19 h. ago AD FEATURE: Thomas Bradley & Co to give derelict bank building a new lease of life

Plans to restore the site and bring it back into daily use promise to add a welcome lift to East Kilbride

Economics

3 d. ago Chris Evans banned from Alfred Dunhill Links golf tournament after being 'barred for life'

The Alfred Dunhill Links pro-am golf tournament is underway, but radio DJ Chris Evans is not one of the famous names competing, having previously been banned from the event

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6 d. ago South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty in murder case after Biden reduced sentence to life

A local prosecutor in South Carolina plans to seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees was commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden

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6 d. ago Taylor Swift's bandmate gives rare insight into singer's life before fame

Channel 4's new documentary delves into the popstar's 20-year career, with input from her former employees and dedicated fans

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7 d. ago ‘Gunman’ accused of shooting dead two Scots gangsters at Spanish pub ‘fears revenge attacks in prison’

THE alleged hitman accused of gunning down Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan will ‘fear for his life’ if he’s banged up in a Spanish jail, a court heard. Michael Riley, 44, is fighting extradition from the UK over the murders of the Lyons gang kingpins in Fuengirola, Spain. And at the latest hearing his...

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9 d. ago How to more than double your annual leave and get 63 days off work in 2026

Get 63 days off next year, but get your requests in early to avoid disappointment

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9 d. ago Florence Welch reveals she nearly died after devastating ectopic pregnancy on stage

FLORENCE Welch has candidly admitted she almost died after suffering a devastating ectopic pregnancy while on-stage. Back in 2023, the songstress, 39, cancelled a handful of live shows as she told fans she would be undergoing life-saving emergency surgery. At the time, she told how the band would not be performing a number of their...

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1 week ago HMRC to directly debit bank accounts for four reasons starting this week

The HMRC has restarted a programme which allows it to recover money owed directly from people's bank accounts, and has issued guidance on who will be targeted by the new rules

Economics

1 week ago Fred Armisen: ‘Drumming took a lot of my hearing, but, oh my God, I haven’t felt that way since’

The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star speaks to Louis Chilton about bygone life in a touring band, the surprise success of Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’, and his ‘utilitarian’ new album, comprised of 101 sound effects

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1 week ago Simon Cowell was left 'essentially bankrupt' in surprise life admission

The 65-year-old star has enjoyed huge success as a TV talent-show judge and as a music executive

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1 week ago Glasgow Clan ban ice hockey fan over racist abuse on social media

Ice hockey club the Glasgow Clan have banned a fan for life over racist social media posts about a rival player.

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1 week ago Emma Watson breaks her silence on driving ban as she blames her movie star lifestyle for making her 'unable to do some pretty basic life things'

The Harry Potter star, 35, received a six-month driving ban in July after driving at 38mph in a 30mph zone.

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1 week ago The Harder They Come review – electrifying reggae musical is sweet, dandy and catchy as hell

Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonMatthew Xia directs a consummate adaptation of the 1972 Jamaican thriller, whose irresistible soundtrack is bolstered by new songsScene-setting doesn’t get much better than this. As the band build up the driving reggae skank of Toots and the Maytals’ Funky Kingston, the Jamaican capital awakens. A workman’s hammer and a cleaner’s brush help tap out the tune, the stage bustles with life and in one comic vignette a banana is brandished like a gun.Later in the show, a tamarind-switch punishment will provide a more brutal percussion and real pistols will be drawn – one in each hand, as in the iconic poster for the 1972 movie. Part of the phenomenal achievement of this musical adaptation is how the story is propelled from sun-kissed comedy to elegiac tragedy with the same front-footed energy as that opener, one of several reggae standards bolstering the film’s genre-defining soundtrack featuring Jimmy Cliff, the Melodians and Desmond Dekker. Continue r...

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1 week ago Evil farmer kept 450 animals in such vile conditions that dogs 'ate their own poo'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Lee Hayes was handed a year-long prison sentence after they were found living in squalor. The 52-year-old was also given a life-time animal ban

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2 w. ago Farmer who neglected 450 animals, including exotic species, by keeping them in 'harrowing' conditions jailed and banned for life

Inspectors from the animal charity found hundreds of animals, including dogs, horses, farm, exotic animals and small pets living in 'appalling' conditions at Lee Hayes' farm in Nottinghamshire.

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2 w. ago Scot moved to Australia to start new life then banned and exiled after horrifying crimes

Frank Gardiner was a known and fearsome bushranger with a well-deserved reputation who - along with various others operating outside of the law - had been a scourge on the country

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2 w. ago Drink driver who caused promising teen footballer to lose legs in horror crash detained

Adam Golebiewski, 18, from Banff, suffered life-changing injuries in the collision in September last year.

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2 w. ago ‘We pray a visa comes before death’: Gaza’s injured children left in limbo

Mariam, Nasser and Ahmed were evacuated from the warzone but are now stranded in an Egyptian hospital that cannot treat their life-threatening injuries after Trump’s sudden ban on Palestinians entering the USMariam Sabbah had been fast asleep, huddled under a blanket with her siblings, when an Israeli missile tore through her home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, in the early hours of 1 March.The missile narrowly missed the sleeping children but as the terrified nine-year-old ran to her parents, a second one hit. “I saw her coming towards me but suddenly there was another explosion and she vanished into the smoke,” says her mother, Fatma Salman. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago South London teacher who took pupil to Travelodge for sex is banned for life

Waleed Nasir, 27, a convicted sex offender, booked a double room with the pupil at the hotel in Whyteleafe, Surrey

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3 w. ago Tom Pelphrey's life from Sky's Task to Big Bang Theory star engagement

Task is a seven-part crime drama starring actor Mark Ruffalo as an FBI agent.

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