58 m. ago Brit, 20, dies after swallowing packets of cocaine before boarding flight to Dubai

Jensen Westhead, 20, (pictured) had ingested multiple bags of the class A drug at a hotel in Manchester in December last year before flying to Dubai.

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79 m. ago Ayrshire Businesses and individuals receive accolades at the West of Scotland Thistle Awards regional final

The birthplace of Robert Burns, an air show, a farm, an island resort, and a tourism champion have been crowned Ayrshire and Arran’s best at Scotland’s top tourism and events industry awards

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3 h. ago Britain is 'obviously not a safe country': Thousands of Jewish people come together to mourn two men killed in terror attack

Leading Jewish figures gave defiant speeches in Trafalgar Square on the eve of the anniversary of the October 7 massacre in Israel , where they warned they face their biggest threat in a generation.

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3 h. ago Erling Haaland powers in early goal to earn Manchester City victory at Brentford

A 250th Premier League win for Pep Guardiola, achieved at record speed, and in a season where no contender is perfect, a seventh title trophy cannot be ruled out. The Manchester City of autumn 2025 is work in progress, low on previous star quality but still full of possibilities. The presence of Erling Haaland in his currently devastating form is a cast-iron guarantee they will be sticking around for a while yet.The ninth minute saw Haaland score his ninth Premier League goal of the season. Supplied by Josko Gvardiol, Haaland was left with plenty to do but his power and speed completed the job, bustling through Sepp van den Berg and Nathan Collins to clatter past Caoímhin Kelleher. At 25, and handed a leadership role by his manager, Haaland is thriving under added responsibility. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Erling Haaland powers Brentford aside as Manchester City show new promise

A 250th Premier League win for Pep Guardiola, achieved at record speed, and, in a season where no contender is perfect, a seventh title trophy cannot be ruled out. The Manchester City of autumn 2025 are a work in progress, low on previous star quality but still full of possibilities. The presence of Erling Haaland, in devastating form, is a cast-iron guarantee they will be sticking around for a while yet.In the ninth minute Haaland scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season, notching for the ninth game in succession. Played in by Josko Gvardiol, Haaland’s unmatchable power and speed completed the job, bustling through Sepp van den Berg and Nathan Collins to clatter past Caoimhín Kelleher. At 25, as a young father, handed a leadership role by his manager, Haaland is thriving under added responsibility. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Home WiFi will soon be able to monitor our heart rates without expensive gadgets

Boffins have discovered they could keep track of our tickers without the need for smart watches or any wearable device - by using our home WiFi to keep our heartbeats monitored

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3 h. ago Eagles v Broncos, Texans v Ravens, Jets v Cowboys, and more: NFL week five – live

Follow updates from week five’s 6pm BST games Sign up to The Recap | Email GrahamJets 3-0 Cowboys 7:43, 1st quarterIt’s good! Nick Folk puts a smile on the faces of the home crowd with a 25-yard chip shot. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago European football: Sevilla’s Alexis Sánchez launches rout of Barcelona

Former Arsenal forward opens scoring in 4-1 thrashingRashford on target but Lewandowski misses penaltySevilla thrashed Barcelona 4-1 on Sunday, ending the champions’ unbeaten start in La Liga and denying them an opportunity to return to the top of the table.Sevilla took the lead in the 13th minute, after Isaac Romero went down while jostling for the ball with Ronald Araújo near Barcelona’s six-yard box. Alexis Sánchez sent former Arsenal teammate Wojciech Szczesny the wrong way to convert the spot kick.This story will be updated Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Guillemots washed up dead on Scots shore test positive for bird flu

The birds were discovered dead near the Scottish Seabird Centre at the harbour in North Berwick, East Lothian.

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5 h. ago Tonight's rugby news as Scotland star makes feelings clear on Steve Tandy and Ronan O'Gara lets rip

The latest rugby news and headlines from Wales and beyond

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5 h. ago Scotland is living through 'period of profound misogyny' says feminist author

Jenny Lindsay claimed it was the first time a gender critical author has been asked to speak at a Scottish book festival

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5 h. ago Family check into Airbnb and leave almost immediately after horrifying find

It was meant to be the start of a family getaway, but it was quickly flooded with concern after they made a horror discovery in the Airbnb where their three young children were staying - 'It really spooked us'

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6 h. ago SNP has turned Scotland into a 'laboratory for weird and wacky policies', says Russell Findlay

Russell Findlay said the SNP had “embraced every madcap idea known to man and woman” during his speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

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6 h. ago Bodyguard to Uma Thurman and Bradley Cooper spills secrets of what it's really like to work for the A

British security expert Michael Chandler has revealed some of the craziest, scariest and surprising from his career as a bodyguard to the rich and famous.

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6 h. ago More than 500 police officers cannot be deployed due to expired training

Figures released by Police Scotland show that as of August 2025, there are 582 officers whose officer safety training has expired.

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8 h. ago Squalid drug den with tree covered in dirty heroin syringes is discovered just yards away from Scotland's only 'safe' consumption room

Laying bare the extent of Glasgow's substance crisis, a disturbing video showed the drug-taking hotspot in grim detail with needles, spoons and other drug paraphernalia strewn over the ground.

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8 h. ago Justin Bieber Scotland: Global star shares sunset snaps with Edinburgh beer on Scots high street

The world-famous singer has been staying at Gleneagles Hotel during a trip to Scotland.

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9 h. ago Decomposing bodies left inside funeral home for 10 YEARS as families wait for DNA tests

Police discovered 24 decaying bodies inside The Davis Mortuary, the majority of which they believe died between 2010 and 2012. Just six remains have been identified so far

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9 h. ago ‘Baltimore has the worst PR of any city in America’: a culture critic on his hometown, race, police and art

Lawrence Burney’s new book, No Sense in Wishing, comes at a time when the US is facing a crackdown on cities, art, culture and educationLawrence Burney’s latest, No Sense in Wishing, is a book in which the famous phenom and dark horse share equal weight on the page. It’s also a love letter to Baltimore – to its artists, its crabs and its streets – and a Bildungsroman that finds its heroes in Lupe Fiasco and Frederick Douglass alike.Burney, a Baltimore native, culture critic, and essayist, guides us through a memoir about the art, whether films or paintings or song lyrics, that have informed his personal and professional trajectory. He writes about growing up amongst artists with Black family traditions rooted in the Chesapeake, his journey through fatherhood at 19, and then to New York, where he helped spearhead Vice’s coverage of lesser known rap and hip-hop artists otherwise left out of mainstream media coverage. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Horror as mum charged with 'killing three kids, 7, 3 and 1, at home'

The bodies of seven-year-old Fares Bash, three-year-old Joury Bash, and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash were discovered in a home in Bristol - now their mother has been charged.

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