9 d. ago Offshore floating wind farms to power millions of homes, minister says

Jo Stevens has said plans for floating offshore wind farms in Wales and the South West will create 5,300 jobs and power four million homes.

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1 week ago Police arrest man, 20, after teenage girl dies in crash with HGV near Bathgate

A 20-year-old man has been arrested after a teenage girl was killed in a crash in West Lothian.

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1 week ago ‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

Ferocity of Israeli strikes has taken many by surprise, with people rushing to buy petrol and food amid the bombs Middle East crisis – live updatesIt was just past 4pm when Nahid’s* windows began to shake. An Israeli bomb hit a building nearby – she could not see where – and soon her house began to fill up with smoke. It was the third day of Israeli bombing of Iran and the situation in Tehran was just getting worse.“This is a massacre. The blasts haven’t stopped. Children are crying and we fear many civilians have been killed. There’s a smell of death in the air. I can’t stop crying,” Nahid*, a 25-year-old finance analyst at an e-commerce company in Tehran, told the Guardian via text. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Residents of tiny Dumfries and Galloway village fear 'catastrophic' impact of children's care home

CareTec are aiming to turn a home in Milton near Crocketford into a children’s residential care home.

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3 w. ago Matalan urgently recalls children's swimwear due to fear of 'strangulation'

The retailer has warned that three items from its boy's swimwear range don't meet product safety regulations.

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3 w. ago Plans unveiled for renewable energy development between Gretna and Eastriggs

West Scales Wind Farm could feature as many as four turbines up to 230 metres tall.

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3 w. ago Gemma Atkinson admits 'fear' around children growing up because of career choices

The Hit Radio host and Strictly star Gorka Marquez, who met during Strictly Come Dancing's 2017 series, share two children

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3 w. ago Wind can't stop West Lothian teenager as she puts fear aside and Children First with 100ft drop

Jessica Wallace raised over £740 for the charity that helped her family

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