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Crumble and custard hurled at display case containing the Imperial State Crown Four protesters have been arrested after apple crumble and custard was thrown at a display case containing the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. Take Back Power, which describes itself as a new non-violent civil resistance group, claimed it was behind the act as it called for a citizen-led assembly that has the power to tax the […]

Lord Malcolm Offord is the latest defector to join the party ormer Conservative life peer Malcolm Offord has defected to Reform UK. Lord Malcolm Offord was announced by Nigel Farage as the latest defector to join the party during a rally in Falkirk. The Scottish financier previously served as a Scotland Office minister during the last Conservative government, and was the Scottish Tories’ treasurer at the time of his defection. Mr Farage said he […]

Inflatable dinghy capsizes south of the island of Crete At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities have said. The half-sunken boat was located on Saturday by a passing Turkish merchant vessel, authorities said. Two survivors were rescued and a search operation to find more is ongoing. Greece is a major entry […]

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has left millions of children “languishing in poverty”, the SNP has claimed. The party said analysis it commissioned from the House of Commons Library shows that if the Labour UK Government matched Scottish Government policies, it would lift an additional 1.1 million children out of poverty. The UK Government’s child poverty strategy set out this week aims to achieve the largest reduction in child poverty […]

A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment with fewer side-effects has launched in the UK, researchers have said. Backed by the Government-funded National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the trial will examine whether Aquablation – a therapy using robotics, AI and real-time imaging – works as well or better than traditional surgery, known as radical prostatectomy. With radical prostatectomy, the entire prostate gland is removed in a […]