49 h. ago The Scottish town that celebrates New Year on January 11 with spectacular fire festival

One seaside settlement will be celebrating the start of 2026 twice.

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55 h. ago Inside Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson’s plot to flood Scots town with dodgy street valium as EncroChat messages exposed 

JAMIE ‘Iceman’ Stevenson ordered a notorious dealer to flood the  streets with ‘blue plague’ pills from his Breaking Bad-style drugs factory — as he used a top-secret chat network to run a  multi-million-pound narcotics empire. An investigation by The Scottish Sun has revealed how Scotland’s No1 gangster urged Lee Docherty to take delivery of 500,000...

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64 h. ago Victoria Jones dead: New details raise questions over tragic death of Tommy Lee Jones’s daughter

A guest on the 14th floor alerted staff in the early hours of New Year’s Day after seeing her on the ground

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68 h. ago Victoria Jones, daughter of Tommy Lee, found dead in San Francisco

Reports say actor, 34, found unresponsive in corridor of Fairmont hotel in early hours of New Year’s DayVictoria Jones, the daughter of the actor Tommy Lee Jones, has been found dead in a San Francisco hotel.Jones, 34, was discovered in the early hours of New Year’s Day according to TMZ, which cited law enforcement sources. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Football talent, 19, 'severely injured' in devastating Crans

A fire broke out at Le Constellation Bar in Crans-Montana in the early hours of New Year's Day, injuring over 100 people and killing 47 – and a Ligue 1 talent has been named among those who were hurt

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2 d. ago All we know about Tommy Lee Jones' daughter's 'New Year's Day death in hotel aged 34'

Actor Tommy Lee Jones' daughter Victoria, who also worked as an actor, was allegedly found dead at a San Francisco hotel during the early hours of New Year's Day 2026

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2 d. ago Tommy Lee Jones' daughter, 34, 'found dead in hotel on New Year's Day'

Tommy Lee Jones' daughter Victoria was reportedly found dead in a hotel room during the early hours of New Year's Day - the star also worked as an actress

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3 d. ago Woman struck off as lawyer after claiming she worked more than 24 hours in a day

Samina Ahmed, 46, fiddled her time sheets - claiming to work 28 hours some days - in a bid to take home a £70,000 bonus.

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3 d. ago Two cars go up in flames in Scots town after 'reckless' New Year fireworks

Police have launched a probe after the incident in the early hours of January 1.

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3 d. ago One casualty after house fire in Scots town in early hours of New Year's Day

A vehicle outside the property also caught fire during the incident.

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3 d. ago Lawyer claimed she worked 28 hours a day to get £70k maximum bonus

Lawyer Samina Ahmed, 46, fiddled her time sheets to say she worked more hours than she had in a bid to take home a £70,000 bonus - even putting herself down for 28 hours a day

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3 d. ago Inside the 'playground for super rich' Swiss resort where 40 died in horror fire

The blaze broke out in the basement of the Le Constellation Bar and Lounge in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland, in the early hours of New Year's Day

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3 d. ago A look at some of the worst fires in bars, nightclubs and music venues

A fire at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana in the early hours of New Year’s Day has left dozens of people presumed dead and around 100 injured, according to authorities

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3 d. ago New Year’s Day supermarket opening and closing hours for Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl and more

Most major supermarkets are open with time variations

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3 d. ago Irish man found dead at famous Whitehaven beach among four deaths on Australia’s east coast

A woman has also died after being swept into the ocean in Sydney, while the body of a man was found near Palm Beach on New Year’s EveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Irish man has died at Whitehaven beach near the Great Barrier Reef, with three other people found dead and grave fears for two more after separate incidents in waters off Sydney during a horror New Year period.Queensland police said that emergency services received reports that a 35-year-old Irish man had been found dead in the water at the popular beach in the state’s north at about 11am on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Irish man found dead at famous Whitehaven beach among three deaths on Australia’s east coast

A woman also died after being hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool in Sydney, after the body of a man was found near Palm Beach on NYEGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Irish national has died at Whitehaven beach near the Great Barrier Reef, with two other people found dead and grave fears for two more after seperate incidents in waters off Sydney during a horror New Year period.Queensland police said that emergency services received reports that a 35-year-old Irish man had been found dead in the water at the popular beach in the state’s north at about 11am on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Woman dies after being swept into ocean from Sydney beach in early hours of New Year’s Day

Police said 25-year-old woman hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool at Maroubra, and another swimmer missing at CoogeeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been found dead after being swept out into the ocean from a Sydney beach in the early hours of New Year’s Day.And later in the morning another swimmer went missing in the water at Coogee. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Lawyer is struck off after claiming she worked 28 hours a DAY in order to get £70,000 bonus

Samina Ahmed, 46,  routinely recorded that she worked more hours than she had, even saying that for 133 days she had worked more than 24 hours in a day, a tribunal heard.

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4 d. ago Grassmarket businesses warn of possible power outages on Hogmanay

A number of power cuts have affected the area in recent days.

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4 d. ago Town between Edinburgh and Glasgow named Scotland's top property hotspot of 2025

The settlement was an important centre of heavy industry during the Industrial Revolution.

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