3 h. ago Gang war kingpin Ross McGill "arrested in Dubai" with crew of feared Scots mobsters

Five Scots gangland figures are reported to have been arrested by cops in the United Arab Emirates.

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4 d. ago The illegal act quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards

In 2020, an estimated 12.6 million people aged 16 and over drove after using illicit drugs

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5 d. ago Concerns Mandelson did not pass MI6 vetting for US ambassador role – but was appointed anyway

It is claimed that Keir Starmer pushed through his appointment anyway in the face of opposition from the Trump White House

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5 d. ago Concerns that Mandelson did not pass MI6 vetting for US ambassador role – but was appointed anyway

It is claimed that Keir Starmer pushed through his appointment anyway in the face of opposition from the Trump White House

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8 d. ago James Whale laid to rest as Nigel Farage and Eamonn Holmes join family to pay respects

The funeral of radio star James Whale was held in Maidstone, Kent, as figures from the worlds of entertainment and politics gathered to pay their final respects today

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1 week ago Marco Pierre White Jr is remanded in custody as he faces jail for stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys

Marco Pierre White Jr, 30, is facing jail after he admitted carrying out a number a burglaries in a crime spree across west London.

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2 w. ago Ross McGill's gangland enforcers take credit for brutal machete attack in Rutherglen flat

A gang of masked assailants launched brutally attacked a 50-year-old man and a dog in a flat in South Lanarkshire.

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2 w. ago England star faces court over ‘illegal’ XL Bully after failing to register dog before deadline

Nottingham Forest FC midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White faces having his XL Bully destroyed after allegedly failing to register his dog before a legal deadline following a spate of dealy incidents nationwide

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2 w. ago People from ethnic minority backgrounds 'almost twice as likely to face hunger'

People from ethnic minority backgrounds are almost twice as likely to face hunger than those from White backgrounds, grim research by the Trussell Trust has found

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2 w. ago The kindness of strangers: she gave me a pristine white handkerchief to mop up the blood on my face

I was visiting Naples with my daughter. Feeling exhausted after the flight, I tripped and fell face firstRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesYears ago I was visiting Naples with my daughter. On our first day there, she was itching to go for a walk down to the port, so we dropped our bags at the accommodation and set off to explore.I was feeling quite exhausted after the flight, and while walking down a steep cobblestone street, I tripped. I flew through the air and fell flat on the ground, face first. For some reason, the instinct to put my hands out to cushion the fall hadn’t kicked in, so I landed straight on my chin. I knew immediately that my jaw was broken – I’d heard the awful crack. Before long, blood was gushing down my face. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bullfights, ballet and hot jazz: inside Picasso’s scandalous theatre of sex and death

Famed for his cubist portraits, the Spanish genius also created costumes for the Ballet Russes and loved the intensity of bullfights. A new show at the Tate explores the dramatic side of an uncompromising artistShe is called the Weeping Woman, but that is an understatement. She grinds her teeth on a handkerchief that’s like a jagged white-and-blue spearhead while her fingers claw at her face, tearing the flesh to expose her skull. Her chin is two grenades, her eyes are filled with horror – black silhouettes of planes are held in her transfixed eyeballs. They are the German bombers that attacked the Basque town Guernica on 26 April 1937.Picasso’s Weeping Woman was bought from him by the British surrealist Roland Penrose in November 1937, fresh off the easel. Fifty years later, his son gave it in lieu of tax to the Tate Gallery. Now it is about to star in a Tate Modern exhibition that showcases the museum’s Picasso collection, enhanced with terrific loans from the Musée Picasso in Par...

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2 w. ago A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift

Broadway's “Maybe Happy Ending” faces backlash for casting a white actor to replace an Asian lead

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3 w. ago Trump turns White House into tacky Vegas palace with gold cherubs and more bling

From golden cherubs and golf-club umbrellas to 100ft flagpoles, a £148 million ballroom and towering portraits of his own face, the 45th President has turned the White House into a shrine to himself

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3 w. ago Gangland kingpin Ross McGill introduced to life of crime by cocaine

The Dubai-based gangster met Gordon Blackwood when he was aged just 16.

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4 w. ago Two charged after alleged 'gangland firebombing' of Edinburgh taxi company

Capital Cars on Gorgie Road was torched in a suspected gangland hit around 3am on Monday morning.

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4 w. ago Zelensky 'pulls out all the stops' in what he chooses to wear for Trump meeting

Volodymyr Zelensky delighted Donald Trump by wearing a suit to the White House after he previously faced criticism over his decision to wear army fatigues for his previous visit to Washington DC

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4 w. ago Scots gangland figure James "The Don" White facing action to seize 'millions in illicit profits'

Following his conviction the Crown brought a proceeds of crime action against White to seize illicit assets and it was asserted that he had benefited from crime in excess of £126 million.

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