23 h. ago Rutherglen MSP welcomes stats on affordable and social homes

Clare Haughey hailed the figures for South Lanarkshire.

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29 h. ago Ukrainians who fled war fear deportation under Trump: ‘I am young, I want to live’

Trump’s moves have pushed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into a state of insecurity after they were welcomed to a safe havenNot long after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Danyil packed everything he could in a bag and traveled 15 hours by bus from the Zakarpattia region in western Ukraine to the Czech Republic.He fled the war at 17, just as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, forbade men between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the country. Now aged 20, he watches from the US as the war drags on. In December, Zelenskyy said 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another 370,000 have been wounded in the war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK economy receives welcome boost ahead of Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement as inflation falls to 2.8%

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation fell to 2.8% in February from 3% in January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said

Economics

1 week ago Major social and affordable housing boost announced by Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner

Chancellor Rachel Reeves billed the investment as the 'biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation' as she visited a housing site with Angela Rayner

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2 w. ago Rutherglen MSP welcomes stats on South Lanarkshire apprentices

Clare Haughey recently visited Dalkia at Rutherglen Links to speak to some of their engineering apprentices.

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2 w. ago ‘I escaped one gulag only to end up in another’: Russian asylum seekers face Ice detention in the US

Exiles fleeing Putin’s repression in Russia and other post-Soviet states find a harsh welcome when arriving statesideFor most of the four years of Joe Biden was in office, citizens of Russia and other post-Soviet states seeking asylum in the US were generally released into the country while they awaited hearings on their claim in immigration court.But since last summer, many have been detained upon entering the US, and some of them have been held for more than a year, lawyers, activists and detainees say. Some children have been separated from their parents. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nasa’s stranded astronauts welcome SpaceX crew to International Space Station

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts

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2 w. ago Nasa’s stranded astronauts welcome newly arrived replacements to International Space Station

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts

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2 w. ago NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts

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3 w. ago Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’

US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a ‘race-baiting politician who hates America’ and Donald TrumpThe United States is in effect expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, with secretary of state Marco Rubio accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump.“South Africa’s ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio posted on X on Friday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Selwyn Patterson replacement: Everything to know about the new Death In Paradise Commissioner

Death In Paradise's Selwyn Patterson's replacement has been revealed in the BBC drama as the Saint Marie police station welcomes a new Commissioner to the island.

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