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SNP leadership: First candidates set to declare as race to replace Nicola Sturgeon begins

Candidates are expected to formally enter the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP and first minister today – after the...

Nicola Bulley: Dog walker thought ‘this is not right’ after finding phone

The dog walker who found Nicola Bulley’s phone on a bench has explained that he thought “this is not right” when he saw the...

Politics

Rishi Sunak arrives in Northern Ireland amid rumours Brexit deal is edging closer

Rishi Sunak is in Northern Ireland to meet Stormont leaders amid growing speculation that a Brexit deal is edging closer. The prime minister and...

Business

Retail sales rise in January after pre-Christmas fall – with online shopping most popular

Retail sales rose in January, surprising economists after a two month fall, according to official figures. Sales were expected to fall 0.3% according to...

Business

Manchester United takeover: Qataris to bid for club amid interest from USA, Saudi Arabia and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS

Investors linked to the Qatari royal family will bid to buy Manchester United on Friday. Investors from the US and Saudi Arabia will also...

Business

Bankers bonuses: NatWest reveals profits to £5.1bn last year and chief executive payment

Profits at 45% state-owned bank NatWest have risen to their highest since the global financial crash. The bank recorded profits of £5.1bn before tax...

Biden says Chinese president does not want to ‘rip the relationship’ with US over ‘spy’ balloon

Chinese President Xi Jinping does not want to damage relations with the US over the “spy” balloon shot down over North America, President Joe...

Bruce Willis: Hollywood star diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), his family announced. The 67-year-old Hollywood star was diagnosed in March 2022 with aphasia, a...

Business

Ambulance and border strikes resume today – after new rail and nurse walkouts announced

Ambulance and Border Force staff are back on strike today as their bitter disputes over pay and working conditions continue. GMB and Unite members...

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Bruce Willis: Hollywood star diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says

Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), his family announced. The 67-year-old Hollywood star was diagnosed in March 2022 with aphasia, a...

World

Russia set for joint naval drills ‘with hypersonic missile’ as major security summit begins

Russia is due to take part in a joint naval exercise with China and South Africa that could see the test launch of a...

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Paul Rudd says his latest Marvel film ‘may be the end of Ant-Man’

Paul Rudd says he has no idea if this Marvel film will be his last. The third in the Ant-Man series, following 2015’s Ant-Man...

Tyre Nichols: Five former Memphis police officers due in court charged with murder

Five former Memphis police officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols are due to appear in court. Video footage captured by police bodycams...

Sports

Logano wins Daytona qualifier; Smith into 500

9:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR champion Joey Logano won the first qualifying race for the Daytona 500 on Thursday...

Technology

Dropbox hit with $175 million real estate loss for 2022 as San Francisco office space sits empty

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston speaks onstage during the Dropbox Work In Progress Conference at Pier 48 on September 25, 2019 in San Francisco Matt...

Dropbox hit with 5 million real estate loss for 2022 as San Francisco office space sits empty

Technology

The inventor of the web thinks everyone will have their own personal A.I. assistants like ChatGPT

Through their company Inrupt, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, and John Bruce, are trying to change the future of...

Politics

SNP leadership: First candidates set to declare as race to replace Nicola Sturgeon begins

Candidates are expected to formerly enter the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP and first minister today – after the...

Politics

UK’s ‘golden era’ with China ‘sent wrong message’, says Liz Truss

Liz Truss will call on world leaders to stand up to China in her first speech since resigning as prime minister. Speaking at the...

Politics

Race to replace Sturgeon as leader under way with SNP ruling committee set to meet to work out succession timetable

The race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s first minister is now under way – with the party meeting to set out the succession...

Politics

Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation could prompt major rethink of indyref2 plans, SNP’s Westminster leader suggests

Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation could prompt a major rethink around the SNP’s plans for indyref2, the party’s Westminster leader has suggested. The first minister previously...