6 h. ago TOM LEONARD: Family man and champion of free speech whose assassination has left the US facing dark and dangerous times

Espousing a fiery - and usually provocative - brand of conservatism, Charlie Kirk took the battle for converts to the place where he felt his opponents were most deeply entrenched.

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6 d. ago Ingredient red flags: how to spot the chemicals to avoid in food, kitchenware and cosmetics

Should your makeup be fragrance-free? Is it time to purge your kitchen of plastic? Are all food dyes dangerous? These are the everyday ingredients that could be harming your health‘Far from being a rock or island it turns out that the best metaphor to describe the human body is ‘sponge’. We’re permeable,” write Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie in their book Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things. While the permeability of our cells is key to being alive, it also means we absorb more potentially harmful substances than we realise.Studies have found a number of chemical residues in human breast milk, urine and water systems. Many of them are endocrine disruptors, which can interfere with the body’s natural hormones. “They can mimic, block or otherwise disrupt normal hormone function, leading to adverse health effects,” says Dr Shanna Swan, professor of environmental medicine and reproductive health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. We (often...

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6 d. ago Concern that 'dangerous' redesign of busy East Kilbride junction is delaying emergency response times

Collette Stevenson MSP is calling on the local authority to address road safety concerns and traffic issues at the junction of Eaglesham Road, Greenhills Road and Redwood Drive (B764) which is "putting lives at risk" by slowing down emergency vehicles.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer seeks to get a grip on UK economy with new hires

PM hopes reshuffled team will help navigate perilous autumn Budget and spot political dangers ahead of time

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1 week ago ‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700

Ten years after Angela Merkel declared ‘We can do this’ at the height of the 2015 migration into Europe, Syrian refugee Somar Kreker looks back at his 44-day odysseyThe trip would be tough, Somar Kreker knew, but he was not overly fearful. It was the summer of 2015, and in a small flat in Amman, Jordan, this young Syrian’s only thought was how to turn a long and arduous journey into something more bearable. The engineering student had fled Syria three and a half years earlier after refusing to enlist in the brutal regime’s army. He was now ready to begin a new chapter of his life, starting with a new task: to reunite with his younger sisters, still trapped in Damascus, and lead them to Germany, where their brother was living.“I was never worried or stressed about the trip,” says Somar, just 27 years old at the time. “I never had any thought about danger or failure. My only thoughts were how I could make the trip a happy adventure for me and my sisters. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Joss Stone reveals she was in an abusive relationship as she opens up for the first time about the 'extremely dangerous' time in her life

Joss Stone has revealed she was in an abusive relationship as she opened up about the 'extremely dangerous' time in her life in a new Instagram video on Monday.

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4 w. ago Exact time 'danger to life' thunderstorm warning will end for Scotland

Scots are currently in the middle of a two-day bout of thunderstorms and searing heat.

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