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In this issue

July 04, 2025

'OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN'...FANS IN SHOCK OVER DEATH OF KOP STAR

Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother are killed in horror car smash

4 mins

Strikes could hit holidays

SCOTS holidaymakers could face a summer of travel chaos as hundreds of workers prepare for strike action.

1 mins

BBC high-risk live broadcasts axed

BBC boss Tim Davie has finally apologised for allowing antisemitic chants by Glastonbury performers Bob Vylan to be broadcast live last weekend.

1 mins

Sophie's boost for farmers at festival

THE Duchess of Edinburgh enjoyed all the fun of the farm as she became the second royal to visit the Groundswell Regenerative Agricultural Festival.

1 mins

King has a day of shear enjoyment

KING Charles had a woolly good time as his final engagements for Holyrood Week ended yesterday.

1 mins

Smiles for cameras but Reeves' 'tough day' real 'blow to PM's authority'

KEIR Starmer was forced to guarantee Rachel Reeves will keep her job for “many years to come”, in a bid to end financial and political turmoil following her tears in Parliament.

3 mins

'Arrogance' of SNP's Todd over drugs room fears

THE SNP’s latest drugs minister was accused of “astonishing arrogance” after disputing concerns raised by people living near the UK’s first consumption room.

1 mins

Cherry hits out at Murrell's legal aid

A FORMER SNP MP who is also a leading lawyer has said it is “absolutely astonishing” that Peter Murrell has qualified for legal aid in his embezzlement case.

1 mins

What's the beef? Nats' red meat crackdown

THE Scottish Government wants Scots to stop eating so much red meat in a bid to save the environment.

2 mins

Taylor Swift tickets and overseas trips among £1m in freebies for MPs

MPS have received more than £1million in gifts since the general election.

1 mins

Two Scots arrested in drug bust

TWO Scots have appeared before a court in Ireland following the seizure of £30millionworth of cocaine.

1 mins

Rainfall's not heavy enough

RECENT rainfall has not been sufficient to alleviate water scarcity in parts of Scotland, environmentalists have warned.

1 mins

'Murder' at terror raid home

A MAN was arrested on suspicion of murder after an attack at a home previously raided by counter terrorism cops.

1 mins

Accused will not be extradited

A MAN accused of a double murder in Albania almost 30 years ago before coming to the UK under a false name will not be extradited after a High Court ruling.

1 mins

FORMER COP BRANDS GROOMING GANG REPORT 'WHITEWASH'

A GROOMING gang report has been branded \"a whitewash\" after Labour council leaders caused \"significant delays\" to police attempts to investigate over 1,000 suspected child abusers.

1 mins

Convicted murderer's 10 years for plot to gun down a prison officer

A CONVICTED murderer who planned to have a prison guard gunned down in a revenge plot has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

2 mins

New kinda balls, please as Emma gets her kicks

GREAT British tennis hope Emma Raducanu showed off some very different ball skills yesterday as she prepared for her clash today with world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

1 mins

Out! Great Brit hope Jack loses in second round

BRITAIN'S No 1 male tennis star Jack Draper crashed out of Wimbledon yesterday in a crushing defeat to big-serving Marin Cilic.

3 mins

Shame of the councils that slow hunt for sex abusers

IT IS horrifying that Labour councils have caused \"significant delays\" to police work as they pursue the fiends behind the nation's vile grooming gangs.

1 mins

Israeli friends feel it is safer for Jews there than in the UK

THE VOICE on the other end of the line was freighted with concern: Was I OK? Were the family holding up? Had we thought about leaving? You might assume I was the one asking the questions given I was calling a friend in Israel from my home in Manchester. Actually, the opposite was true —she was worried about me.

3 mins

Tears and fears of a broken Chancellor

THE Crying Game has always been part of British politics.

3 mins

TAXES FUND SIX-FIGURE SALARIES FOR SADIQ'S SUPERFLUOUS SIDEKICKS

AMID blue skies and high temperatures, my sunny outlook was darkened by the arrival in the post of an instruction from HMRC to pay the second instalment of my tax bill for last year.

1 mins

William Hickey

Bringing the gossip since 1933

2 mins

Amy: I have a hol lot to be joyful about in 2025

STRICTLY star Amy Dowden looks the picture of health, soaking up the sun on the last day of her Spanish holiday.

1 mins

DJ Whiley tingles at thought of Oasis first

DJ Jo Whiley says she will never forget the first time she played Oasis on her show.

1 mins

'Diddy's gentleman act hid something much darker'

Writer's encounters with shamed sex-obsessed rapper

2 mins

Jellyfish swarms invade Devon resort

SWARMS of jellyfish lurk in the water at a popular seaside resort in an invasion triggered by the sizzling start to summer.

1 mins

Elephant kills UK tourist on safari

A BRITISH woman has been killed by an elephant while on safari in Zambia.

1 mins

Woman in coma after tattoo on Benidorm hen do

A BRITISH woman is fighting for her life after becoming ill moments after getting a tattoo at a Benidorm hen do.

1 mins

Glow-ball meteorite lights up Scots skies

THOUSANDS of Scots were left stunned after a meteorite ripped through the sky during the early hours yesterday.

1 mins

Star Wars actor hit by Covid dies

STAR Wars actor Kenneth Colley has passed away at the age of 87 after contracting Covid in hospital and developing pneumonia.

1 mins

Hundreds of flights are axed

SOME 30,000 passengers have had travel plans disrupted after Ryanair cancelled 170 flights due to French air traffic control strikes.

1 mins

Self-made could fuel growth

AN ESTIMATED £40.7billion in savings held by people who have risen up the income rankings could fuel growth, experts say.

1 mins

Double-death star that exploded twice

A LONG time ago in a galaxy far, far away a star exploded not once, but twice...and now astronomers have captured the first out-of-this-world images of the wreckage left behind.

1 mins

UK on a mission to clean up space junk

Fears over 140 million pieces of debris orbiting Earth

1 mins

Stabbed Harvey's 'knife fear'

A BOY told a teacher he did not believe he would be stabbed hours before he was fatally knifed at school, a jury heard.

1 mins

Peer dead after swim in river

LORD David Lipsey has been found dead after swimming in a river.

1 mins

SNP abstain on Palestine Action vote in snub to Yousaf

THE SNP abstained from a vote that proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group, in a snub for former party leader Humza Youseaf, inset.

1 mins

Four remanded in custody over £7m Brize Norton attack

FOUR people charged over an incident in which £7million damage was caused to two planes at an RAF base were yesterday remanded in custody.

1 mins

Happy feed... penguin fan Beryl, 103, is a flipping hit

SECOND World War veteran Beryl Kitchen gives a huge grin as she finally fulfils her dream of feeding penguins at the age of 103.

1 mins

My secret for a long life? Custard!

A WAR veteran celebrating his 106th birthday has revealed the secret to his long life — eating custard every day.

1 mins

Found...sole survivor of a Roman giant

THIS Roman shoe almost 13 inches long has been found near Hadrian's Wall and is believed to have belonged to a giant soldier.

1 mins

Monks' music to play after 500 years

‘Plaintive’..the rare music

1 mins

Iron Age swords reveal site of ancient settlement

A ROOKIE detectorist's rare find of two iron swords has led to the uncovering of a Roman settlement.

1 mins

Definitely the must-see act of 2025... no maybes about it

The decade's biggest rock'n'roll reunion kicks off tonight as Oasis play the first of 17 UK and Ireland gigs to 1.4 million fans. Sixteen years since the Gallaghers last shared a stage, two experts look back (in happiness) at their meteoric rise

6 mins

Man dies after early hours alleged street stab attack

A MAN has died after being found with stab wounds in Paisley.

1 mins

Pressure pays as mobile mast plan cut back

A PROJECT to install more than 250 mobile masts in rural Scotland has been massively scaled back following pressure from business and nature groups.

1 mins

Dunblane teacher honoured with new Elizabeth Emblem

A PRIMARY school teacher killed while trying to protect her class in the Dunblane shooting almost three decades ago has been recognised with a new honour.

2 mins

Sabbath superfan is the Wizard of Ozzy

AN Ozzy Osbourne superfan has spent 50 years amassing the world's largest collection of Black Sabbath memorabilia worth £250,000.

1 mins

Eyesore cottage row

'Scaffold House' complaints over 10-year refurbishment

1 mins

Impaled by a spike and I felt nothing

A MUM who was skewered by a 2ft spike while mowing her lawn is keeping it as a souvenir.

1 mins

Four new books to read this week

Think of The Sting or The Talented Mr Ripley set in Georgian London with a colourful cast of strivers and scammers and you won't be far off this breathtaking historical thriller.

2 mins

Stars seen 20 years on

It’s the 20th anniversary of a debut album that tried to speak to a disaffected British youth through a noisy mix of ska, pop and indie with song titles like Cash Machine, Living for the Weekend and Tied Up too Tight.

3 mins

Cupid goes for early Bath

FIRST DATES, which is back tonight (C4, 10pm), is the only TV matchmaking show I really have any time for.

2 mins

Fishing for a peaceful pad

WITH two heatwaves already under our belts this summer and more possible over the rest of July and into August, many of us urbanites might be dreaming of moving to a place that offers coastal breezes and a less pressured lifestyle. Somewhere like Cornwall.

1 mins

Eurostar on track to take 5,000 passengers an hour

EUROSTAR has set out plans to double capacity at London St Pancras as it looks to tap growing demand for international rail travel.

1 mins

Supermarket bosses split over Labour obesity drive

PLANS to reduce obesity by forcing supermarkets to report sales figures to the Government have been met with a mixed response from store chiefs.

1 mins

I'VE LET PEOPLE DOWN

Murphy banned from driving for 20 months

1 mins

FARRELL FAMILY AFFAIR

Owen to stake claim after shock call-up from father

2 mins

Home win would top the lot for Norris

LANDO NORRIS would happily swap all seven of his grand-prix wins for a taste of Silverstone glory.

1 mins

TIME IN FIELD TAKES A TOLL

2 mins

Six Nations spots in tourists' hands, insists Townsend

GREGOR TOWNSEND sent out a clear message to the inexperienced players he has selected for Scotland's Pacific tour match against the Maori All Blacks tomorrow morning - impress me now and you could become regulars next season.

2 mins