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First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland

The National Farmers Union Scotland said the animal tested positive on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway. It is the fourth farm to be affected by the virus in the Creetown area. Bluetongue was confirmed in a lamb and three…

US hiker dies after being struck by lightning on Mount Etna

The 30-year-old, who has not been named by authorities, was on the active volcano on Sunday when a thunderstorm broke out, Italian media report. The man is said to have been found by firefighters and emergency services…

Pictured: Eritrean migrant, 33, who raped an elderly man outside a church after dragging him off a bench

He continued with the horrific attack for 20 minutes before a witness saw the incident from her window and called police. CCTV showed cars and a double-decker bus passing close to where Desalagne attacked the pensioner…

Kushner and Blair are the phony faces of Trump’s failing deal

That is the kind of sentence that, even just a few years ago, would have been assumed to be speculative fiction – or, if it was real, would set off weeks of outraged headlines, especially if it happened under a…

Housing minister casts doubt over Labour reaching its goal of building 1.5million new homes as he admits target 'is looking really tough'

In the nearly two years between the party's landslide general election victory in July 2024 and June this year, just 392,400 new homes were built across the country. The Government needs to build an average of 300,000…

Cost of evacuating subsiding village reaches £1.2m

The Clackmannanshire Council report said £750,412 has been spent or committed by the local authority with a further £425,000 expected to be paid out. The report also details where the displaced residents have been…

What’s going on with Trump and Kim Jong-un?

Bashar al-Assad. Kim Jong-Un. It’s no secret that Donald Trump likes to cosy up to authoritarian leaders, often praising them for their hard-line stances and posing for photos with them. Now, to appease Kim Jong Un…

Girl's cancer plea to PM after swimmer's tears

Emilia, from Whittle-Le-Woods in Lancashire, was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) brain tumour a year ago. She said she had been moved when Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn, who has incurable…

Disabled man, 85, told to remove driveway he built on council land

The 85-year-old, who uses two crutches and struggles to walk, claimed that he had been given permission by Rochford Council to build the driveway. However, earlier this month, he was told that the land belongs to the…

Putin’s fury at the UK could escalate his sabotage campaign

British drones including the Callen-Lenz Nyan have been used in Ukraine’s recent attacks well inside Russia , which have hit targets from oil refineries to retail warehouses. Moscow is angry about the way the West is…