24 h. ago Stirling farm returns from Royal Highland Show with hat trick of big wins

The farm's owner has labelled the success as an “important win for Stirlingshire agriculture" after scooping a trio of top prizes in Scotland's premier showcase of the agricultural sector.

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7 d. ago Spot the ball winner scoops £208k Lamborghini and £50k cash prize

A school run turned into a life-changing moment for one Welsh dad as he was surprised with a £208k Lamborghini and a briefcase full of £50k in BOTB’s biggest-ever spot the ball prize.

Economics

8 d. ago Robot bricklayer dubbed 'Bot the Builder' can knock up house on his own in a day

The highly-skilled robotic machine nicknamed 'Bot the Builder' can lay 200 square metres of bricks in 24 hours - about 10 times the amount of human hod-carriers

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1 week ago Stirling volunteer scoops two top prizes after more than 200 hours giving back

Teenager Ellie Hodge picked up two prizes at the Young Scot Awards after her contributions to Active Stirling.

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1 week ago Race Across the World's Sioned reveals what she thinks of contestants after return to Wales

Race Across the World came to an end after the competing teams of two trekked to the final checkpoint in the southernmost tip of India, Kanyakumari, in a bid to scoop a cash prize of £20,000

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2 w. ago Hero Air India plane crash pilot 'saved dozens of people's lives by diverting jet at the last second'

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a pilot with more than 8,200 hours in the cockpit, was at the controls when his Boeing 787 Dreamliner lost thrust seconds after lifting off from Ahmedabad airport

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2 w. ago Sam Burns reveals pal Scottie Scheffler's special trait as he follows in his Major shoes

Scheffler is the World No.1 and collected the big prize last month when scooping the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow

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2 w. ago Beating a path to the Job Centre: brawling former Shadow employment minister Mike Amesbury who sucker

MP Mike Amesbury, 56, was seen looking rather forlorn in Runcorn, Cheshire, as he attempted to find work after completing 200 hours of community service in lieu of jail time for his crime.

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2 w. ago The Chase's Paul Sinha 'hands in notice' as contestants scoop £100k prize pot

Paul was defeated by the two quizzers who won a whopping £100k between them.

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2 w. ago Magazine apologizes for publishing 'distasteful' airplane cartoon after Air India disaster

The legendary magazine posted the cartoon on Thursday, less than eight hours after the Air India crash that killed more than 200 in Gujarat.

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2 w. ago Strathaven pupil scoops top prize in national sport science poster competition

Strathaven Academy pupil Ross Munro was the winner of the national competition consisting of 32 Outreach Hubs across the UK.

Sport

3 w. ago Air India flight to UK crashes in Ahmedabad in India shortly after takeoff – latest updates

At least 242 people were on board the London-bound Air India flight AI171, say policeThe London-bound flight took off from Ahmedabad at about 1.47 pm, slightly delayed from schedule. Officials say it crashed nine minutes after being given clearance for take off.India’s directorate general of civil aviation just gave this statement to Indian media:Captain Sumeet Sabharwal is an LTC with 8,200 hours of experience. The co-pilot had 1100 hours of flying experience.As per ATC, the aircraft departed from Ahmadabad at 1339 IST (0809 UTC) from runway 23. It gave a mayday call to ATC, but thereafter, no response was given by the aircraft to the calls made by ATC. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago FIFA Club World Cup: Supercomputer predicts unlikely winner to scoop £97m prize money

Manchester City, Real Madrid and PSG are among the favourites to claim the newly revamped Club World Cup but one of their fellow European sides has been tipped to land the trophy

Economics

3 w. ago Did anyone win Euromillions £208 million jackpot on Friday night?

A UK player scooping the prize would have made them the country's biggest ever lottery winner

Economics

4 w. ago Writer Bernardine Evaristo receives lifetime accolade for her ‘transformative impact’

The British writer scooped the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award

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4 w. ago Bernardine Evaristo scoops Women’s prize outstanding contribution award

One-off £100,000 prize awarded to Girl, Women, Other writer for entire body of work and ‘dedication to uplifting under-represented voices’Bernardine Evaristo is to receive £100,000 after being announced as the winner of the Women’s prize outstanding contribution award, a one-off prize to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women’s prize for fiction.The author of Girl, Woman, Other and Mr Loverman has been rewarded for her entire body of work, as well as her “transformative impact on literature and her unwavering dedication to uplifting under-represented voices across the cultural landscape”. Continue reading...

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