17 m. ago Five River Island stores closing in Scotland named amid fashion firm's heavy losses

It was revealed last week that 33 shops across the UK are set to close.

Economics

32 m. ago Sunday League players banned from local pub the night before game

Players of Tunley Athletic have been banned from visiting their local pub the night before a Sunday morning match - and for good reason

Sport

32 m. ago Local pub bans Sunday league football team from drinking night before matches

Tunley Athletic footballers have been barred from their local boozer the night before a Sunday morning match, and it's not without justification.

Sport

45 m. ago Man on honeymoon dies after being struck by lightning on Florida beach

Death of 29-year-old considered unusual because the lightning ‘came from a storm several miles away’A newlywed man visiting Florida on his honeymoon recently died after reportedly being struck by lightning while standing in shallow water with a blue sky over him.The death of Jake Rosencranz, 29, in New Smyrna Beach was considered unusual because it is “rare” for someone to be struck by lightning from a storm that is several miles away, local beach safety director Tammy Malphurs told Florida news outlet WKMG. Though that occasionally happens, Rosencranz, of Colorado, was the first person to be killed by lightning in Florida in 2025. Continue reading...

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50 m. ago Attacking seagulls divebombing from roofs force posties to abandon their rounds over health and safety fears

Locals in Liskeard have been warned of disruption to their post as the pesky nesting birds swoop down on postal workers and other house visitors.

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66 m. ago Edinburgh Castle crowned best UK castle for fairytale proposals

A new study has ranked the top places for a perfect proposal, with three Scottish castle making the top 10 in the UK

Politics

72 m. ago Book festival receives £300,000 to continue programme for schoolchildren

The funding covers the next three years.

Culture

81 m. ago Stylish New Balance trainers that feel like ‘walking on clouds’ are reduced to £60 in flash sale

If you're in need of a new pair of trainers, New Balance's summer sale sees hundreds of bestselling styles discounted, including 40% off the popular 327's

Economics

85 m. ago Travis Kelce records first win with racehorse whose name is inspired by Taylor Swift

Swift Delivery won for the first time since the NFL star and boyfriend of Taylor Swift became involved when scoring in a race at Woodbine in Toronto, Canada

Politics

87 m. ago California vice mayor calls for gangs to help protect communities from ICE raids

Cynthia Gonzalez could face FBI investigation over appeal to notorious criminal outfits to join pushback against federal roundups of undocumented migrants

Events

1 hour ago Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all

Cheap, scaleable and highly autonomous, these weapons are developing quickly – and experts say they should prompt a global rethink about securityOn a fine day in early June, Ukrainian soldiers launched their latest killer robot. With a click on a screen, the unattractively named Gogol-M, a fixed-wing aerial drone with a 20-foot wingspan, took off from an undisclosed location and soared into a wide blue sky.This “mothership” travelled 200km into Russia before releasing two attack drones hanging off its wings. Able to evade radar by flying at a low altitude, the smaller drones autonomously scanned the ground below to find a suitable target, and then locked on for the kill. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago I’m a queer Palestinian. Stop using my identity as cover for the destruction of Gaza | Jad Salfiti

Rightwingers in Israel and the US claim they are defending LGBTQ+ rights while Gaza’s people are killed. Don’t dare do this in our namePride has never been apolitical, but in recent years, particularly after the Israeli occupation’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip after 7 October 2023, the coalition of queer rights in the west has felt increasingly fractured.In Berlin, the city I call home, Pride events have splintered along political lines as Palestine has been a recurring point of contention. According to organisers of Internationalist Queer Pride Berlin (IQP Berlin), a split between two major alternative Pride events followed an incident in which the initial organisers called police to the event after participants expressed solidarity by chanting “free Palestine”. Meanwhile, at Berlin’s official Pride parade, attenders have previously waved rainbow and Israeli flags as they marched through Berlin alongside an Israeli embassy float.Jad Salfiti is a British-Palestinian video producer a...

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2 h. ago Drivers and villagers face delays as roadworks to improve bus stop and paths set to begin

The works will be carried out between 9.30am and 4.30pm, and are expected to be completed by Friday, July 4.

Transport

2 h. ago Lana Del Ray Hampden Stage Times: Glasgow gig set times, setlist, support, tickets, age restrictions

It’s the latest in a string of huge gigs taking place in Scotland this summer.

Politics

2 h. ago Coleraine and Ballymena United among clubs battling it out for Hamilton Accies midfielder

Daire O'Connor still has a year left on his contract at Accies

Events

2 h. ago Iran’s desire for nuclear weapons has only been spurred on by US strikes – no matter what Trump says

As leaked US intelligence suggests Trump’s strikes only put Iran’s nuclear programme back by a few months, Tehran will feel the incentive to secure a weapon more than ever, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes from Tel Aviv

Events

2 h. ago Woman buys full English breakfast in popular UK city but is floored by price

A woman named Suzanna bought a full English breakfast in a popular UK city, but the price absolutely floored her. She couldn't believe what she was charged for the meal

Economics

2 h. ago Albion Rovers boss admits transfer frustrations but 'club survival more important'

Sandy Clark has just a handful of players on his books at the moment after losing most of his squad over the summer

Events

3 h. ago Cuts to the fire service in Scotland could cost lives, says union

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is proposing the closure of up to 13 stations, new arrangements for night and weekend cover at others and the permanent withdrawal of 10 appliances nationwide.

Events

4 h. ago The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians

This flamboyant tale of fakers and forgery, straddling the turn of the 20th century, is a smart and witty investigation into love and authenticityWe become ourselves by copying others, whether dutifully or audaciously, in acts of homage or appropriation. What is education if not a prolonged process of copying, and isn’t the same true, Nell Stevens asks in her latest novel, of falling in love? Suddenly besotted with another young woman, her protagonist Grace begins to wear her scarf at the side of the neck as her lover does, and to feel “clearer and more deliberate and more like myself” as she does so. “When we fall in love with a person, we fall in love with the copy of them, inexpertly done, that we carry around with us whenever they aren’t there.”At its heart The Original has two strands of copying: both are preoccupations of the late-Victorian era the book is set in. There are the pictures made by Grace when she’s brought, penniless, to her uncle’s house aged 10 after her pa...

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