Scottish Daily Express - April 15, 2025

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April 15, 2025

Police ask parents to help with teen attack

PARENTS have been asked by police “do you know what your children were doing?” after a 30-strong, masked gang left four teenagers seriously injured.

1 min

Swinney ‘defying logic’ with bid to dismantle the UK

JOHN Swinney has defied “all logic” by doubling down on a desire to dismantle the UK as the world faces economic uncertainty.

1 min

'My Masters message to Poppy is never, ever give up on your dreams...

RORY Mcllroy’s Masters victory at the 17th time of asking has elevated him to golf immortality but the example to his young daughter is the much bigger prize.

2 mins

‘I felt a pair of hands lifting me up. It was a member of the British Army’

DEATH camp survivor Susan Pollack has paid a tearful tribute to the British soldiers who “helped retain my humanity” when they liberated the living hell that was Bergen-Belsen, 80 years ago today.

3 mins

They said, 'do as you are told to stay alive'

SUSAN Pollack survived two Nazi concentration camps and knows how happiness and hope can disappear in the blink of an eye.

1 min

Ex-MP is charged in poll date bets probe

FORMER Conservative MP Craig Williams is among 15 people who have been charged after bets were placed on the timing of the 2024 general election, the Gambling Commission has revealed.

1 min

'We should be doing everything to back homegrown products'

LEE Anderson last night urged people to buy British to “back our homegrown products” as he threw his support behind the Express campaign to support UK workers.

1 min

'Somebody is going to die if gang feud goes on'

Warning after assaults and petrol-bombings

3 mins

MP Siddiq blasts 'political smear' arrest warrant

FORMER City minister Tulip Siddiq branded allegations of corruption against her by Bangladeshi officials as a “politically motivated smear campaign”, and added there was “no evidence that I’ve done anything wrong”.

1 min

China is a threat to everything we do, MP warns Downing St

CHINA is a threat to “everything we do”, a leading MP warned last night, as demands grew for the Government to block Chinese investment in the UK’s critical infrastructure.

4 mins

FTSE surges on tech respite

THE FTSE 100 enjoyed a big rebound yesterday as it opened for the first time since Donald Trump announced a carve-out for tech imports to the US.

1 min

We must go further and faster to save public from grifters

BEFORE my election to Parliament, I spent more than a decade working across a number of banks, combatting financial crime and corruption. But it's only since becoming an MP that I've fully understood the devastating effects of fraud in my community. Every week I read horror stories about pensioners being conned out of their life savings, and vulnerable people - young and old - tricked by twisted romance scams and get-rich-quick frauds.

2 mins

SNP HAVE FAILED PRISON SERVICE AND PUT IT IN STATE OF PERMANENT CRISIS

UNDER the SNP, Scotland’s prison service is in a state of permanent crisis.

1 min

Labour have let down abused young women

IT'S hard to imagine a more appalling scandal than that of the series of “grooming gangs” that operated in towns such as Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford and Oldham. They involved the sexual violation of vulnerable girls and young women. So “grooming” is a totally inadequate description.

1 min

Cate eyes quitting as actor

CATE Blanchett admits she is considering quitting acting.

1 min

Rod: I’ve no plans to retire

SIR Rod Stewart has vowed to continue his decades-long career.

1 min

Busy Flo frills at thought of kids

SCREEN star Florence Pugh ruffles up a confession as she reveals she wants to find time for love and start a family.

1 min

TV's Gloria lifts lid on Bake Off vanishing act

GLORIA Hunniford has revealed she was forced to pull out of the Great Celebrity Bake Off after she went to hospital due to a “terrible fall”.

1 min

Holiday flights axed as floods sweep through sunshine isle

THOUSANDS of holidaymakers were crestfallen yesterday when flights to Lanzarote were cancelled following torrential rain.

1 min

Manchester families' anger at prison attack

THE families of five people murdered by Hashem Abedi in the Manchester Arena bombing have told of their “absolute disbelief” that he could savagely attack three prison officers.

1 min

Police probe stabbing murder

A MURDER inquiry is under way after a man was stabbed to death in the street.

1 min

'TV drama brought back memories of my crime torment'

MSP’s admission as Adolescence grips nation

2 mins

Heat crisis in Europe is 'worst'

EUROPE is now the fastest-warming continent in the world, with experts blaming the effects of climate change.

1 min

'Hate rant' immigrant in court on small boats charge

AN alleged Palestinian gunman who it is claimed called for the slaughter of Jews before arriving here on a small boat has appeared in court.

1 min

Two Brits drowned in Oz swim

TWO Britons drowned while swimming at a beach near the Great Barrier Reef.

1 min

'Please, come to see...understand what Putin did'

Trump's invite after deadly Sumy attack

2 mins

MY STROKE PUT ME ON THE WRITE TRACK

ALWAYS one to bounce back, Marcus found work as a presenter on the QVC shopping channel and became involved in local politics, serving as a town councillor and mayor of Wallingford, Oxon, where he also helps with the local music festival, Bunkfest. He has always dabbled in writing but with little success until now. The twice-married father-of-three has just published his first novel, Running Away.

4 mins

Man taken to hospital in a taxi dies after waiting hours for ambulance

A CORONER has sounded a warning over a man who had a fatal heart attack after he was taken to hospital in a taxi because no ambulances were available.

1 min

Early use of two low-cost drugs key to saving lives

GIVING patients a combination of drugs earlier in their treatment could prevent thousands of heart attacks - saving lives and the NHS money.

2 mins

Dyslexia 'humiliation' wins lecturer £25,000

A LECTURER has been awarded £25,000 after her boss said she had dyslexia in front of students.

1 min

Harry explorer sued for £1m by heiress over cancelled trip on doomed Titanic sub

AN explorer who guided Prince Harry to the North Pole is locked in a £1million court fight over an axed expedition to the Titanic wreck on the ill-fated Titan submersible.

1 min

Belsen was a pretty village ...nothing suggested the SAS were on the verge of hell

Eighty years ago today, Britain’s original special forces liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp and saved tens of thousands of inmates

7 mins

North Coast 500 store changes hands

MAINLAND Britain’s most north westerly convenience store has been sold - after being in the same family for over 100 years.

1 min

Winter again folks!

Sun is gone and snow returns to Highlands

1 min

Duvet thieves and snorers wrecking precious sleep

A THIRD of Britons are not “sleep compatible” with their partners due to snoring or duvet hogging — with a fifth frequently using separate rooms.

1 min

Failing to make most of garden refuge

TWO in three people who have gardens are failing to make the most of them, it has been revealed.

1 min

5 ways booze can seriously affect health

GPs highlight how alcohol affects our bodies and give tips on how to cut back on excessive drinking

2 mins

KEY DREAM HOURS FOR REPAIRING YOUR SKIN

Skin repair “rush hours”, when the genes responsible for renewing damaged cells ramp up activity, have been identified by scientists.

1 min

Will blood thinners help to get my pulse rate back to normal?

I went for an NHS health check, and the machine couldn't take my blood pressure, which the nurse discovered was because I had a very irregular pulse, which really surprised me as I've had no palpitations at all. I then had an ECG, which showed I have atrial fibrillation, and I've now been put on blood thinners. Will this correct my pulse rate back to normal?

1 min

For all the tea in... Wales

WE ALL love a cup of tea. Well, maybe not all, but quite a lot of us. Apparently, we drink 100 million cups a day. Or so we're told tonight on ESCAPETO THE FARM WITH KATE HUMBLE (5, 7pm). And I see no reason to dispute that figure.

2 mins

Surging demand for quality London office space

DEMAND for office space in London has risen to its highest first-quarter level since the 2008 financial crisis.

1 min

Sharp drop in hiring ahead as tariff threat adds to woes

FINANCE bosses expect the sharpest fall in corporate hiring since the third quarter of 2020 as geopolitical risks escalate.

1 min

VERSE TO BE ON SONG

VERSE OF LOVE (3.35) is fancied to hit a high note in the Group Three Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket today.

1 min

We can nullify the Sharks’ extra bite

EDINBURGH assistant coach Scott Mathie admits his team will face “a massive challenge” on Friday when they take on a Sharks side who have just welcomed four Springboks back from injury.