3 h. ago Two men charged after armed police attend 'disturbance' at Scots tower block

Firearms officers attended high-rise flats in East Kilbride at around 1.20pm on Sunday.

Events

3 d. ago Violent offender battered his neighbour at Motherwell tower block

John Liptrot claimed he lashed out after the victim pestered him for his Wi-Fi password.

Politics

4 d. ago High hemlines and power shoulders: Stella McCartney goes full

British designer’s fashion week show Laptop to Lapdance attracts stars such as Kate Moss and Cameron DiazOn the second day of Paris fashion week, Stella McCartney took Kate Moss, Cameron Diaz and Brigitte Macron to the fourth floor of a tower block, where she turned an imaginary office space into a full-on 80s glamour assault.Hemlines were high, but the thigh-tracing boots peeking out from under suits were somehow higher. Pole dancers spun in crystal leotards by photocopiers, and through lace tights we even got a bare bottom. “I wanted to bring the sexy back,” said McCartney backstage. “It’s all legal!” Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Three teenagers charged with attempted murder after armed police attend property

Gwent Police confirmed that arrests have been made as part of their inquiries into an assault that happened in Newport during the early hours of Saturday morning, March 1

Events

8 d. ago ‘It’s packed with dealers. Look around you’: life amid the cocaine cartels of the French Riviera

Nice may be at the heart of France’s upmarket Mediterranean coast, but violent drug gangs making €1.5m a month are colonising part of itThe sight of the gun tucked into the man’s trousers told us it was time to go. We had been in one of France’s most notorious estates for several hours, trying to understand life on the frontline of the country’s spiralling drug war.Seeing three people he did not know and a camera, he decided enough was enough. “You, where do you live?” he said, rushing towards us from the foot of a tower block where he had parked his scooter. “Don’t talk back to me, I’ll break your head in. Get out of here.” Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago The pretty street of colourful properties replaced with a humdrum

The development of Guildford Crescent is close to completion, but the row of colourful properties that once stood there was controversially demolished without planning permission

Politics

2 w. ago The pretty and historic street of colourful properties replaced with a humdrum

The development of Guildford Crescent is close to completion, but the row of colourful properties that once stood there was controversially demolished without planning permission

Culture