Residents raise money for Scottish drug charity Steps to Hope

The sleepout took place on Saturday night at Hope House in West Lothian, the residential recovery programme run by charity Steps To Hope.  Richie Roncero is preparing to spend 26 weeks sleeping... Read more »

Campaigners demand removal of Welsh flags from lampposts

Critics claim “flag signalling” has risen in the area since a backlash against plans to house up to 70 asylum seekers nearby A Welsh flag tied to a lamppost(Image: Rob Browne /... Read more »

There’s Nowhere to Hide McCabe suspects warned

Ann McCabe, widow the late Detective Garda Jerry McCabe. THERE”S nowhere to hide. We will get you. That was the ominous message from Chief Superintendent Derek Smart in Limerick today to two... Read more »

Ukrainian Special Forces target Crimea fuel system, hitting depot and maritime terminal in “asymmetric” middle-strike operation on occupied territory

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) say they carried out strikes on Russian fuel infrastructure in occupied Crimea overnight on 7 June, targeting the Semikolodezyanska oil depot and a maritime fuel terminal... Read more »

Four SNP ministers to head to United States for World Cup

First Minister John Swinney will be joined Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport, as well as by Sports Minister Maree Todd and Community Care Minister Alison Thewliss. The First Minister agreed... Read more »

Family of Henry Nowak ‘feared cops would smear him as aggressor’ days after murder

Reports claim Hampshire Police planned to release a statement three days after Henry Nowak’s murder painting him as the aggressor – sparking a furious response from his family Henry Nowak begged for... Read more »

Britain’s disability benefits bill soars as number of middle-class families receiving payments has doubled in past FOUR years to nearly 200,000

The number of middle–class families in Britain receiving disability benefits has nearly doubled over the past four years. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates suggest that almost 200,000 households with... Read more »

‘One of a kind’: Donegal court stalwart Connell Melley retires after 47 years

Tributes have been paid to Connell Melley, one of Donegal’s most popular and longest-serving civil servants, who is set to retire. A native of Ardara, Connell is retiring after 47 years as... Read more »

Ukraine’s drones got bigger warheads. A Russian corvette in the Baltic just found out.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||;w[q].push([“_mgc.load”])})(window,”_mgq”); Ukrainian drones flew more than 1,100 km to hit a Russian missile corvette in the first strike on the Baltic Fleet of the war The damage was extensive — the corvette... Read more »

Timeline: How an imprisoned stalker is linked to the arrest of Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran

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