11 h. ago ‘Without support, my son would not be here’: Mother’s plea over feared cuts to SEND

Renata Watts says her son would have been failed without a legal support plan, as Labour faces backlash over SEND reforms

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12 h. ago ‘Without EHCP, my son would not be here’: Mother’s plea to Labour against proposed SEND cuts

Renata Watts says her son would have been failed without a legal support plan, as Labour faces backlash over SEND reforms

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16 h. ago How another unsuspecting family was almost destroyed by a toxic meal: Award

Nicholas Evans was staying at his brother-in-law's 13,000-acre estate Altyre House in Scotland in the summer of 2008, when he decided to pick a crop of mushrooms to rustle up a meal.

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19 h. ago ‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex

Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage. How has this extreme practice been normalised?Now that Lucy has been in a steady relationship for a year, she finds herself looking back at previous sexual encounters through a new lens. The slaps to her face. Hands round her neck. The multiple late-night messages from one partner – nine years older and, in her words, “a Tinder situation”: “Can I come over and rape you?”“I like to think I enjoyed my single 20s,” says Lucy, now 24. “I was an avid Hinge and Tinder user and I liked to think of myself as the ‘cool girl’. But I’ve been thinking about it so much – I’m not sure why. There was the friend of a friend who slapped me so hard in the middle of us having sex – no warning, just from nowhere. It actually made my teeth rattle. There was another guy I met at a bar. We got together that nigh...

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28 h. ago Children face losing legal right to special needs help under new plans being considered by ministers

The Education Secretary refused to say whether children with special needs would still get the legal right to extra support at school under plans being considered by ministers

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7 d. ago Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty

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8 d. ago MP writes to BBC calling for 'withdrawal of Glastonbury coverage' over controversial acts

Bob Vylan and Kneecap sparked fury with their politically charged sets in which they criticised Israel's military action in Gaza, prompting police to probe video footage from the festival

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2 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: MPs hurled questions at the glacial Mr Lammy like Sioux braves attacking cowboys

After an hour of David Lammy, MPs were still uncertain. Did the Starmer Government support America's bombing of Iran? Was it legal?

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2 w. ago Harper Macleod posts nearly 20% increase in turnover to £43.5m

Law firm Harper Macleod, recently named Scottish Firm of the Year at the inaugural Chambers UK Awards, has recorded a turnover of £43.5m for the year to March 31, 2025, an increase of nearly 20% compared to the previous 12 months (£36.5m).

Economics

2 w. ago Grieving families deserve better legal support say parents of baby who died at Scots hospital

“It’s not fair you can be accused of who knows what and immediately get a solicitor but for an FAI there is nothing. Sitting through it without anybody in your corner is so unfair.”

Society

2 w. ago SPFL chief insists Scots football yobs must feel 'full force of the law' after Sinisalo perpetrator served justice

Andrew Watt was jailed for eight months and banned from grounds for six-and-a-half years on Friday for launching a Buckfast bottle at Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Simisalo last month

Society

2 w. ago Is Chris Brown still playing Glasgow? Hampden gig date, support, setlist, tickets, legal problems

The controversial star is still set to play Glasgow.

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2 w. ago Ministers urged to publish legal advice on UK involvement in Israel

Calls follow news that attorney general advised government to limit its involvement to defending alliesUK politics live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesMinisters are facing calls to publish legal advice given to the government on Israel’s war against Iran after reports emerged that the attorney general had warned that any UK involvement beyond defensive support would be illegal.Richard Hermer, the government’s most senior legal officer, is said to have raised concerns internally about the legality of joining a bombing campaign against Iran. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Top Scots law officer asked to explain how trans killer had record 'wiped' after name change

Alba MSP Ash Regan has demanded that Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain explains the blunder over Alex Stewart, who was known as Alan Baker when he killed a man.

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3 w. ago Scientists discover extremely intimate act enjoyed by one in four couples is 'more likely to lead to orgasm' in men than women

US scientists who surveyed 1,000 lovers on their experience, found males were far more likely to report having an orgasm from the act alone compared to women.

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3 w. ago Soldier who stole more than £300,000 from the MoD to buy 'adult services' and a hair transplant is jailed

Staff Sergeant Andrew Oakes was in charge of a pre-signed military cheque book, which he used on 125 occasions to funnel cash into his own account.

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3 w. ago Scots law firm celebrates MoD honour as two women lead the charge in military legal support

Scottish law firm Scullion LAW has been recognised for going above and beyond for military families, earning a top UK award and producing some of the country’s standout champions of armed forces support.

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3 w. ago As big tech grows more involved in Gaza, Muslim workers are wrestling with a spiritual crisis

Is working in big tech halal? Muslim workers are reckoning with the possibility that their jobs go against their religious obligationsBefore Ibtihal Aboussad was fired by Microsoft for protesting the company’s work with the Israeli military during a celebration of the firm’s 50th anniversary, she sent two emails.The first went to all of her colleagues. She appealed to their universal humanity and urged them to stand against Microsoft’s contracts to provide cloud computing software and artificial intelligence products to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago James Argent gets public support from Mark Wright's mum as ex breaks silence on attack

Carol Wright, the mum of former TOWIE star Mark Wright, has become the latest big name to publicly support the disgraced former reality star in the aftermath of his legal troubles in Spain

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4 w. ago CBB star Nicola McLean expresses Bonnie Blue fears as 'Page 3 Girls would never say that'

Former Page Three Girl and Celebrity Big Brother contestant said that doing extreme sexual acts like Bonnie Blue's for money will lead to women going beyond their boundaries in the bedroom and for cash

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