2 h. ago Dates of Donald Trump's trip to Scotland confirmed as President set to visit Turnberry and Aberdeen

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the US president will visit between July 25 to 29.

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2 h. ago 'Save Our Kids' protest turns violent: Thugs clash with police as residents with homemade banners gather at asylum hotel after migrant appears in court over schoolgirl sex assault

Shortly before 8pm masked protesters attacked three police vans, climbing on to the vehicles' roofs and throwing fireworks and bottles at officers protecting counter-demonstrators.

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3 h. ago Billion dollar dynasty at war as heiress battles dad over younger fourth wife and shocking sex allegations

Greta Hentsch-Cowles is at war with her wealthy father Russell and also no fan of Russell's fourth wife Linda Lou, court papers say.

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3 h. ago Dogg among the Swans: American rapper Snoop Dogg buys stake in Swansea City

Championship club under majority American ownershipLuka Modric joined as investor and co-owner in AprilThe American rapper Snoop Dogg has bought a minority stake in the Championship club Swansea. The deal was announced three months after the Croatia international Luka Modric joined as an investor and co-owner.Snoop Dogg helped to launch Swansea’s new home shirt on Monday. The 53-year-old is a keen sports fan and has described Celtic as his favourite football club in Scotland. He said last month he would love to open a burger van at Celtic Park. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Dogg among the Swans: Rapper Snoop Dogg buys stake in Swansea City

Championship club under majority American ownershipLuka Modric joined as investor and co-owner in AprilThe American rapper Snoop Dogg has bought a minority stake in the Championship club Swansea. The deal was announced three months after the Croatia international Luka Modric joined as an investor and co-owner.Snoop Dogg helped to launch Swansea’s new home shirt on Monday. The 53-year-old is a keen sports fan and has described Celtic as his favourite football club in Scotland. He said last month he would love to open a burger van at Celtic Park. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ice given access to Medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal

Officials let Ice access health data to locate migrants, alarming experts who warn of civil rights and health risksMedicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities.The data sharing agreement will allow Ice to find “the location of aliens”, according to an agreement obtained by the Associated Press. Medicaid is the nation’s single largest health insurer, providing coverage for 79 million low-income, disabled and elderly people. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'It's a long way to travel for the champion jockey' – Jason Heavey's Friday racing tips

Oisin Murphy travels to Scotland for two rides at Hamilton and our tipster thinks it should be a worthwhile journey

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4 h. ago White House says Trump won’t recommend special prosecutor in Epstein case and calls Democrats wanting transparency ‘asinine’ – live

White House press secretary doubles down on Trump’s partisan lines of attack about the Jeffrey Epstein case, which as cause turmoil among his Maga baseTrump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furorDonald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US president is struggling to contain a political crisis within his usually loyal Make America Great Again (Maga) base over suspicion that the administration is hiding details of Epstein’s crimes to protect the rich elite Epstein associated with, which included Trump. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Sacked Latitude steward who pretended to be festival security guard is jailed for sex with 15

Alex Stokes, 32, pretended to be a security guard at Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Suffolk before plying a 15-year-old girl with alcohol and having sex with her, in July 2022.

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5 h. ago North Lanarkshire based choir celebrates 15th birthday in spectacular style

SoundSational, one of Scotland’s most successful community choirs, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary with a jubilant birthday party that brought together current choir members and past choir members.

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5 h. ago Microsoft wants to use human poop to lower its vast carbon footprint

Microsoft announced a deal to purchase 4.9 million metric tons of durable carbon dioxide removal from Vaulted Deep, a company that injects ‘bioslurry’ underground

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5 h. ago Count us out! Teenagers given the power to vote by Starmer say 16 and 17

Sir Keir Starmer today unveiled plans to 'modernise our democracy' by lowering England's voting age from 18 to 16 to bring national elections in line with those held in Scotland and Wales

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6 h. ago AI to unlock 'billions of pounds of investment and thousands of new jobs' in Scotland

Scotland to be epicentre of 'next great industrial leap', UK Government says, as AI Growth Zone confirmed

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6 h. ago Ulrika Jonsson, 57, admits she finds men 'less attractive' since going sober as she opens up on her 'very different' sex life

Ulrika Jonsson has admitted she finds men 'less attractive' since going sober as she opened up about her 'very different' sex life.

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6 h. ago UK’s most powerful supercomputer comes online in major AI drive

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle flicked the switch on the Isambard-AI machine in Bristol on Thursday.

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6 h. ago Scotland will be at ‘forefront of UK’s technological revolution’, says Murray

The UK Government plans to site an AI Growth Zone north of the border and make Edinburgh home to the first National Supercomputing Centre.

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6 h. ago Ancient American language dies after last fluent speaker passes away aged 95

An ancient tribal language has lost its last fluent speaker, who recently died at the age of 95.

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6 h. ago Pensioner faces court after extradition from Bulgaria on sex abuse charges

David Wilson, 77, appeared before Antrim Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon.

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6 h. ago Love Island Yasmin's secret twin sister begs ITV to enter villa as a bombshell

Love Island star Yasmin Pettet has a twin sister which left the nation totally baffled, and now she's issued a message to ITV bosses claiming she wants to cause havoc as a bombshell

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6 h. ago Carrying chickens by legs causes them pain, Green Party leader warns

The Government has planned to overturn an EU ban on catching and carrying poultry by their legs.

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