Alex Cole-Hamilton has pledged to put defence at the heart of his party’s industrial and skills strategy. Ahead of a visit to Babcock in Rosyth on Thursday, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader said he wanted to keep the UK safe by creating skilled jobs across Scotland. He pledged to create a new strategy that would […]
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Ministers are under pressure to ban pro-Palestine marches in the wake of Wednesday’s suspected terror attack in north London amid claims they contribute to “a tone of antisemitism”. Police across the country have stepped up patrols in response to the attack that saw two Jewish men – 34-year-old Shilome Rand and 76-year-old Moshe Ben Baila, […]
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John Dunne Published April 29, 2026 4:41pm Updated April 29, 2026 5:20pm Two men helped alert the Jewish community to a suspected terrorist armed with a knife, targeting victims seemingly at random. Isaac Cohen, 41, and Ido Birman, 38, were hailed as ‘heroes’ after raising the alarm and driving at the attacker who was seen […]
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Noora Mykkanen Published April 29, 2026 3:34pm Updated April 29, 2026 3:34pm The alarm has been raised over three more London bridges after their parts were found to be in ‘very poor’ condition. The decline of London’s bridges has become a permanent bugbear – and something that will require millions of pounds in the not-so-distant […]
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A woman who stabbed her own sister to death and stole her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch is facing a life sentence. Nancy Pexton, 70, slashed and stabbed sibling Jennifer Abbott 10 times and then left her body […]
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Two men aged 76 and 34 have been stabbed in a confirmed terror attack in Golders Green, north London. A shocking video shows the first victim appearing to put on his skullcap just seconds before a suspect […]
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The Middle East energy shock could wipe around £35 billion from the UK economy over the next two years in a “best-case” scenario, an economic think tank has warned. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that a more protracted crisis in the Middle East could see the UK enter a recession […]
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The public will be able to watch penguin health checks and frog X-rays in a new £20 million wildlife health centre, the Zoological Society of London has said as it marks its 200th anniversary. The new facility at ZSL’s UK headquarters in Regent’s Park, London, will deliver care for zoo animals, monitor emerging diseases in the […]
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Scientists are embarking on a new multimillion-pound study they hope will reveal the workings of the cellular “light switches” that are a potential cause of cancer. Researchers from the University of Dundee will examine the signals that drive cell division – an essential process that enables our bodies to develop, and to repair injuries. They […]
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Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions will be the last before Parliament is suspended, or “prorogued”, ahead of the start of a new session on May 13. The weekly grilling is likely to see Sir Keir face further questions from the Conservatives about Lord Peter Mandelson, following a day when Labour MPs were whipped to oppose a […]
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