18 h. ago Bargain Hunt star charged after terrorist financing probe – police statement in full

Bargain Hunt star Ogheneochuko 'Ochuko' Ojiri has been charged following a terrorist financing investigation by the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit

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21 h. ago Windfarm firms claim Dumfries and Galloway could miss out on £500 million investment due to national park

The figures are outlined in a new report for Scottish Renewables, which has been slammed by the Galloway National Park Association.

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33 h. ago Iranian terror suspects ‘were targeting Israeli embassy in London’

Five Iranian nationals were among eight men arrested in two separate counter-terrorism investigations on Saturday

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34 h. ago Iranian terror suspects ‘were planning to target Israeli embassy in London’

Five Iranian nationals were among eight men arrested in two separate counter-terrorism investigations on Saturday

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45 h. ago Danish firm shelves huge UK windfarm project over rising costs

Ørsted cancels fourth stage of Hornsea project off Yorkshire coast, which was expected to include 180 giant turbinesOne of the UK’s largest planned offshore windfarms has been cancelled by its developer, the Danish wind power company Ørsted, as a result of higher costs and greater risk.The fourth phase of the huge Hornsea windfarm development, located off the Yorkshire coast, was expected to include 180 giant turbines, capable of generating the equivalent of enough green electricity to power 1m homes. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHSWes Streeting will launch a vocal defence of the party’s tax rises on Tuesday, pledging an extra 8.3m GP appointments to “end the 8am scramble” and telling his opponents that the investment would not be possible without the national insurance rise.The health secretary, who has been the party’s most vocal challenger on Reform, is expected to step up the attacks on opposition parties, which have dubbed the NICs rise for employers a “job tax” and said he would challenge those who had criticised the rise on how they would fund investment in the health service. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves under investigation by standards watchdog over free National Theatre tickets

Rachel Reeves and three of her family members were given tickets to a show, believed to have been Ballet Shoes, on December 27 last year

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7 d. ago Premium Bond results for May 2025 released today with two £1million prizes

Premium Bonds are a savings product run by National Savings & Investment (NS&I) but instead of getting interest on your money, you're entered into a monthly prize draw

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8 d. ago South Africa to review claims past ANC governments impeded apartheid crimes investigations

Cyril Ramaphosa sets up inquiry as victims’ families allege interference from ‘highest levels of government’South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is setting up an inquiry into whether past ANC governments interfered with the investigation and prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, amid criticism from the families of victims.A group of 25 relatives and survivors of apartheid-era deaths and violence sued the government in January, claiming that interference from “the highest levels of government” blocked investigations into cases referred to the National Prosecuting Authority by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Scottish Government dodges defence investment reform despite war in Ukraine

Scottish Labour MP Gregor Poynton’s call for the Scottish National Investment Bank to support Scotland’s defence industry has been stonewalled by the SNP Government, sparking fresh criticism over its lack of support for national and allied security.

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9 d. ago Carney gave a eulogy for Canada’s old relationship with the US. Now he must redefine it

Prime minister pledges to reduce country’s reliance on US trade – but must navigate competing visions for the futureCanada election live – latest updatesIn his victory speech early on Tuesday, Mark Carney wasted little time calling both for a dramatic reshaping of his government’s relationship with the United States, arguing that threats from Donald Trump cast doubt Canada’s ability to function as a “free, sovereign, and ambitious” nation.The former central banker and investment executive had for months focused his electoral campaign on the threats from Canada’s largest trading partner and longtime political ally. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Government urged to invest £260m in teacher training to boost school standards

All teachers should be given free access to a ‘golden thread’ of core professional qualifications, a think tank and charity has suggested.

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2 w. ago Langley Air Force Base: 'Experimental' plane crashes at military base as probe launched

The National Transportation Safety Board says they are "investigating the crash of an experimental MX Aircraft MXS" at Langley Air Force Base in the United States

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2 w. ago A year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far right

Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connectionsCharlie, the leader of a white nationalist group, leaned over the sticky pub table. He pointed a big finger at me and locked eyes. “You better not turn out to be an infiltrator for Hope Not Hate,” he said. I froze. Flanked by several of his lieutenants, Charlie watched, waiting for my response. His face softened into a smile. He started laughing and yanked down his collar, pretending to talk into a hidden microphone. “Abort! Abort!” he shouted. I played along, lifting up my wrist like there was a wire stashed in my cuff. “Get me out of here!” I yelled into my sleeve. “They’ve discovered me!”Charlie was right to be suspicious of me. I was, in fact, an infiltrator for the anti-fascist organisation Hope Not Hate. The only thing he got wrong was the location of my microphone: it wasn’t in my collar but strapped to my chest. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Donald Trump could cost the world a trillion dollars | Editorial

The US president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaosWake up! When the most sober of global institutions, the International Monetary Fund, abandons its usual technocratic calm to sound the alarm on the political roots of global financial instability, it’s time to pay attention. The IMF is warning of a non-negligible risk of a $1tn hit to global output, as Donald Trump’s erratic “America first” agenda – part oligarchic enrichment scheme, part mobster shakedown – collides with a perfect storm of global financial vulnerabilities.Such a shock would be equivalent to a third of that experienced in the 2008 crisis. But it would be felt in a much more fragile and politically charged environment. This time, the crisis stems not just from markets but from the politics at the heart of the dollar system. The IMF’s latest Global Financial Stability Report sees the danger in Mr Trump’s trade ...

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3 w. ago Battle of Culloden to be investigated in new National Trust for Scotland podcast

The special will be hosted by Jackie Bird.

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3 w. ago French prisons hit by wave of attacks after clampdown on drug traffickers

Terrorism office launches investigation into assaults including gunmen opening fire on entrance to Toulon jailFrance’s national terrorism office has launched an investigation into a wave of apparently coordinated attacks at multiple prisons across the country believed to be linked to a government clampdown on drug traffickers.Gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire on the entrance to Toulon prison in southern France in the early hours of Tuesday, while in recent days cars have been set alight outside four other jails, and in Marseille a residential building housing prison guards was attacked. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US begins inquiry into pharmaceutical and chip imports in bid to impose tariffs

Notices show Trump administration setting stage for levies on both sectors on national security groundsThe Trump administration is kicking off investigations into imports of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as part of a bid to impose tariffs on both sectors on national security grounds, notices posted to the Federal Register on Monday showed.The filings scheduled to be published on Wednesday set a 21-day deadline from that date for the submission of public comment on the issue and indicate the administration intends to pursue the levies under authority granted by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Such inquiries need to be completed within 270 days after being announced. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump warns exemptions on smartphones, electronics will be short

The US president has said no one is ‘getting off the hook’, as he promises to launch a national security investigation into the semiconductor sectorThe exemption of smartphones, laptops and other electronic products from import tariffs on China will be short-lived, top US officials have said, with Donald Trump warning that no one was “getting off the hook.”“There was no Tariff ‘exception’, Trump said in a social media post on Sunday. “These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Horror as remains of four victims of 'Little Auschwitz' Nazi concentration camp for children are found

The chilling discovery was made in the city of Lodz by researchers from the country's Institute of National Remembrance which is tasked with investigating WWII crimes.

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