60 m. ago Labour's plan to save money on the backs of disabled people is wrong

Writing in the Daily Record, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville says the Labour Government is stigmatising disabled people and those who are affected by ill-health.

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65 m. ago Pictured: The world's tallest abandoned building... as real reason work halted is revealed

Standing at a height of 1,957 feet (556 metres), Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin, China, holds the Guinness World Record title for the world's tallest abandoned building.

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2 h. ago Trump tariffs creating ‘high uncertainty’, Bank of Japan warns; list of 95 Santander branches to close – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump tariffs creating ‘high uncertainty’, Bank of Japan warns; Musk’s X ‘valued at $44bn again’ – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsSavings and investment firm M&G has warned this morning that it faces uncertain times.In its full year results for 2024, M&G points out that:Increased geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility continue to weigh on client sentiment and pose a significant challenge to financial institutions across the globe.The Company has traded well in the first half and delivered strong profit growth. Like other operators in the sector, we face many cost headwinds that will impact us in the second half, following the recent Budget, notably the increase in national living wage and national insurance from April. We estimate that the annualised impact of these two items is £2.6m, with the incremental costs commencing in April and impacting the final quarter of the 2025 financial year.We plan to mitigate the majority of these costs over the next 18 months through price increases and cost efficiencies. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Santander to close another 95 branches, putting 750 jobs at risk

The banking giant will close the branches in June, while also cutting hours across 36 sites and switching 18 to become counter-free

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6 h. ago George Orwell and me: Richard Blair on life with his extraordinary father

The literary giant’s only child reflects on his father’s devotion in their days together in rural Scotland, his early death, his genius as a writer – and his reputation as a womaniserRichard Blair didn’t have the easiest start in life. At three weeks old, he was adopted. Nine months later, his adoptive mother, Eileen, died at 39, after an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic she was given for a hysterectomy. Family and friends expected Blair’s father, Eric, to un-adopt him. Fortunately, Eric, better known as George Orwell, was an unusually hands-on dad for the 1940s.Orwell and Eileen had wanted children for years, but he was sterile and it is likely that she was infertile as a result of uterine cancer. Having finally agreed to adopt after their struggle, Orwell was not going to give up on his son. “The thing he wanted most in life was to have children,” says Blair. “And now I was his family.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Family of missing woman last seen running barefoot from hotel say 'we need answers'

Layla Santanello, 20, was last seen running barefoot from a hotel in June 2023. Her family fear the worst but are still holding out hope for a miracle

Society

6 h. ago Scotland needs both its governments to step up and fix the broken welfare system

Writing in the Daily Record, Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says

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6 h. ago CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit

As CBS' parent company considers settlement of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against “60 Minutes,” America’s storied newsmagazine is pulling no punches in its coverage of the new administration

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7 h. ago Iguanas likely crossed Pacific millions of years ago on a record

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji

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8 h. ago Family of missing Layla Santanello last seen running barefoot from hotel told she’d be ‘chopped into pieces’ in sick ransom texts

Layla Santanello, 20, was last seen running barefoot from her hotel in June 2023 - and her family are now desperately searching for answers but are bracing themselves for the worst outcome

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9 h. ago It's time for Drapermania: British No 1 Jack, with his Vogue cover

INSIDE TENNIS: The usual procedure following a breakthrough title for a young British tennis talent is to urge caution. But after Jack Draper won in Indian Wells, you have permission to get excited.

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11 h. ago Trump administration says ‘many’ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison have no criminal record

ICE officials suggest a lack of information about immigrants summarily deported to the mega prison ‘highlights the risk they pose’

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11 h. ago More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experiencedThe devastating impacts of the climate crisis reached new heights in 2024, with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the globe, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.The WMO’s report on 2024, the hottest year on record, sets out a trail of destruction from extreme weather that took lives, demolished buildings and ravaged vital crops. More than 800,000 people were displaced and made homeless, the highest yearly number since records began in 2008. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Conservationists hail record year for UK’s loudest bird after previous concern

Bitterns have been brought back from the risk of extinction by large-scale efforts to restore wetlands.

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11 h. ago UN scientists share surprise at ‘extraordinary’ warming as 2024 passed 1.5C

The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation confirmed last year as the hottest on record.

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11 h. ago Gwyneth Paltrow oozes Gallic charm for Vanity Fair cover shoot as she makes rare comment about Montecito neighbour Meghan Markle

For film fans of a certain generation, few actresses possess the class, talent and sophistication of the legendary Catherine Deneuve - but it appears Gwyneth Paltrow could be a contender.

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12 h. ago John McGinn targets Scotland all time goals record as he reveals Ally McCoist wind

The Tartan Army hero jumped to fifth in the charts after his two goals in the last international break moved him onto 20 for his country

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13 h. ago A woman is charged with murder in the death of a Super Bowl reporter found in his hotel room

Authorities in Louisiana say a woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a television reporter on assignment to cover the Super Bowl in New Orleans

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13 h. ago President Putin has outplayed President Trump – now it is not just Ukraine that is at stake

Editorial: The Washington and Moscow phone call represents a historic geopolitical shift in the world order – one that goes beyond any previous thawing of relations between the two countries. It is also a confirmation of Europe’s worst fears

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