55 m. ago Horrifying moment grandmother is found dead with her head in the mouth of a 23ft python after worried son went looking for her

Footage shows neighbours of missing Wa Siti, 55, holding their torches and machetes as they grappled with the snake in the tall grass of South East Sulawesi in Indonesia

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87 m. ago Pope Francis ‘was always on the side of the poor’, says Swinney

The First Minister expressed his sadness following Pope Francis’ death.

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2 h. ago 'A voice for peace': The tributes to Pope Francis after his death

John Swinney and Keir Starmer have led tributes to Pope Francis after the pontiff’s death at the age of 88.

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3 h. ago Reform surge in local elections could hand Lib Dems seats and hammer Tories who have the 'most to lose', polling guru says

Professor John Curtice said Nigel Farage's party might not be the 'big winners' from the contests on May 1 despite high levels of support.

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4 h. ago Max Verstappen says he's being gagged by FIA as F1 star refuses to answer questions

The FIA press conference after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen say little of note about his penalty during the race, worried he could get in trouble with the F1 governing body

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4 h. ago John Swinney says he feels 'deep sadness' at Pope Francis' death

The First Minister said the late pontiff had been "a voice for peace, tolerance and reconciliation in our society."

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9 h. ago Scots must act now to protect our democracy and shared values from the rise of the far right

Writing in his new regular column for the Daily Record, First Minister John Swinney says it's time for political parties and civic groups to reaffirm to the public that more unites us than divides us.

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13 h. ago Nigel Farage claims Labour's 'lunacy' Net Zero policies are the new Brexit

Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband squared off over Net Zero yesterday, with the Reform leader predicting the issue could become the 'new Brexit '.

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21 h. ago Reform would be biggest party in hung parliament if election held today, new poll says

More in Common director Luke Tryl said the survey shows that “British politics has fragmented to an unprecedented level”.

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22 h. ago Police Scotland doing 'excellent job' tackling gang war, says Swinney

John Swinney backs cops as gang war rages on streets of Scotland.

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24 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would win a General Election held now, poll shows

The More in Common polling of over 16,000 voters suggests Labour could lose 246 MPs, including 10 Cabinet ministers, with major losses in the so-called red wall

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24 h. ago Ruth Langsford 'fears' for Eamonn Holmes as host continues to struggle with his health

Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes ended their 14-year marriage last year, but have remained in each other's lives due to their son Jack - and Ruth is said to be worried about her ex's health

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24 h. ago Swinney warns against ‘simple solutions’ offered by Reform UK

The Scottish First Minister said Nigel Farage’s party was contributing to the undermining of ‘some of the central values of our society’.

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24 h. ago John Swinney refuses to issue apology to women after Supreme Court verdict

John Swinney says he has ‘no regrets’ over his support for gender self-ID.

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25 h. ago Reform UK candidate backed means testing winter fuel payments despite Nigel Farage calling move ‘vindictive’

Sarah Pochin said winter fuel payments should go to those who need it and not those who don’t

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26 h. ago This Morning bosses' ‘worries’ over Cat Deeley silenced as she makes one ‘clever’ change

Cat Deeley was given the job of replacing Holly Willoughby as the host of This Morning, but the ITV show's bosses were initially worried that she was "too perfect" for the role

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28 h. ago Rise of 'Marmite' Nigel Farage is 'good news' for John Swinney ahead of election

Professor John Curtice said the SNP "don't really have to worry" about losing supporters to Nigel Farage - unlike Scottish Labour and the Conservatives.

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28 h. ago Why Reform winning big in the local elections could backfire for Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage needs to win big in the local elections and Runcorn by-election on 1 May to prove it is a potential party of government. But The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains why victory could ultimately be Farage’s undoing

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29 h. ago The May elections are a perfect opportunity for Nigel Farage to peddle his politics of grievance | Andrew Rawnlsey

An unpopular government and floundering official opposition creates fertile territory for ReformFor his next trick, perhaps Comrade Farage will belt out all the verses of The Red Flag and tell us that his favourite book is The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists. Brother Nigel has popped up on the government’s left flank by demanding the immediate nationalisation of the steel industry. He’s also expressed a solidarity with trades unionists hitherto undetected in this longtime admirer of Margaret Thatcher.At an event at a working men’s club in one of the more deprived wards of County Durham, the old fraud even claimed to have a personal affinity with steelworkers because he used to be in the “metals business” himself. This was a disingenuous reference to his time as a trader at the London Metal Exchange, which involved long lunches in the City fuelled with copious quantities of port. Or maybe he was thinking of his gig as a paid “brand ambassador” for a firm that deals in gold bullion. ...

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36 h. ago I'm increasingly worried about the number of children given ADHD drugs that make them feel sad and even stunt their growth

The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has surged, with diagnoses for boys doubling since 2000, and tripling for girls over the same period.

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