43 h. ago Popular Edinburgh bakery hires 'queue bouncer' as children 'forced onto road' by 'oblivious' customers

Award-winning Scottish bakery Lannan has come under fire from the local school due to ‘oblivious’ people that queue for hours to buy pastries.

Economics

43 h. ago Popular Edinburgh bakery hires 'queue warden' as children 'forced onto road' by 'oblivious' customers

Award-winning Scottish bakery Lannan has come under fire from the local school due to ‘oblivious’ people that queue for hours to buy pastries.

Economics

7 d. ago The Scottish Colourists attract record visitors 100 years after their first exhibition

Record visitor numbers at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh this year highlight the power of popular exhibitions to attract audiences, support tourism, and even raise revenue.

Politics

1 week ago Lawrence Dallaglio is forced to sell his home for massive £600,000 less than advertised after split from wife: England legend 'now battling to get life back on track'

In the latest blow Dallaglio, 52, has been forced to sell the family home where he watched his children grow up to pay off his creditors. Ironically, the home has been snapped up by an up-and-coming sports star.

Society

1 week ago Gang leaders who force children to conceal drugs to face 10 years in jail

Known as ‘plugging’, the practice sees people made to swallow or hide items inside their bodies

Events

1 week ago 'Evil' gangsters who force kids to hide drugs inside their bodies face jail

New laws will see criminals face up to 10 years behind bars if they are found to have forced children and vulnerable adults to swallow or conceal items like drugs and SIM cards in their bodies

Events

2 w. ago 'Inhuman' conditions at Spanish airports: British families are forced to 'lift children to stop them suffocating' as hundreds are trapped in passport control in Tenerife

Officials called an emergency meeting after passengers raged at the 'inhumane' conditions that saw them packed together 'like cattle' as they waited in line on Monday.

Society

2 w. ago Airport chaos forces British families to 'lift children on to shoulders to stop them suffocating' amid 'inhuman' conditions as hundreds are trapped in overcrowded passport control in Tenerife

Officials called an emergency meeting after passengers raged at the 'inhumane' conditions that saw them packed together 'like cattle' as they waited in line on Monday.

Society

3 w. ago ‘I don’t want to be here. But we can’t go home’: what life is like for people forced to flee floods and fighting

Around the globe, conflict and the climate crisis have caused 83.4m people – a record number – to become refugees within their own countries. Three people from Bangladesh, Sudan and Colombia tell their storiesIn 2024, the number of internally displaced people around the world reached 83.4m, the highest figure ever recorded. Men, women, children, whole families and generations have been forced to flee their homes within their country as a result of conflict, violence, or natural disasters.“Internal displacement rarely makes the headlines, but for those living it, the suffering can last for years,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, commenting on the latest figures from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago British tourist, 65, is accused of molesting dozens of children from Namibia's San tribe after forcing them to strip at remote 'living museum'

The tourist was arrested by police on Sunday after allegedly telling San children at the living museum of the Ju'/Hoansi to undress (Illustrative image of San woman)

Society