1 hour ago Scots buying designer puppies from illegal breeders at Christmas are bankrolling gangsters

Thousands of pounds are channelled into Scotland’s criminal underworld every year through sales from rogue puppy farms on social media, with some pooches fetching as much as £3000.

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22 h. ago Probation is in perpetual crisis. Can it protect the public from tens of thousands more criminals on the streets?

There is a danger the ailing Probation Service is being ‘set up to fail’, the chief inspector of probation has warned, as the nation prepares for the biggest justice system overhaul in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin reports

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64 h. ago Trump’s ‘worst of worst’ ICE surge into cities nabbed thousands of migrants — less than 30 percent have criminal convictions

High-profile operations in major cities mostly targeted people who were never convicted of any crimes, data analysis finds

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66 h. ago Fewer than one in ten frontline NHS staff have had a flu jab at some trusts despite health bosses telling the public to protect themselves against 'biggest ever outbreak'

NHS England has urged the public to get a jab amid fears the NHS will struggle with the 'double-whammy' of flu and a resident doctors strike in the run-up to Christmas.

Science

8 d. ago Shopping for Christmas bargains? Beware the ‘spray and pay’ parcel delivery fraud

Criminals send thousands of texts about an undelivered bargain buy and ask for a redelivery fee in a bid to mine your data and bank detailsYou have landed a lot of bargains in the run-up to Black Friday and most of your Christmas shopping is done.So when a text arrives about a delivery, it’s no surprise. A quick click on a link and you have paid the £2 redelivery charge it’s asking for. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight | Ed Miliband

For all its flaws, the Brazil conference underlined the wish by a global majority for clean energy and climate action – and the UK will keep leading the wayEd Miliband is the secretary of state for energy security and net zeroSweaty, maddening, sleepless. That’s what it was like to be part of Cop30 in Brazil. And yet more than 190 countries came together in the rainforest of the Amazon and reaffirmed their faith in multilateralism, the Paris agreement and the need to redouble our efforts to keep global warming to 1.5C.We went to Cop because working with other countries to tackle the climate crisis is the only way to protect our home and way of life. We know the UK produces just 1% of emissions, which is why, as the prime minister said in Belém, our government is “all-in” on working with others to reduce the remaining 99%.Ed Miliband is Labour MP for Doncaster North and secretary of state for energy security and net zero Continue reading...

Society

2 w. ago Lawsuit claims Tennessee's new school voucher program violates the state constitution

A group of public school students’ parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new statewide school voucher program

Politics

2 w. ago A new law says every public school must display the Ten Commandments. They may not stay up

The law says schools must put donated posters “in a conspicuous place” and requires the writing to be a size and typeface that is visible from anywhere in a classroom

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2 w. ago The Ten Commandments are up in Texas schools. They're also being taken down

A new Texas law says every public school classroom must display a poster listing the Ten Commandments

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2 w. ago Princess of Wales urges business leaders to prioritise 'time and tenderness' alongside profit and success in first public speech since cancer diagnosis

The Princess of Wales teamed up with football legend Gareth Southgate as they both attended a workforce summit encouraging businesses to invest in early years programmes.

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3 w. ago Millions of Brits 'dream about being pals with dreamboat David Beckham' at night

In a study of 2,000 adults - seven in ten Brits have regular vivid dreams and turning up naked in public, being late for an important meeting and partners’ cheating all made the list of common night visions

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3 w. ago Adam Peaty's past criticism of family comes to light amid wedding tensions

Adam Peaty's family is reportedly embroiled in a bitter family feud but reports suggest that tensions were building long before everything become public

Society

3 w. ago Ore Oduba reveals new meaningful tattoo after going public with porn addiction

Former Strictly star Ore Oduba has unveiled a new inking - just days after courageously going public about the porn addiction which had plagued him since the tender age of nine

Politics

4 w. ago Sir Stephen Fry backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign to help missing children find safety and support

The actor and broadcaster, a long-time advocate for mental health, says the cause is deeply personal after he once went missing himself. He is urging readers to support The Independent’s campaign with the charity Missing People to protect children in crisis

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4 w. ago ‘I went missing 50 times as a child – now I need to stop it happening to others’

After going missing dozens of times as a teenager, Jade Knight says the charity Missing People helped her turn her life around. She tells Tara Cobham why she’s supporting The Independent’s SafeCall campaign to protect children in crisis

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4 w. ago Three US states now require school gun safety lessons for children as young as 5

Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to require public schools to teach children the basics of gun safety

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