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Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond dies

Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has died aged 69. Mr Salmond, who led the Scottish National Party between 1990 and 2000 and...

Obituary: The political titan that was former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond has died at the age of 69. Love or loathe Mr Salmond – who was described as a “Marmite man” during his...

P&O Ferries owner’s £1bn investment in UK will go ahead despite transport secretary calling for boycott of shipping firm

A £1bn investment in Britain by port operator DP World will go ahead as planned, after a frantic effort by ministers and diplomats to...

Business

P&O Ferries owner’s £1bn investment in UK will go ahead despite transport secretary calling for boycott of shipping firm

A £1bn investment in Britain by port operator DP World will go ahead as planned, after a frantic effort by ministers and diplomats to...

Kamala Harris’s medical history released as campaign aims to draw contrast with Donald Trump

Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and has “the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor has said, as details...

‘Mass casualty incident’ after children and adults eat ‘toxic mushrooms’ in Pennsylvania

A group of children and adults have been taken to hospital in the US after ingesting “toxic mushrooms”, in what has been described as...

Politics

P&O Ferries owner will attend UK investment summit despite scathing criticism from minister

The boss of the company that owns P&O Ferries will attend an investment summit in the UK despite the transport secretary’s scathing criticism, which...

Business

P&O Ferries owner will attend UK investment summit despite despite scathing criticism from minister

The boss of the company that owns P&O Ferries will attend an investment summit in the UK despite the transport secretary’s scathing criticism, which...

World

Uneasy calm won’t last long – Israel’s next move could bring even bigger war

For the first time in almost half a century, Israel is at war during the Jewish day of atonement, Yom Kippur. The streets are...

Man who died in ‘tragic accident’ at Colorado gold mine tourist attraction is named

A man who died at a gold mine in Colorado has been named – as investigators revealed he was a guide who worked at...

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs amid worker strike and financial losses

Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs – 10% of its workforce – as the US plane maker deals with various issues across its business. Chief...

Business

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs amid worker strike and financial losses

Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs – 10% of its workforce – as the US plane maker deals with various issues across its business. Chief...

Business

Tortoise Media lines up backers to deliver takeover of The Observer

One of the world’s most successful private equity chiefs is being lined up to help fund a takeover of The Observer, the world’s oldest...

Police discover drugs in bag labelled ‘definitely not a bag full of drugs’

Police in the US have found drugs inside a bag labelled “definitely not a bag full of drugs”. The stash was discovered in Portland,...

World

France, Italy and Spain ‘outraged’ after UN peacekeepers injured – and accuse Israel of violating international law

The leaders of France, Italy and Spain have condemned “unjustifiable” Israeli attacks that have hit the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon amid heightened conflict...

Sports

Dodgers are on to the NLCS! Takeaways and all the action from NLDS Game 5

Oct 11, 2024, 11:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With that, the Give credit to the Dodgers for showing … resiliency. That hasn’t exactly...

Sports

Dodgers silence Padres in Game 5 to reach NLCS

ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff...

Sports

Start time for Tigers-Guardians G5 moved up

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 02:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Citing a chance of inclement weather, Major League Baseball moved the...

Politics

Keir Starmer’s first 100 days in office: The verdict is in, and it isn’t good

Sir Keir Starmer will mark his first 100 days in office this Sunday. When his press spokesperson was asked ahead of the big day...

Britain’s fertility rate falling faster than any other G7 country – with austerity thought to be a ‘principal factor’

The average number of children women have in the UK is falling faster than any other G7 country since 2010, Sky News commissioned analysis...