‘Hero’ award for lifeboat crew who rescued dog after sea fall A lifeboat crew and coastguard personnel have received a Hero to Animals award from Peta after rescuing a dog called Sparkle from the sea. Crew members from North Berwick RNLI and the coastguard rescued the weimaraner after she slipped off a harbour wall at
Protesters have duty to call out ‘globalise the intifada’ chants – Starmer Protesters have a responsibility to call out those chanting “globalise the intifada” at Gaza marches, Sir Keir Starmer has said, amid concerns about the growing threat to British Jews after the Golders Green stabbing. The Prime Minister also suggested he wanted to see
Greens vow to examine Donald Trump’s wealth The Scottish Greens would open an inquiry into how Donald Trump has funded his Scottish golf courses if they win next week’s election, the party has said. The Greens have long been opponents of the US president, and pushed for an unexplained wealth order to be used to
Sarwar vows to give NHS waiting lists ‘the chop’ as he visits karate dojo Anas Sarwar has pledged to “give NHS waiting lists the chop” as he visits a karate dojo in Glasgow. In the last weekend of campaigning before the Holyrood election, the Scottish Labour leader has said the NHS “is not safe with
Scots responding to SNP’s positive message of hope, says Swinney Voters are responding to the SNP’s “positive message of hope”, John Swinney has said ahead of the final weekend of campaigning before Thursday’s election. The First Minister will take the party’s campaign to Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday, as he pledged to work “ever harder”
Hundreds of school children and islanders welcome the King to Bermuda The King was officially welcomed to Bermuda with a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry. Charles stood in the heart of the British overseas territory’s former capital St George’s for the event watched by hundreds of school children and islanders. A 21-gun salute heralded
Temperatures hit 25C in parts of UK but rain on cards for bank holiday weekend Temperatures in parts of the UK hit 25C on Friday but forecasters have warned of possible heavy rain over the bank holiday weekend. A high of 25.4C was recorded on Friday at both Heathrow Airport and Kew Gardens in London,
Top prosecutor warns of ‘deeply troubling rise’ in antisemitic incidents in UK There is a “deeply troubling rise” in antisemitic incidents across the country, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said, as he vowed to use the “full force of the law” against perpetrators. The UK terrorism threat level was raised to “severe” by the
Shaun Murphy pulls level with John Higgins in tense World Championship semi-final Shaun Murphy battled back to leave his World Snooker Championship semi-final against John Higgins tied at 8-8 ahead of their evening session in Sheffield. The standard of play was a sizeable upgrade on Thursday’s scrappy first session that was shared 4-4. But both
Guns N’ Roses guitar fetches more than £230,000 at auction A guitar used by Slash of Guns N’ Roses during the chart-topping rock group’s Not In This Lifetime tour has fetched more than £230,000 at auction. The photo-matched, stage-used and autographed Gibson Les Paul ‘59 Custom Shop guitar was played during the US band’s 2016