James CookScotland editor Getty Images Scotland has seen high numbers of people dying from drug misuse for the last seven years Figures to be published on Tuesday are expected to show that... Read more »
In 1959, as smoke billowed from the blast furnaces of the newly inaugurated Rourkela Steel Plant, India’s then prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, walked through rows of German-built machinery alongside engineers from West... Read more »
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The suspect being arrested. Photo: National Police of Ukraine The recently detained suspect in the murder of Andrii Parubii, an MP and former chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), confessed during... Read more »
A fire escape at the rear of a St Ives building collapsed on Sunday evening, prompting a huge emergency services response Olivier Vergnault Senior Reporter and William Morgan Reporter 02:01, 02 Sep... Read more »
Giving back to the people who supported his sister as she bravely fought cancer aged just four had been Jack McGonigle’s dream for a long time. Now, the 17-year-old, whose younger sister... Read more »
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