7 h. ago Troubled care home barred from having new residents but some people want to stay

There are 'significant' concerns over safety

Events

15 h. ago Touch grass: How Gen Z stopped going outside and why it matters

As a new study reveals that most British young people stay indoors for days at a time, it starts to make sense of why we’re witnessing the mass decline of mental health – and the continuing rise of the age of rage, writes Helen Coffey

Politics

34 h. ago Coatbridge MP Frank McNally hails work of Cliftonville & Coatdyke Community Group

Group runs a wide variety of programmes, from bowling to tai-chi and yoga, offering opportunities for people of all ages to stay active, connect socially and support their health.

Politics

7 d. ago The Newsreader review – if this powerful Aussie drama were a US show, it’d be a smash hit

This 80s-set Australian show about rival newscasters is the best kind of period drama. It’s soapy, highly dramatic and wonderfully campThe Newsreader is the best kind of period piece in that it makes you reflect not only on the past but on the present. The first two seasons of this Australian drama about rival newscasters managed to cram in some of the biggest events of the 80s: the Challenger disaster; the Aids crisis; rumours of the end of Charles and Diana’s marriage.As well as seeing the impact those stories had on the world, the series hinged on some perennial themes, too – women being sidelined in the workplace; homophobia; mental illness; and what drives people to stay in their jobs even when everything around them is dripping with toxicity. To watch The Newsreader in an age of boundaries and therapy-speak is to feel at once privileged not to be working in broadcast television in the 1980s, and acutely aware that many of the problems still persist today. As unsettling as it i...

Events

8 d. ago Iconic Scottish hotel welcomes young cancer patients for meaningful residential stay

Crieff Hydro Hotel was recently honoured to support young people affected by cancer through hosting an annual residential stay, organised by the Teenage Cancer Trust and funded by the NHS Lothian Charity.

Science

8 d. ago Nepal army tries to restore order on streets after protesters attack political leaders

Soldiers are ordering people to stay home in an attempt to restore order after protesters stormed and set fire to government buildings and attacked politicians

Politics

8 d. ago Army tries to restore order in Nepal after protest violence intensifies

Armed soldiers are guarding the streets of Nepal’s capital and ordering people to stay home in an attempt to restore order after protesters stormed and set fire to government buildings and attacked politicians

Events

9 d. ago The Guardian view on political chaos in France: time for Emmanuel Macron to face reality and compromise with the left | Editorial

The French president has seen four prime ministers come and go in three years. The rancorous stasis of his second term is a gift to Marine Le PenIn the lead-up to the vote that ejected him from office this week after a mere nine months, the centre-right French prime minister, François Bayrou, appeared stoically reconciled to his fate. “There are worse disasters in life than the fall of a government,” Mr Bayrou observed on national radio, implicitly acknowledging his failure to win backing for a swingeing austerity strategy. On Monday, MPs duly used a debate called by the prime minister himself to oust him.And so another one bites the dust. The entrance to Matignon, France’s baroque prime ministerial residence, has become a revolving door during Emmanuel Macron’s benighted second term. Lacking a majority in a divided and deadlocked parliament, the president has gone through four premiers in a little over three years. Following the departure of the latest, he announced ...

Politics

9 d. ago Falkirk project helps 50 people leave hospital and avoid moving to care home

Funding swapped from the NHS to social care is already proving its worth as people are supported to stay at home

Politics

1 week ago Labour set to close all asylum seeker hotels in bid to appear tougher on immigration with migrants to be moved to military barracks

The Labour Government is set to close down migrant hotels and house residents in former military barracks in a fresh bid to take control of the small boats crisis. 

Events

2 w. ago Scots hotel used to film scenes for The Wicker Man to be turned into flats

The proposals for The Ellangowan Hotel, which acted as the Green Man pub in the film, also include a residents' lounge and a wine bar.

Culture

2 w. ago 'Illegal migrants have more rights than the people of Essex': Fury grows after judge rules asylum seekers can stay at Epping migrant hotel

The Home Office and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, today successfully overturned a High Court ruling ordering them to remove all 138 residents.

Events

3 w. ago The Mary Wallopers Glasgow: Everything you need to know about tickets for Irish band's Barrowland residency

The Mary Wallopers will play five nights at their “favourite venue” the Barrowland Ballroom in December.

Culture

3 w. ago Nonalcoholic beer and mocktails can help people stay sober or drink less, but are not for everyone

Nonalcoholic beverages are taking off

Politics

3 w. ago Huge fire breaks out near Welsh resort town as urgent warning issued

The fire service has urged people to stay away from the area as they battle the blaze

Events

3 w. ago The LA chefs and shops delivering food to immigrants scared to go out: ‘I know how to feed people’

After Ice’s infiltration of LA, the community is rallying to provide essentials for survival for those forced to stay homeWhen Danielle Duran Zecca saw military-style immigration raids and people being snatched off the streets and put into unmarked vehicles in her native Los Angeles earlier this summer, she was in disbelief.“It just felt unreal like this wasn’t a world that we could be living in right now,” said Duran Zecca, a James Beard Award nominated chef and co-owner of Amiga Amore in Highland Park, a historically Latino neighborhood in north-east LA. “I didn’t know what to do, but I knew how to feed people and love on people because that is exactly how I was brought up in my family.” Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago People told to stay away from river after dead fish discovered

Distressed and dead fish were spotted

Events

4 w. ago People working past State Pension age this year due wages boost from employer

Simple way older people planning to stay in work after reaching State Pension age can boost wages

Economics