75 m. ago ‘There’s a basic decency among British people’: Hope Not Hate’s Nick Lowles on how to defeat the far right

Lowles has spent his entire adult life organising against fascism, facing countless threats as a result. He discusses the street confrontations of the 80s, foiling a murder plot, Nazi satanists – and the urgent need for optimism and actionIn 1979, a 10-year-old Nick Lowles saw a hard-right party political broadcast. Born in Hounslow in London, he had moved to Shrewsbury when he was seven: “A very white town. There was a British Movement march soon after we moved up there.” Theirs was a “small-P political household”. His dad was a social worker, his mum worked for various charities. “She was from Mauritius, and now on the telly, the National Front were saying they were going to send people who weren’t born in Britain home in six months. I was petrified that my mum was going to get sent home.” The ambient racism of 70s and 80s Britain permeated everything. “I just remember being scared,” Lowles says. “We used to go on holiday and I tan really easily. I was frightened of coming back to...

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77 m. ago Number of Scots children living in temporary accommodation remains over 10,000

The SNP Government has been dogged by criticism over its record on homelessness.

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer addresses the nation and declares 'today I make good on that promise'

The Hillsborough Law will create a legal duty of candour for all public officials, such as police officers, with criminal penalties for lying or withholding information

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1 hour ago Asda shoppers say Taylor Swift fans would 'love' new £8 'comfy and stylish' range

Swifties are planning whole-room makeovers to fit this collection into their homes

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1 hour ago Contemporary Ritual Theatre makes Scotland debut with visceral folk tragedy

Pioneering Great Yarmouth theatre company, Contemporary Ritual Theatre (CRT) makes its Scotland debut as it presents SALT, a new form of “ritual theatre” by Beau Hopkins, devised to unite and transform audiences. Following a sell-out tour of East Anglia and London in 2024, SALT returns for a UK-wide tour with ten dates along Scotland’s coastal regions funded by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

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1 hour ago Starmer to chair cabinet meeting as tensions grow after resignation of top aide — UK politics live

Labour MPs talking openly about replacing PM as poll suggests just 26% of Labour members have favourable view of him as party leaderPeople on the new full state pension are set for a rise of over £500 a year from next April following the latest official earnings data, PA Media reports. PA says:Under the triple lock guarantee, the state pension increases every April in line with whichever is the highest of total earnings growth in the year from May to July of the previous year, CPI (Consumer Prices Index) inflation in September of the previous year, or 2.5%.The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed a rise in total wage growth including bonuses to 4.7% in the quarter to July, up from 4.6% in the three months to June. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The Bengals think they’re playing fantasy football, and Joe Burrow keeps paying the price

Cincinnati have dazzled with their weapons but failed at the one job that matters most: protecting their franchise quarterback It sounds obvious, you don’t build an actual NFL roster like it’s a fantasy football team. It’s not enough to pack your squad with flashy weapons and hope you dazzle your way to the Super Bowl. You have to focus on more and different dimensions – roster depth, how players fit into coaching schemes, how they work together, and how even the “unsexy” positions are addressed at a high level.And yet that is generally not how the Cincinnati Bengals have built their teams over the years. And once again, they’re paying for it in the worst possible way – with an injury to their star quarterback, Joe Burrow, that will severely affect their season. In the Bengals’ 31-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Burrow suffered a turf toe injury as he was being sacked by defensive lineman Arik Armstead; it’s estimated that Burrow will be out at least three months. It...

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas, 65, looks '20 years younger' as she 'sets record straight' on 'facelift'

She's spoken out after a 'rude comment' about he appearance on social media

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2 h. ago Labour's jobs squeeze continues after Reeves tax raid with number of employees and vacancies down but staffing of central government and NHS hits new record high

Official figures showed the labour market 'cooling' as firms warn Rachel Reeves against mounting another tax raid at the Budget.

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2 h. ago Four atrocities in horror UN report 'confirms Israel committing genocide' in Gaza

A United Nations commission of inquiry has revealed Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza defined under international law

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3 h. ago Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza

A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

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3 h. ago Government payroll surges to record 4.04 million on NHS and civil service hiring spree

But state pensioners can look forward to £560 pay rise next April as wage growth stays above inflation

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3 h. ago Third of adults ‘have thrown away new clothes in the last year’

The finding comes as the National Lottery funds a network of repair cafes.

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3 h. ago Woman 'puts men to shame' with stunning new eating record in Benidorm

Leah Shutkever's victory came at Uncle Ron's café in the tourist destination as she "put men to shame" by devouring a 40-item full English breakfast in less than seven minutes.

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3 h. ago Wage growth falls to lowest since 2022 as jobs market continues to falter

The Office for National Statistics said regular wage growth, excluding bonuses, dropped to 4.8% in the three months to July.

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3 h. ago Woman flies to Benidorm to 'put men to shame' – and does so in under 7 minutes

Leah Shutkever, 35, was fed up of seeing men 'letting the nation down' in a mammoth eating challenge so she flew to Benidorm to tackle it herself – and won

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5 h. ago For some minority Britons the ‘unite the kingdom’ rally shows far

Westminster’s hardening attitudes to immigration are leading anti-racist campaigners to warn a far-right UK government no longer seems unthinkable“I remember my father marching against the National Front in the 1970s. It felt like it was a minority. The majority of people are still decent. But now, the far right seems legitimised and popular,” Dabinderjit Singh, a retired senior civil servant said.Singh was reacting to Tommy Robinson’s 13 September far-right “unite the kingdom” rally, which drew 110,000 people to London. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Donald Trump says he is bringing $15bn lawsuit against New York Times

US president says he is bringing defamation and libel action in Florida against the newspaper, accusing it of being a ‘virtual mouthpiece’ for DemocratsDonald Trump says he has brought a $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times, alleging defamation and libel.In a social media post late on Monday, the US president accused the newspaper of a “decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago SNP failing to tackle rise in youth violence across Scotland, warns Anas Sarwar

The Record has led the way in calling for efforts to tackle the epidemic of youth violence with our long-running Our Kids... Our Future campaign

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6 h. ago Scots superbike ace 'fighting chest infection in coma' a week after horror crash

Callum Grigor was left in a "serious" condition after a terrifying collision at Donington Park during the Pirelli National Superstock Championship race on Saturday, September 6.

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