34 m. ago Romance fraudster tricked girlfriend out of £15,000 saying he needed to pay for his still

Andrew New, 36, from Liverpool, claimed that he needed his partner's cash in order to arrange his mother's funeral, despite her remaining alive and well to this day.

Economics

65 m. ago Lanarkshire golf tournament in Natalie's memory raises record amount for Epilepsy Scotland

The event at Wishaw Golf Club is the fundraising highlight of the year

Politics

66 m. ago Liverpool transfer news: Florian Wirtz warning as star confesses 'we're talking to clubs'

Liverpool are trying to secure the signature of Florian Wirtz in what could be a British record transfer but that's not the only business for manager Arne Slot to deal with this summer transfer window

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77 m. ago Jon Jones: UFC heavyweight picture ‘sucks’ but ‘I don’t pull the strings’

Jones holds the regular title, but interim champion Tom Aspinall claims that the American has retired

Sport

1 hour ago Taxi driver wins £138k Range Rover and £50,000 cash after car theft ordeal

After thieves tried to steal his cab, Karwan Ahmed’s fortunes turned around dramatically when he won a luxury Range Rover and £50,000 in a BOTB prize draw.

Economics

1 hour ago Tom Aspinall evaluates possible UFC opponents after Jon Jones retirement claim

Exclusive: The interim heavyweight champion, who insists regular-title holder Jones is retired, said he has a ‘date and location’ for his next fight

Politics

2 h. ago Worth a lot more than Diddly Squat! Clarkson's Farm fan, 25, wins £5m 17th century Cotswolds house

Anthony Martin, 25, from Cambridgeshire, has celebrated winning a five-bedroom country house in the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw - and he has also won £250,000 in cash.

Economics

3 h. ago Dornoch delight for Lee as Syme, Ramsay and MacIntyre make strong starts in Holland and Canada

48-year-old equals course record at Sutherland venue with brilliant eight-under 62

Politics

3 h. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Lord Ross, former Lord Justice Clerk and one of the great Scottish judges

Donald MacArthur Ross, Lord Ross, Lord Justice Clerk. Born: 29 March 1927 in Dundee. Died: 26 April 2025 in Edinburgh, aged 98

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4 h. ago EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept reduced rights

Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’Transgender people must accept a perceived reduction in their rights after the supreme court decision on gender because they “have been lied to over many years” about what their rights actually were, one of the commissioners drawing up the official post-ruling guidance has said.Speaking at a debate about the repercussions of April’s ruling that “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, Akua Reindorf said trans people had been misled about their rights and there “has to be a period of correction”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept perceived reduced rights

Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’Transgender people must accept a perceived reduction in their rights after the supreme court decision on gender because they “have been lied to over many years” about what their rights actually were, one of the commissioners drawing up the official post-ruling guidance has said.Speaking at a debate about the repercussions of April’s ruling that “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, Akua Reindorf said trans people had been misled about their rights and there “has to be a period of correction”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago CMAT, pop’s gobbiest, gaudiest star: ‘Everyone else in music needs a kick up the hole!’

Playing stadiums and causing dance crazes, the Irish singer-songwriter is going supernova – and whether opining on trans rights, body shaming or capitalism, she’s more forthright than everCiara Mary-Anne Thompson, or CMAT as she’s professionally known, says she can clearly remember writing the song that changed her life. She was 22 and having moved from Ireland to Manchester, was working in TK Maxx and, at the weekends, as what she’s fond of calling a “sexy shots girl”: “Cash in hand, £8 an hour, 11pm to 3am, teetering up and down the stairs of a nightclub in the building where Joy Division shot the video for Love Will Tear Us Apart with a tray of Jägermeister shots they’d put a bit of dry ice in – burned your skin if you got it on your hands – selling them for three pound each. Terrible job. And just getting absolutely stoned out of my bin all the time, doing whatever drugs anyone would give me for free. I had absolutely no friends.”An attempt to get her musical career off the grou...

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6 h. ago Union boss right to slam 'epidemic' of violence in classrooms as he steps down

Record View says schools need to be enabled to carry out proper and lasting punishments on the tiny minority of kids who think violence is acceptable.

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6 h. ago Scots drugs mule involved in £7m heroin plot ordered to pay back £42,000 dirty cash

Christopher Heaney, from Anstruther in Fife, was jailed for nine years for his involvement in a £7m cross-border heroin conspiracy last year.

Economics

6 h. ago Half a million Brits missing out on PIP cash as DWP warns of unclaimed benefit surge

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) helps people with some of the additional costs that can come with a long-term health condition or disability, but changes need to be reported to the DWP

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6 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners eye record deal and receive Nico Williams update

Arsenal are looking to strengthen their squad this summer and new sporting director Andrea Berta will be a busy man, with a new striker top of the Gunners' shopping list

Politics

10 h. ago Arsenal 'considering' bargain transfer for forgotten Chelsea record breaker

Arsenal are considering a summer move for Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga who has just returned from his Bournemouth loan spell and is available in a cut-price deal

Sport

11 h. ago Summer Game Fest 2025 predictions: Everything we expect from Switch 2 to Splinter Cell

Geoff Keighley has promised a record-breaking number of publishers at Summer Game Fest this year, so we’ve rounded up what we think we’ll be playing in the coming months

Politics

12 h. ago Cuban rapper arrested in Florida after kidnapping fan who asked for photo, cops say

Yosvanis Sierra-Hernandez, Chocolate MC's real name, allegedly asked the victim to send him money over Zelle when they said they did not have cash

Events

13 h. ago Scientists find the most intense explosion ever seen in the universe

Blasts emit 10 times the energy in one year that our Sun will put out through its entire lifetime

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