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Deaths of distressed pilot whales 'devastating'

Two of five stranded whales were confirmed to have died. The BDMLR said it was not the same pod of whales herded out of the River Thames at the weekend as the distance between locations was further than the species could…

Sisters with life-limiting condition taking NHS fight to Parliament

"Or picking them up when they fall over... your natural instinct is to grab your child when they've hurt themselves and we can't do that." Charlotte, 25, and her sister Olivia Dews, 28, from Worcestershire, were…

Cat reunited with owners six years after going missing in car crash

Pandora escaped when Billy Bowie was involved in a collision in Perthshire in 2020, while relocating from Essex to Aberdeenshire. Billy and his wife Mary returned to the scene of the accident to search for their beloved…

Operator paid more than £10m to keep parking free at Edinburgh hospital

Parking charges ended at most of Scotland's hospitals in 2008 but remained in place at three facilities which were part of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts. Deals worth £35m to buy out the car parks at…

Inquiry started into town's high infant death rate

These statistics measure infant mortality as the number of children who die before their first birthday for every 1,000 live births. In 2024, Rugby recorded an infant mortality rate of 9.3 per 1,000 live births, compared…

Inside Scotland's wildcat HQ - 'It's like Big Brother for cats'

"It's like Big Brother for cats", she says of the 72 cameras being used to watch over the animals in their enclosures. They are assessing whether they're healthy and have the behavioural potential to survive in the wild.…

I retired at 42. It was a huge mistake

But more and more people are deciding to return to work after having decided to retire – and become “unretirees”. Some find they are bored; some need the extra money as the cost of living carries on rising; some discover…

I banned my employees from using AI – they think it makes them look clever

And, as a result, he worried that he was no longer spending his work days talking to other humans. “I don’t want to end up with my AI agent talking to someone else’s AI agent. If I want an update on what’s happening, I…

Thomas Tuchel has horribly misjudged Morgan Gibbs-White

“It just does not help anyone.” There are two obvious issues with that assessment from England’s manager. The first is that, as anyone who watched Gibbs-White this year knows, he is not simply a No 10. He drifts left at…

Labour split over £1.5m mansion tax as MPs fear ‘ordinary families’ will suffer

In last year’s Budget , then-chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that owners of properties in England valued at more than £2m will have to pay a surcharge of at least £2,500 from 2028 . The high value council tax…