75 m. ago Scottish defence bosses hire hundreds of Filipino workers due to skills shortage

Babcock forced to hire workers from overseas due to lack of good apprenticeships and college courses

Events

76 m. ago 'I told Jurgen Klopp no and was key to Liverpool success – now I'll be going against them'

A recruitment specialist who played a key role in Liverpool's success under Jurgen Klopp could be set to join another Premier League club

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3 h. ago Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa fling zingers in New York mayoral debate as they try to win over voters

Final debate was marked by heated exchanges between the frontrunners, while Sliwa quipped at Cuomo’s expenseNew York City’s three mayoral contenders had a fiery debate on Wednesday night in their final televised face-off less than two weeks before voters decide the city’s next leader on 4 November.Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa participated in a tense and often chaotic discussion. The current mayor, Eric Adams, who dropped out of the race weeks earlier, once again did not attend. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Republicans are mad about Trump importing Argentine beef, but they don’t want to grill him just yet

The top beef-producing states voted for Trump but his plan to import more beef could hurt cattle ranchers in them

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5 h. ago New York City mayoral debate live: Mamdani, Sliwa and Cuomo trade jabs over Israel, rent and Trump

Candidates come out swinging as they vie for New Yorkers’ votes in final debate“It’s us versus them,” Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate, says in his brief opening statement, in which he claims that he is the true representative of New Yorkers.Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor, begins by urging the Knicks to win, and then pivots to attacking “my main opponent”, Zohran Mamdani. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Go nuclear or ‘go hungry’: GOP senators warm to drastic move of killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record

Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break the Senate

Events

8 h. ago Cat Burns turns on fellow Celebrity Traitor in most tense roundtable yet

Cat Burns turned on fellow Traitor Jonathan Ross during a heated Celebrity Traitors roundtable vote.

Events

8 h. ago The Celebrity Traitors sees banishment left to chance in tied

TV presenter Claudia Winkleman said the banishment would be left to fate after two rounds of voting that ended in equal votes for two players.

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8 h. ago Celebrity Traitors Mark and David's fate 'sealed' as banishment left to chance in big twist

Celebrity Traitors fans were left on a nail-biting cliffhanger at the start of tonight's episode as two Faithfuls were tied for the most votes at another intense roundtable

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9 h. ago Celebrity Traitors airs huge 'unprecedented' twist as cast make 'impossible' decision

BBC show Celebrity Traitors - hosted by Claudia Winkleman - saw a vote off with a tie and what came after that left fans reeling

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10 h. ago Lanarkshire community group marks four years of success thanks to green funding

Loch Wood, located on Blackwood Estate, used the funding to transform the space where now 200 pupils attend per week for outdoor classes.

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10 h. ago Regretting You review – sudsy Colleen Hoover adaptation is no It Ends with Us

The second big screen take on one of the hugely successful author’s trauma dramas is a bland misfire and wastes Girls actor Allison Williams in the leadIt’s hard to remember now, nearly a year into the legal and reputational slugfest that is Justin Baldoni v Blake Lively, that It Ends With Us, the film at the heart of so much litigious mudslinging – predominantly and relentlessly, it should be noted, by Baldoni’s legal team – was a Hollywood success story.The first big-screen adaptation of bestselling author Colleen Hoover, an initially self-published romance writer catapulted by BookTok to cult-figure status under the mononym CoHo, successfully elevated what many have dismissed as trauma porn fetishizing abuse into glossy, but effective and emotionally mature, adult theatrical fare. Lively, a Taylor Swift-adjacent style icon (to some) who excels at warm-hearted melodrama, was the perfect anchor for a film targeting what celebrity gossip columnist Elaine Lui termed the “minivan majo...

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11 h. ago North Carolina approves new congressional map intended to add Republican seat

The state Senate approved the plan in a party-line vote on Tuesday

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11 h. ago Airdrie school St Serf's Primary receives very positive inspection feedback

Inspectors highlighted the Airdrie school’s warm and respectful relationships between staff and pupils.

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12 h. ago Star Trek actor Chris Pine to make London theatre debut in Chekhov play

The US star will appear in Ivanov at The Bridge theatre next year.

Culture

12 h. ago Farage: Reform UK’s crypto support is ‘a trade that works for both of us’

Populist party leader tries to emulate Donald Trump’s success in attracting backing from digital asset investors

Politics

12 h. ago Victoria Beckham reveals what really happened when Geri Horner quit the Spice Girls

It comes as the artist formerly known as Ginger Spice is said to be trying to block plans for a Netflix biopic about the group’s rise to fame, nearly 30 years after their debut single Wannabe

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12 h. ago Fifa joins up with trade union to promote ‘safe working conditions’

Five-year deal with Building and Wood Workers’ InternationalBWI has criticised Fifa for giving 2034 World Cup to Saudi ArabiaFifa has announced new measures for promoting “decent and safe working conditions” at its tournaments after agreeing a five-year partnership with trade union the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI).The BWI, which has been critical of Fifa’s decision to award the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia, will now partner with world football’s governing body on conducting labour inspections in the Gulf state and elsewhere. The agreement will also incorporate training for workers and their representatives, and the creation of a “time-bound corrective action plan” that will ensure remedy for those workers who are exploited or otherwise impacted in their jobs. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Fifa joins with trade union to promote ‘safe working conditions’

Five-year deal with Building and Wood Workers’ InternationalBWI has criticised Fifa for giving 2034 World Cup to Saudi ArabiaFifa has announced new measures for promoting “decent and safe working conditions” at its tournaments after agreeing a five-year partnership with the Building and Wood Workers’ International trade union.The BWI, which has been critical of Fifa’s decision to award the 2034 World Cup finals tournament to Saudi Arabia, will now partner with world football’s governing body on conducting labour inspections in the Gulf state and elsewhere. The agreement will also incorporate training for workers and their representatives, and the creation of a “time-bound corrective action plan” that will ensure remedy for those workers who are exploited or otherwise impacted in their jobs. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Monica Lennon to contest Rutherglen & Cambuslang constituency

The current Central Scotland MSP will be Labour's candidate in the seat at May's Holyrood election.

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