19 h. ago Gangland cops arrest teen over "firebombing" at home of Mark Richardson's pal

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with incident as well as two other wilful fire-raisings in Edinburgh on April 17.

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21 h. ago ‘No plans ever to retire’: why Steven Spielberg and the movie brat generation just won’t quit

Spielberg, 78, has announced he’ll keep making films till he dies – and he’s a spring chicken next to Coppola, Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Ridley Scott, all still working in their 80s. What makes directing a job for life?If life behaved in the same way as movies, then The Fabelmans would have been Steven Spielberg’s last film. He spent the previous five decades writing the rulebook of modern cinema, and then The Fabelmans was the rare work of art that wrapped everything up with a neat little bow. Part autobiography and part tutorial, it was like the work of a man looking back on his life with a sense of satisfied completion.But real life doesn’t behave like that, and Spielberg has just announced that he is never going to retire. In fact, he announced it twice. In a speech he gave during a star-studded event unveiling a new Steven Spielberg Theater on the Universal lot last night, the 78-year-old said: “I’m making a lot of movies and I have no plans ever to retire.” And then, talking...

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32 h. ago Scots cops say underworld killings in Costa Del Sol "not linked" to gang war on home turf

Scotland's most senior police officer says the fatal shootings of two men in Spain were not planned in Scotland or are linked to ongoing gangland violence here.

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41 h. ago Cops release images amid probe into spate of thefts in Fife and Glasgow

Images have been released by Police Scotland as they appeal for those who recognise the man to come forward.

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66 h. ago Scots cops searches to be on 'biological sex' after Supreme Court ruling

Police Scotland has issued new interim guidance requiring certain searches to be conducted based on a person’s biological sex.

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4 d. ago Body of man found inside caravan on side of Scots road as cops probe 'unexplained' death

Emergency services were called to Broughty Ferry Road in Dundee after the alarm was raised at around 2pm on Monday.

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4 d. ago Labour minister suggests UK Government could copy Scottish Child Payment

Employment minister Alison McGovern said "all levers are very much on the table" when asked if her government was considering raising the child element of universal credit to the same rate as the SCP.

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4 d. ago Police Scotland spend £332,000 on supergrasses as deadly gangland turf war erupts

EXCLUSIVE: The £332,189 spent last year was the highest for some time.

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5 d. ago Scaffolding firm firebombed in targeted attack 'linked to gangland turf war'

Police were seen standing guard at the scene on Sunday morning.

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6 d. ago Demands for cops to investigate deaths of hundreds of babies across Scotland

Campaigners are concerned about the number of newborns dying in maternity units and have called for urgent action.

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7 d. ago Scot cops uncover £7m cannabis haul in derelict Fife building

Police have uncovered a massive drugs farm worth an estimated £7million on the streets after raiding a rundown building in Kirkcaldy.

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7 d. ago Scots flat inferno probed by cops as homes evacuated after smoke damage

Five appliances and a height vehicle were mobilised to the scene as several police cars were also pictured with officers having taped off the surrounding area.

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8 d. ago Man jailed after cops uncover Scotland's biggest cannabis farm worth £6.3 million

Petrit Gjuraj was jailed for being concerned in the production of the controlled drug.

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9 d. ago Scots cop takes down puppy farm after dog bought for her kids dies days later

Julie Taylor was caught red-handed with 16 terrified dogs, of various breeds, being held in a filthy toilet and covered in dog waste.

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9 d. ago Gangland war probe cops make another arrest as total reaches 48

This arrest brings the total related to Operation Portaledge so far to 48.

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9 d. ago Peter Tobin documentary on how cops caught evil Scots serial killer soars up BBC download charts

The Hunt For Peter Tobin examines how three missing persons cases led to the capture of one of Scotland’s most evil murderers.

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9 d. ago Cops probing Cole Cooper death insist 'no evidence of third party involvement' as mum demands answers

Police Scotland note that "at this time there is no evidence of any third-party involvement" in Cole Cooper's death.

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1 week ago Scots cop quits in shame after sexually assaulting two female colleagues on duty

Craig Glen, 37, inappropriately touched the women in a police car during separate incidents.

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1 week ago Scots cops insist 'no evidence' Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr shooting set up in Scotland

Malaga-based Spanish police chief Pedro Agudo Novo today described the suspected killer arrested in Liverpool as a member of the Daniel gang.

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1 week ago How the right spread ‘brutal and cruel’ misinformation after Minnesota lawmaker killings

The rightwing media ecosystem spins up narratives to serve their agendas after tragic events, regardless of accuracyTina Smith, a Minnesota senator confronted Mike Lee, a Utah senator, on Monday to tell him directly that his social media posts fueled ongoing misinformation about a shooting that killed her friend.Lee’s posts, which advanced conspiracies that a Minnesota assassin was a “Marxist” and blamed the state’s governor for Melissa Hortman’s death, were among many threads of false or speculative claims swirling online after the killings. Continue reading...

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