4 d. ago The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial

Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewalWhen Swiss tycoons handed Donald Trump a gold bar and a Rolex watch – gifts that were followed by a cut in US tariffs – it was no diplomatic nicety. It was a reminder of how concentrated wealth seems to buy access and bend policy. It may, alarmingly, become the norm if the global “inequality emergency” continues. That’s the message of the most recent work by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. The economist sees the yawning gap between rich and poor as a human-made crisis which is destroying politics, society and the planet. He’s not wrong.The problem is no longer confined to a few fragile states. It is a global harm, with 90% of the world’s population living under the World Bank’s definition of “high income inequality”. The US sits just below that threshold and is the most unequal country in the G7, followed by the UK. Prof Stiglit...

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5 d. ago Fugitive Scots gangster Ross ‘Miami’ McGill taunts authorities weeks after justice dodge brag

ON-THE-RUN mob boss Ross McGill has taunted authorities who are hunting him down. In an apparent dig at police, the ex-Rangers ultra, 31, uploaded a picture on X/ Twitter showing his face on a Where's Wally? cartoon. The much-loved children's book challenges readers to find a character within a detailed and crowded illustration. Also on the cryptic...

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5 d. ago Gangster Ross McGill shares cryptic social media post on mystery location

The kingpin was jailed in the United Arab Emirates and questioned over his links to organised crime.

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7 d. ago Gangster Ross McGill's life of crime from Scottish streets to Moroccan cartel

McGill has made a return to social media from an account based in Portugal.

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8 d. ago Gangster Ross McGill returns to social media from account based in Portugal

The mob boss has been lying low since his arrest in Dubai last month.

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1 week ago Scots gangster hands over £20k Rolex watch to settle proceeds of crime debt

Lee Docherty belongs to an organised crime clan which ran a drug operation through a heavily fortified building on the Larkfield housing estate in Greenock.

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2 w. ago Gangster caught looking for hidden gun becomes first turf war hood to be jailed

Liam McDermid used a metal detector to try and secure the firearm which had been hidden in undergrowth at Edinburgh’s Roseburn cycle path.

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2 w. ago Lotto conman Edward Putman behind £2.5m scam win pays back cash

Edward Putman was made the subject of a Proceeds of Crime Order and has settled the bill - but the Mirror can reveal more than £1m remains unaccounted for

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2 w. ago Killer who gunned down gangster Marc Webley was pals with man who died fleeing into freezing water

Grant Hunter shot Marc Webley at the Anchor Inn just before midnight on New Year’s Eve two years ago.

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2 w. ago Gunned down gangster Marc Webley filmed himself headbutting rapist brother for harassing schoolgirl

Marc spotted his brother Don in the pub and filmed himself assaulting him.

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3 w. ago Lotto winner Jane Park's relationship with Scots gangster gunned down by hitman

A Scottish mobster cut down by a gunman on New Year's Eve left behind a heartbroken lottery winner who thanked her dead ex-boyfriend for teaching her "some valuable things in life"

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3 w. ago Gunned down gangster Marc Webley's relationship with Lotto winner Jane Park

Jane Park had enjoyed a romance with the Edinburgh gangster before he was murdered.

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3 w. ago Chilling footage shows gangster Marc Webley telling rivals "come and get it" before bloodbath shooting

Grant Hunter, 34, admitted shooting Marc Webley, 38, dead at Edinburgh High Court on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Gangster Marc Webley's killer umasked as cops release photos of shooter and girlfriend

Grant Hunter pleaded guilty to murder and his girlfriend, Emma McVie, pled guilty to attempting to destroy evidence.

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3 w. ago Gunman admits killing gangster Marc Webley in Hogmanay execution

Grant Hunter, 34, shot Marc Webley, 38, at the Anchor Inn in Granton just before midnight on New Year's Eve in 2023.

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3 w. ago Stacey Solomon's new £170 personalised watch is an affordable Rolex alternative

Stacey Solomon has launched her latest jewellery collection with Abbott Lyon, and it's packed full of personalisable pieces - including a new version of her best-selling watch

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3 w. ago Stacey Solomon’s jewellery range has a new version of her best selling £170 Rolex

Stacey Solomon has just launched her latest jewellery collection at Abbott Lyon, and it includes an updated version of her best-selling watch that looks just like a £10k Rolex

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3 w. ago 'Classy' designer watch that 'excels Rolex and Gucci' slashed by £190 in Black Friday sale

The Vivienne Westwood watch has a silver dial, a two-tone stainless steel bracelet and a diamanté-encrusted bezel

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3 w. ago Dirty cash gangster branded 'very silly' by judge before walking free from court

David Lindsay was caught with £156,975 in a Slaters bag as police carrying out a covert surveillance operation watched him take part in a cash handover.

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4 w. ago Man who stabbed Rolex watch seller in West London caught by facial recognition technology

Man who stabbed Rolex watch seller in West London caught by facial recognition technology  MyLondon

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