2 h. ago Very best of community spirit on show at 2025 North Lanarkshire Provost Awards

Held at Dalziel Park on Friday, September 12, the awards brought together nominees, families, and community representatives for a special afternoon of celebration.

Events

4 d. ago North Korea executes citizens who distribute foreign TV shows, UN finds

Human rights report highlights crackdown on personal freedoms in most restrictive country in worldNorth Korea has executed people for distributing foreign television shows, including popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a UN human rights report said on Friday.Surveillance has grown more pervasive since 2014 with the help of new technologies, while punishments have become harsher – including the introduction of the death penalty for offences such as sharing foreign TV dramas, the report said. Continue reading...

Culture

5 d. ago Jaedyn Shaw moves to Gotham FC from North Carolina Courage in record $1.25m deal

Fee is the largest ever for an intra-league moveUS international just moved to North Carolina in JanuaryA record fee has been paid for a transfer between two NWSL clubs, after Gotham FC completed the signing of the United States midfielder Jaedyn Shaw from North Carolina Courage for $1.25m.The move is the sixth in the women’s game to surpass $1m US so far this year, with Naomi Girma’s move to Chelsea in January being the first to do so. Shaw’s move is not quite an NWSL record, falling just short of Orlando Pride’s $1.5m acquisition of Lizbeth Jacqueline Ovalle from the Mexican club Tigres in August, but it is a record for an intraleague player move in NWSL, and thus immediately becomes one of the most significant transfers in the sport’s history. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago Lewis Capaldi Aberdeen: What you need to know including gig times, support act, tickets, setlist and more

If you’re seeing Lewis Capaldi in Aberdeen, here is everything you need to know Before You Go - including his support act, event timings, setlist and more.

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6 d. ago Suspect in stabbing of Ukrainian woman in North Carolina charged with federal crime

Charge for Decarlos B Jr, accused of killing Iryna Zarutska in apparent random attack on train, could carry death penaltyThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty.The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago When maps go wrong: from the Great North Run to a phantom Aldi

Erroneously putting a map of Sunderland on the finisher medal of the Great North Run is just the latest case in a long line of cartological mishaps• Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show SunderlandAs the organisers of the Great North Run apologise for using a map of Sunderland, rather than Newcastle, on this year’s finisher medals, it is just one in a long line of map mistakes.Other blunders have included phantom supermarkets, dangerously misleading mountaineering routes, and geopolitical blunders. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Great North Run apologises over ‘Newcastle map’ medals that actually show Sunderland

Finisher T-shirts also feature outline of River Wear, as organisers spin medals as ‘most unique’ in event’s historyThe organisers of the Great North Run have apologised after finisher T-shirts and medals were printed with a map of rival north-east city Sunderland instead of Newcastle.About 600,000 took part in the half marathon on Sunday, running 13.1 miles from the centre of Newcastle, across the River Tyne, and through Gateshead, finishing by the coast in South Shields. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Great North Run 2025: Tommy Fury leads celebrities taking part as he ignores 'DNF' fume

Tommy Fury, Jake Quickenden and Sara Davies were among the celebrities to join the masses of over 60,000 participants taking part in this year's iconic AJ Bell Great North Run

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9 d. ago Great North Run 2025 results, schedule, times and how to watch half marathon on TV

Everything you need to know as 60,000 runners take to the streets for the world’s biggest half marathon on Sunday

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1 week ago Great North Run 2025: Eilish McColgan hoping to emulate mum in iconic race

Eilish McColgan will be aiming to make it third time lucky when she takes to the streets for the 2025 Great North Run

Politics

1 week ago Great North Run 2025: Sir Brendan Foster on 'best moment' in race's history

Great North Run founder Brendan Foster spoke at today's press call for the biggest half marathon in the world. There are 60,000 entries, plus 20,000 in the GNR festival over the weekend

Politics

1 week ago When is North England vs South England? New date, confirmed players, tickets and more

Premier League stars from the “recent past” to take part in North vs South showdown - possibly

Sport

1 week ago Is Britain really the new North Korea? Let us consider the evidence | Martin Kettle

Yes, there were some serious problems for Labour this week, but overblown claims in the press undermine what remains of our political debateSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreTell me, fellow Brits, how are you getting used to our island version of North Korea? How are you coping with life, now that we are a global pariah alongside Pyongyang? How do you feel about modern Britain having to vie with North Korea, Myanmar and Afghanistan for the wooden spoon on every international index of oppression?For that is the country Wednesday’s Daily Mail front page insists we have now become. It is tempting to laugh off a headline that asks “When did Britain become North Korea?” as just another here-today-gone-tomorrow piece of journalistic hyperbole. That’s even more the case when you read the cobbled-up pandemonium of provocations that form the contents of the hea...

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1 week ago Springholm basks in sunshine as village comes together for Springholm Show

The event, which followed the popular gala and race night earlier in the summer, proved to be a day of colour, music, laughter, and community spirit.

Politics

2 w. ago First sponsors event at Wishaw Golf Club is an incredible day of community spirit

The inaugural tournament drew together 23 teams for a Texas Scramble

Politics

2 w. ago Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch to say

Conservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’The Conservative party will aim to “maximise extraction” of oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins power, Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce.Badenoch will use a speech in Aberdeen in the coming days to set out her plans to extract as much oil and gas as possible instead of shifting away from fossil fuels, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Heatwaves, wildfires and the hot summers that could change how we holiday

With rising temperatures causing chaos worldwide, what does it mean to be a tourist in a world on fire?• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in full“Where shall we go on holiday?” would not, ideally, be a stressful question.But the world in 2025 is far from ideal, and summer breaks in Europe and North America are no exception. Holiday hotspots are being ravaged by heat, fire, floods and drought as fossil fuel pollution warps the climate – and travelling to reach them in planes or on cruise ships spews far more planet-heating gas than anything else you and I are likely to do. (Rocket enthusiasts such as Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos, I assume, have not yet subscribed to Down to Earth.)‘We cannot do it the way our fathers did’: farmers across Europe struggle to adapt to the climate crisis‘Unlike any other kind of fear’: wildfires leave their mark across SpainEurope scorched by wildfires – pictures from space Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Handshakes and hope but little progress: a short history of Trump

US president is keen for a fourth meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but has little to show from the previous three encountersDonald Trump’s unshakeable belief in his ability as a peacemaker has raised the prospect of another attempt to solve one of the world’s most implacable crises: North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear weapons.During an occasionally fractious meeting with Lee Jae Myung in the White House on Monday, Trump did at least agree with South Korea’s liberal president on the need to engage with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago North Korea accuses South Korea of ‘deliberate provocation’ after warning shots fired at soldiers on border

Seoul says military fired warning shots on Tuesday after troops from the North briefly crossed borderSouth Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the heavily fortified border earlier this week, Seoul said on Saturday, after Pyongyang accused it of a “deliberate provocation” that risks “uncontrollable” tensions.South Korea’s new leader Lee Jae Myung has sought warmer ties with the nuclear-armed North and vowed to build “military trust”, but Pyongyang has said it has no interest in improving relations with Seoul. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mystery ‘debris balls’ return to NSW beaches as residents warned to steer clear

Central Coast Council says residents should not touch the balls and avoid beaches where they wash ashoreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDebris balls have again washed up along the New South Wales coast as officials warn residents not to touch the mysterious spherical globules and to avoid beaches where they appear.Central Coast Council said on Thursday the debris balls – which are grey-coloured and about 10mm to 40mm in size – had been found on beaches including at The Entrance, the Grant McBride baths, Blue Bay, Toowoon Bay, North Shelly, Shelly and Blue Lagoon. Continue reading...

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