2 h. ago One in ten working age Scots have never carried out a day's work in their lives, new stats reveal

A total of 314,200 people in Scotland aged 16-64 have never worked in their life, data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed. This is more than nine per cent of working age adults.

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53 h. ago Tina Turner's son Ike Turner Jr dies aged 67 one day after his birthday

Ike Turner Jr's death was announced by his cousin Jacqueline Bullock, with it coming just one day after his 67th birthday and a long health battle

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65 h. ago Tina Turner's son Ike Jr. dies one day after his 67th birthday

Ike Turner Jr., the son of legendary performers Tina Turner and Ike Turner, has died at the age of 67 at a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday.

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66 h. ago Tina Turner's son Ike Turner Jr dead at 67 after battling multiple health issues

The music icon's adopted son died at a hospital in Los Angeles with the news was confirmed by Tina’s niece, Jacqueline Bullock.

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66 h. ago Ike Turner Jr dead: Tina Turner's son dies aged 67 after battling multiple health issues

Tina Turner's son, Ike Jr, has died at the age of 67 after a string of debilitating health conditions her niece, Jacqueline Bullock, has shared in a sad family announcement

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4 d. ago Blue Peter legend Tim Vincent 'hasn't aged a day' as he poses with twin sons

Tim Vincent was a staple on our screens in the 90s, but has since swapped his presenting career for a life in the US – and he seems to have the secret to eternal youth

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5 d. ago Trump threatens mass layoffs and cuts to Democrat projects as government shutdown stalemate continues: Live updates

Trump said he was meeting with White House budget director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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5 d. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump threatens to cut Democrats’ ‘favorite projects’ amid impending mass layoffs

Trump said he would meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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5 d. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump ready to cut thousands of jobs in ‘Democrat agencies’ as parties refuse to budge

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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5 d. ago Government shutdown live updates: Trump calls to clear ‘dead wood’ in government as he determines which agencies to cut

Trump is set to meet with OMB Director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

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6 d. ago ‘So disrespectful’: Tina Turner fans slam statue unveiled in late star's hometown

The 10-foot bronze sculpture was revealed during the annual Tina Turner Heritage Days festival in Brownsville

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7 d. ago Tina Turner fans furious over wildly unflattering statue: 'Simply the worst'

The music icon - who passed away aged 83 in May 2023 - was the subject of a newly erected statue in her hometown of Brownsville, Tennessee which has left many furious.

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7 d. ago Tina Turner statue honouring late singer goes viral as fans label it ‘a travesty’

A statue of Tina Turner honouring the late singer in her hometown has gone viral as outraged fans label it a ‘travesty’ and ‘a hate crime’.

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8 d. ago Architect Sir Terry Farrell who designed MI6 headquarters and station Brits walk past every day dies aged 87

The designer was the brains behind the foreign intelligence service's unique base (pictured), which opened in 1994, on the south bank of the River Thames.

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8 d. ago Architect Sir Terry Farrell who designed MI6 headquarters and massive Tube station Brits walk past every day dies aged 87

The designer was the brains behind the foreign intelligence service's unique base (pictured), which opened in 1994, on the south bank of the River Thames.

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1 week ago Officials place Des Moines schools leader on leave after his arrest by immigration agents

Officials have put the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on administrative leave a day after federal immigration agents arrested him because they said he was in the country illegally

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1 week ago Viktor Orbán faces toughest challenge in years – but can Hungary’s strongman be unseated?

Orbánism offered Trump and the international populist right a blueprint, but its leader is under pressure at home from economic woes, falling support and Péter Magyar’s rise• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBubble tea and all-day brunch, those reliable cultural signifiers for the social media age, seem as much in evidence in Budapest these days as old-school belle époque coffee houses and tourists queueing for Danube cruises. There’s something else new in the EU’s only one-party state: politics has returned.For 15 years, Viktor Orbán’s electoral victories have been a foregone conclusion. But a credible political challenger to Orbán has appeared. Péter Magyar is no messiah: in fact, he is a defector from the ruling Fidesz party. But polls show Magyar and his new-ish pro-western Tisza movement are on course to defeat Orbán in April elections. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Martin Lewis' verdict on whether you should leave heating on low all day

With lower temperatures on the way the age-old debate of whether to leave the heating on all day has resurfaced - and Martin Lewis has the answer

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2 w. ago As enrollment falls, districts mull which schools to close. The decisions have big impacts for kids

Districts nationwide are weighing how many public schools they can keep open as enrollment drops due to shrinking budgets, the falling national birthrate and a growing school choice movement

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2 w. ago I spent a day with the agent the CIA tried to silence. This is the brutal training he put me through, the truth he taught me about modern spying

I spy the target through a ground-floor window. He's exactly as intelligence suggested: in his 40s, male, 6ft. Two minutes to execution. Two minutes to the encounter with my target.

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