84 m. ago Scotland's pupils should be 'banned from leaving school at lunchtime' to boost health

Brian Whittle MSP has raised some innovative ideas for boosting pupil health in Scotland’s schools

Events

84 m. ago Parts of Juneau brace for flooding from water slipping past Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier

Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier

Events

86 m. ago East Kilbride YM boss forgives penalty miss as club bag first win in WOSFL

The Kirktonholme club picked up their maiden success in the Fourth Division since their move up from the amateur ranks

Politics

86 m. ago Motherwell boss: Whether Rangers, Celtic or St Johnstone are our opponents, we will always go for the win

The Steelmen are in Premkier Sports Cup action in Perth on Saturday

Politics

86 m. ago Albion Rovers boss compares goal hero to Usain Bolt after comeback win at Gala Fairydean Rovers

Sandy Clark was full of praise for Devan McColl after his contribution in Saturday's success

Politics

87 m. ago Man City have £50million reasons to hope they were wrong about Jack Grealish

Jack Grealish has the chance to take centre stage at Everton and show what people have been saying about him for years

Economics

1 hour ago ‘It’s a robot war’: eastern Ukraine faces onslaught of Russian glide bombs, rockets and kamikaze drones

Putin has escalated strikes on Donetsk region and is likely to demand Ukraine hands it over in talks with TrumpNataliya Petrovna pointed to a crater on the edge of a football field. Around it lay bits of twisted metal. From nearby came loud banging as residents fixed plywood to their damaged five-storey apartment block. Many of its windows were broken. “The last few days have been terrible. We could hear the drones buzzing over us. The one that exploded near the school opposite was a Russian Shahed. Maybe some kind of new type,” she said.Petrovna lives in the eastern garrison city of Kramatorsk, in Donetsk province, about 15 miles from the frontline. The distance is just beyond the range of Russian first-person view (FPV) drones, at least for now. But it is easily reachable by other kinds of enemy objects. They include air-dropped glide bombs, Grad rockets and unmanned kamikaze drones – now cruising Ukraine’s skies in overwhelming numbers. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Europe's safest city is a seaside gem and it's a sunny Mediterranean spot

One popular European city has been named the safest place to visit, according to new research

Politics

3 h. ago Overgrown home in disrepair put on sale for £450,000 because of the views

The three-bedroom house has been empty for years and is in a state of disrepair but it is still on the market for more than double the average price in the city

Economics

3 h. ago Overgrown and falling apart Welsh home falling will cost you nearly half a million pounds to buy because of one thing

The three-bedroom house has been empty for years and is in a state of disrepair but it is still on the market for more than double the average price in the city

Economics

4 h. ago Family's car bursts into flames in front of horrified shoppers as temperatures hit 30C

Footage shows a black Vauxhall Insignia being engulfed by an engine blaze in Bournebrook, Birmingham , at 5.45pm on Monday.

Events

5 h. ago Dragons' Den icon Theo Paphitis warns 'high streets will not survive if shops are hit in next Budget'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has already increased business rates - with speculation growing she may pile on the pain in the autumn.

Events

5 h. ago National guard begins deploying on DC streets after Trump police takeover

Officials say troops to start appearing in nation’s capital on Tuesday night as president’s move widely condemnedUS politics live – latest updatesThe Washington DC national guard will begin deploying on the city’s streets on Tuesday night, a day after Donald Trump ordered their arrival and took control of the city’s police force, calling Washington DC a “lawless” city, despite official crime statistics saying otherwise, a White House official confirmed.The national guard is expected to “begin being on the streets starting tonight”. Defense officials said a small number of the roughly 800 guard members planned for the mission had already been mobilized by Tuesday afternoon, with more expected to arrive in the coming days. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Chilling details emerge after pregnant woman was allegedly killed and her partner decapitated with his head placed on a spike

Police have charged a man with a brutal double murder after a pregnant woman and her partner were found dead in Melbourne - the father-to-be's head severed and gruesomely mounted on a spike.

Events

7 h. ago A legal fight is playing out around a Mexican migrant activist accused of human trafficking

A legal battle is playing out in Mexico after police detained a well-known migration activist earlier this month, accusing him of human trafficking

Events

7 h. ago Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

EJ Antoni first made the suggestion before Trump tapped him to lead the BLS

Politics

7 h. ago Fenerbahce see off Feyenoord to book Champions League playoff with Benfica

Jhon Durán helps Mourinho’s side to 5-2 aggregate winRangers advance to face Club Brugge in playoffsJosé Mourinho is one round away from taking Fenerbahce back into the Champions League for the first time in 17 years.The storied head coach’s team surged into the Champions League qualifying playoffs by overturning a two-goal deficit in a 5-2 qualifying round win against Robin van Persie’s Feyenoord. Continue reading...

Sport

7 h. ago Donald Trump's summit with Putin will be a 'listening exercise', White House says

Officials yesterday confirmed that the high-stakes talks will take place in Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, with the US President 'determined to try to end this war and stop the killing'.

Politics

7 h. ago It's not our fault! Ministers try to dodge blame as number of small

Keir Starmer was slammed for 'incompetence' over the handling of the Channel crisis.

Politics

8 h. ago US stocks hit record high as inflation holds steady at 2.7% in July

President slams Goldman Sachs as he hails data as evidence his policies are working

Economics