2 h. ago John Swinney's NHS pledges face backlash as waiting times soar

Record View says new figures on ambulances being stuck on hospital forecourts are a further cause for concern.

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2 h. ago Scotland's benefits system isn't working for those ignored by politicians

Writing in the Daily Record, Save the Children's Head of Scotland Claire Telfer says politicians are too often using social security as a political football.

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10 h. ago ‘They just see you as an Arab’: Israel’s Palestinian citizens given cursory protection from attack

Deaths of four family members sheltering in supposed ‘safe rooms’ in Tamra highlight racial inequality of Israel’s defence of its citizensMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhen an Iranian missile bound for the industrial port of Haifa dropped out of the sky on the town of Tamra on Saturday night, it fell on Israel’s most vulnerable, and in one devastating flash, lit up the country’s deepest divide.The missile demolished a three-storey stone house and killed four members of the same family: Manar Khatib, and her two daughters – Shada, a university student, and Hala, a 13-year-old schoolgirl – as well as Manar’s sister-in-law, Manal. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter fans shocked as they learn of her very famous family member

Sabrina Carpenter's fans were shocked to discover the Espresso singer, 26, has a very famous voice actor as an aunt

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12 h. ago Voices: What’s happening between Iran and Israel is a direct result of Trump’s carelessness

Far from being a legendary peacemaker, the US president’s actions in both terms in office have led him to fuel chaos throughout the Middle East, writes Michael Day

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18 h. ago Policymakers who think AI can help rescue flagging UK economy should take heed | Heather Stewart

Healthy scepticism is needed because flaw is that large language models remain prone to casually making things upFrom helping consultants diagnose cancer, to aiding teachers in drawing up lesson plans – and flooding social media with derivative slop – generative artificial intelligence is being adopted across the economy at breakneck speed.Yet a growing number of voices are starting to question how much of an asset the technology can be to the UK’s sluggish economy. Not least because there is no escaping a persistent flaw: large language models (LLMs) remain prone to casually making things up. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Starmer focused on grooming victims not ‘grandstanding’, says Reeves

The Chancellor said that Sir Keir has been looking at ‘actually doing the practical things to ensure that something like this never happens again’.

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21 h. ago Voices: I’m a Met Police whistleblower – and these are the horror stories I’ve heard

It's not the life-and-death situations that make 'blue-light' work intolerable, it's the rogue employees who the forces won't sack, says former 999 call handler turned police conduct campaigner Issy Vine

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21 h. ago Subtle signs of heart disease you should never ignore including stomach pain

Cardiovascular disease is responsible for a quarter of all deaths in the UK, claiming around 170,000 lives each year- that is 480 every day. But many of these could be prevented if the signs were picked up early enough

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26 h. ago Anas Sarwar pledges to back local businesses as First Minister as bus firm set to leave Scotland

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Labour leader will join mayors of some of the UK's biggest cities to try and create a contracts pipeline for domestic firms.

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28 h. ago Poor ticket sales, player welfare concerns and trouble in the United States... but here's why the Club World Cup DOES matter

JACK GAUGHAN IN MIAMI: Steadily, the dissenting voices became quieter as the gala in America drew nearer.

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32 h. ago Rachel Reeves to announce £8BILLION over ten years to fix crumbling flood defences

Rachel Reeves (left) is set to announce nearly £8 billion for flood defences in a ten-year infrastructure pledge.

Economics

37 h. ago Cloughie’s notes, Hillman Imps and Bela Lugosi: my glorious trove of old Forest programmes

Dusting off a pile of matchday gems from the City Ground spanning 50 years reveals a rich seam of cultural and sporting delightsWhat to do with the pile of vintage Nottingham Forest programmes that came into my possession several years ago? At first, standard protocol was observed for uncategorised piles of paper. The 21 City Ground programmes, spanning 50 years from September 1963 to November 2012, were packed away in a dark cupboard, ignored and unread. But finally taking the time to study them has paid dividends: a rich seam of history leaps off the pages in clear, elegant black-and-white type.Forest’s presence in the top-flight’s upper echelons evoked the club’s halcyon days and plenty has been written about the Brian Clough-Peter Taylor era. Less attention has focused on Clough’s often entertaining programme notes during his 18-year tenure – while the editions outside Clough’s time are a fascinating way of charting Forest’s trajectory, as well as how profoundly football and wid...

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38 h. ago Callum McGregor took fears over yobs directly to Celtic board as SFA chief makes weighty plea to players

The SFA chief admits his voice or Neil Doncaster's won't cut through but Premiership stars sharing their fears holds more power

Sport

38 h. ago Ibiza snake plague has tourists 'too scared to swim' as 6ft beasts seen in sea

Horrified tourists have pledged to cancel their holidays in Ibiza after huge snakes were seen swimming in the water following sweltering 30C temperatures

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41 h. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves has bet all our money on Wes Streeting saving the NHS

With the cost of living and immigration being too severely impacted by outside factors, backing the NHS was the right choice – and delivering results on health is Labour’s best chance of winning the next election, writes John Rentoul

Economics

43 h. ago From Gaza to Ukraine to Iran, Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ promise collapses

A president who vowed to end global conflicts has instead presided over their escalation – his agenda is in disarrayIn his inaugural address this January, Donald Trump declared that his proudest legacy would be that of “a peacemaker and unifier”, pledging that US power would “stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable”.Five months later, his second presidency is witnessing the spectacular unraveling of that lofty aspiration. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Voices: A burqa ban won’t protect or unite Britain – it will divide us

When politicians stir up fear around the burqa or the veil, they are not defending public safety – they are inflaming prejudice for political gain, writes Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE

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45 h. ago Voices: If the BBC licence fee is scrapped, Doctor Who should disappear behind a paywall

Radical new plans to overhaul BBC funding could link the price of your house with how much you pay for your TV licence. I’ve got an even better idea, says Clair Woodward

Events

46 h. ago ‘Where are the foreigners’: does a facile explanation lie behind Ballymena’s outbreak of hate?

Northern Ireland faces stark questions over the racism, xenophobia and intolerance that has forced families from abroad to fleeFirst came the shouts as the crowd worked its way through narrow terraced streets, proclaiming its mission to rid the town of “scum”. Then came the shattered glass as rocks exploded through windows. Then the flames, licking up curtains and spreading to sofas, carpets, books and framed pictures until smoke billowed into the summer night.They might have been scenes from another century, another country, but they played out in Northern Ireland this week in the glare of rolling news and social media, which recorded a soundtrack of glee and hate. “Where are the foreigners?” the mob shouted. Continue reading...

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