19 h. ago More funding to tackle youth violence in Scotland announced amid Record campaign

The Record launched the Our Kids ... Our Future campaign in February 2023 after we highlighted a worrying trend of violence among teens.

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35 h. ago John Swinney to host THIRD summit on youth violence epidemic in Scotland

The move comes amid the Record's applauded youth violence campaign, Our Kids ... Our Future - launched two years ago after we highlighted a worrying trend.

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4 d. ago Shaquille O'Neal's £370m fortune, six kids receiving nothing, world record Walmart spend

Shaquille O'Neal is the subject of a new Netflix docuseries and the NBA legend has enjoyed huge business success away from the basketball court, but he has not always been careful with money

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1 week ago Paedo surgeon who abused 299 kids recorded sick birthday tradition in twisted diary

French medic Joel Le Scouarnec has been sentenced to a maximum term of 20 years in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children. His diaries were a crucial part of the prosecution's case against him

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1 week ago French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims

A verdict is expected in one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases

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2 w. ago Money expert urges party hosts to save cash by asking guests to bring one thing

With the Bank Holiday approaching, hosting doesn’t have to drain your wallet, with thanks to this fun, money-saving twist on traditional gatherings that might just change how you entertain

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2 w. ago Highest 2 Lowest review – Spike Lee and Denzel Washington remake Kurosawa in fine style

Cannes film festivalAkira Kurosawa’s downbeat noir High and Low is retooled with Washington on magnificent form as a record producer whose godson is kidnapped by mistakeSpike Lee has made a brash, bold, big-city movie with this pulsing New York adventure that doubles as a love letter to NYC’s sports and its music. It is a remake (or maybe cover version) of Akira Kurosawa’s classic downbeat noir High and Low from 1963, transplanting the action from Yokohama to New York – or rather returning it there, because the original source material, Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom, is set in a fictional city based on the Big Apple.It’s got a terrific throb of energy and life, moving across the screen with the rangy grace of its superstar Denzel Washington – though a little of the minor-key sombreness and complex pessimism and cynicism of the first film has been lost and the modern technology of GPS (unknown in Kurosawa’s day) has indirectly left it with a very small plausibility issue. Continue ...

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