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Aberdeen and Edinburgh become latest Scottish LEZ cities
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Aberdeen and Edinburgh become latest Scottish LEZ cities

BBC Drivers in Aberdeen city centre can now be fined if their cars are not compliant with emissions limits Aberdeen and Edinburgh have become the latest Scottish cities to enforce their Low Emission Zones (LEZs). They join Glasgow and Dundee in putting restrictions on the types of vehicles allowed in city centres to help to...

Why young delay ‘adulting’ with milestones out of reach
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Why young delay ‘adulting’ with milestones out of reach

Just now Charlie Buckland,BBC News Ellie Harris Ellie Harris and her dad, who was married with three children by the time he was 25 Get married, buy a house and have children. That’s how most of our parents did it and they probably think other people should too. However a TikTok trend with more than...

Growth takes the spotlight in election campaign
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Growth takes the spotlight in election campaign

PA Media Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar in Greenock Change is afoot for the economy, whatever the result of the general election on 4 July. While the battle for Westminster votes and seats takes place, the ground is also being prepared for the next Scottish Parliament election in less than two years. Parties are...

Man charged with murdering woman
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Man charged with murdering woman

A 20-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman who was fatally stabbed on a beach. Two women from Poole, Dorset, were attacked on Durley Chine Beach in Bournemouth at about 23:45 BST on 24 May. Amie Gray, a 34-year-old personal trainer, died at the scene, while a 38-year-old woman was taken to hospital...

UK ambassador to Mexico sacked after reportedly pointing gun at staff
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UK ambassador to Mexico sacked after reportedly pointing gun at staff

The UK ambassador to Mexico reportedly left his post earlier this year after he pointed a gun at a local member of embassy staff. A video posted on social media, originally reported by the Financial Times, purports to show Jon Benjamin aiming a rifle at another man while looking down the weapon’s sights. It was...

Micah Richards denies being pundit’s stooge or puppy
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Micah Richards denies being pundit’s stooge or puppy

39 minutes ago Liz Jackson & PA Media,BBC News PA Media Micah Richards told a court he “grappled” with defendant Scott Law during the incident on 3 September Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards said he “felt sorry” for Roy Keane but denied being his “stooge” or his “puppy”, as he gave evidence in the...

Protester chains himself to goalposts at Scotland v Israel Euro qualifier
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Protester chains himself to goalposts at Scotland v Israel Euro qualifier

SNS A protester has chained himself to the goalposts at Scotland’s Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier against Israel at Glasgow’s Hampden stadium. The kick-off was delayed after the man used a heavy duty bike lock to secure himself to the posts in protest at Israel’s military operation in Gaza. The Israeli team was then led off...

Barts nurse who defrauded vulnerable patients jailed
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Barts nurse who defrauded vulnerable patients jailed

City of London Police Mira Solmaz was described in court as “cruel, cynical and ruthless” A nurse who targeted vulnerable patients in what a judge called “the most grotesque breach of trust” has been jailed for 15 months for fraud. Mira Solmaz, a healthcare assistant at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the City of London, spent...

Parents’ agony after daughter killed by drink-driver
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Parents’ agony after daughter killed by drink-driver

Family photo Felicity Pacey’s parents were the first to arrive on scene and tried to revive her The parents of a 17-year-old who died after an “intoxicated” driver lost control of his car have told of their heartbreak. Jack Burkhill, 21, killed Felicity Pacey – a trainee financial advisor – in the 100mph (160km/h) crash...

Bodies in Glen Coe confirmed as missing Cheshire father and son
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Bodies in Glen Coe confirmed as missing Cheshire father and son

Parry family Police say two bodies found in Glen Coe on Wednesday evening are those of a father and son from Cheshire who went missing while hillwalking in the area. The bodies of Tom Parry, 49, and his 12-year-old son Richie, were recovered from the mountain Stob Coire Nan Lochan. Police Scotland said their deaths...