26 h. ago Plans to convert Paisley office building into aparthotel get green light

Planning permission has been granted to convert the upper floors of a property on Glasgow Road into an Aparthotel

Society

3 d. ago Plans lodged to turn waterfront offices into a vaping lounge and cocktail bar

Residents have hit out at plans to turn waterfront offices into a vaping lounge, claiming the venue could encourage young people to take up the 'vile habit'.

Politics

4 d. ago Fire intentionally set at home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro forcing evacuations (cloned)

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building. No one was injured

Politics

4 d. ago Pennsylvania governor’s residence set ablaze in ‘act of arson’, police say

Fire left ‘significant amount of damage’ to portion of home while Josh Shapiro and his family slept in a different areaPolice say they evacuated Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and his family from the official gubernatorial residence after someone set fire to the building.No one was injured. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Fire intentionally set at home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and caused a ‘significant amount of damage’

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building

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4 d. ago Police: Someone set fire to Pennsylvania governor's residence; no one was injured

Police evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the governor’s official residence after someone set fire to the building

Events

7 d. ago Plans for modular building with office facilities at Paisley's Underwood Road depot approved

Bid for permission – submitted by Portakabin Scotland on behalf of Renfrewshire Council – was granted by planning department.

Politics

8 d. ago Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23, officials say

An Israeli airstrike on a residential block in northern Gaza killed at least 23 people, health officials in the Palestinian territory say

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1 week ago Artist of ‘truly the worst’ Trump portrait says her career is threatened

British-born painter Sarah A Boardman disputes US president’s claim that she ‘purposefully distorted’ his imageThe British artist called “truly the worst” by the US president, Donald Trump, after he derided a portrait she created of him, has said the criticism called her “integrity into question” and is threatening her career.The British-born artist Sarah A Boardman painted Trump’s official portrait for the Colorado state capitol building in Denver, where it hung for six years from 2019. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Paisley businessman's shock as police raid cannabis farm above furniture shop

Ryan Hutchins, director of Lara May Sofas, learned of the cultivation on Tuesday when police officers swooped on the third and fourth floors of the building on Causeyside Street.

Economics

2 w. ago Four Greenpeace activists arrested after climbing Foreign Office building

The protesters unfurled a banner as they suspended themselves from columns on the King Charles Street Archway in Westminster.

Events

2 w. ago Greenpeace activists climb Foreign Office building over signing of ocean treaty

The group called for faster action from Foreign Secretary David Lammy in signing the Global Ocean Treaty.

Politics

2 w. ago New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missingVideos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the country’s antiquities.Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June 2023 and a year later satellite images emerged of trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the building, according to museum officials. But last week, as the RSF were driven out of Khartoum after two years of war, the full extent of the theft became apparent. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Republican Party offices set on fire in protest after 48 'disappear' in immigration raids

The Republican Party in New Mexico said it was subjected to an alleged arson attack while graffiti about immigration officials was written on the side of the building

Events

2 w. ago Crossbows, £10,000 cash and drugs seized in chainsaw raids on Abertillery properties

Two men have been arrested in connection with the early morning raids at two Abertillery properties with officers using chainsaws to access the buildings

Economics

2 w. ago Couple spotted 'getting it on' in office building as students secretly film and giggle

One couple were caught out after they appeared to get it on where they thought it was private – only to be captured on camera by students who couldn't control their laughter

Society

3 w. ago ‘Defend yourself’: the Memphis gun club educating Black women and children on firearm safety

A Tennessee chapter of the National African American Gun Association (Naaga) is teaching their community self-defense as more Black adults in US become firearm ownersIn the middle of a strip of industrial, single story buildings, it’s easy to miss the offices of 901 Brothers Sisters Keeper gun club, the Memphis chapter of the National African American Gun Association (Naaga).Inside the office multiple flags hang: the Black Lives Matter flag; the thin green line flag, which is often used by members and supporters of the US military; an American flag; and the Naaga flag, a red, black and green version of the country’s flag that reads: “community engagement”, “tactical training”, “safe storage”, “kid’s gun safety”, “self defense” and “mentoring” – tenets of the organization. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘hollow statements about peace’ after latest attack

Ukrainian officials say 88 injured in missile strike as US and Russian officials start talks on ceasefire dealUkraine has accused Moscow of making “hollow statements about peace” after 88 people were injured in a Russian missile attack as US and Russian officials began talks that Washington hopes will mark the first step toward lasting peace.Seventeen children were among the casualties after the missile hit schools and residential buildings in the city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said late on Monday, as Moscow appeared to be exploiting the window before any ceasefire to launch attacks on Ukraine. Continue reading...

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