials as ‘out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on

Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services runningAs the US federal shutdown enters its second month, government workers are accusing the Trump administration of being “out of control” and bullying people who are “simply trying to do their best”.The shutdown surpassed 35 days this week, beating the previous record set under Donald Trump’s first presidential term. About 700,000 federal employees are furloughed without pay, and about 700,000 additional federal workers have been working without pay through the shutdown. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Can the Calo meal delivery service save me 75 hours per month? I tried it to find out

Fresh Fitness Food has rebranded as Calo – could this meal delivery service deliver nutritious dinners to free up hours in my day?

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3 w. ago Andrew allowed to keep Falklands medal despite losing royal and military titles

King Charles has agreed to his brother retaining South Atlantic medal for navy service during 1982 conflictHe has lost his princehood, dukedom, Order of the Garter knighthood and military titles, but the former Duke of York, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, can at least keep his campaign medal awarded for active service during the 1982 Falklands conflict.The defence secretary, John Healey, had already confirmed Mountbatten Windsor would be stripped of his last remaining title, the honorary rank of vice-admiral, which he was given on his 55th birthday in 2015 and retained even after he lost other military positions in 2022. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Never run out of pet essentials and save money with a new subscription deal

A new subscription service keeps pet food, treats, and essentials arriving on time, without the last-minute rush

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3 w. ago Patricia Routledge funeral UPDATES: Hyacinth Bucket icon to be laid to rest in Chichester today

Dame Patricia Routledge’s funeral is taking place at Chichester Cathedral, with the service starting at 1pm to lay the Keeping Up Appearances icon to rest

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3 w. ago Putin brags he allowed NATO to spy on 'world's most lethal weapon’ in chilling WW3 threat

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has issued yet another chilling threat to the West as he bragged that he allowed a NATO spy ship to watch Russia's latest nuclear test

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