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Ramsay El-Nakla, brother in law of Humsa Yousaf is on trial in Edinburgh accused of dealing heroine & cocaine and after the death of a man who fell from a window in Dundee.
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Ramsay El-Nakla, brother in law of Humsa Yousaf is on trial in Edinburgh accused of dealing heroine & cocaine and after the death of a man who fell from a window in Dundee.
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
LOL singing it here in my flat www.thenational.scot/news/2566994...
Viral moment Hydro crowd stops folk indie band for Flower of Scotland
A Glasgow audience has been called 'undefeatable' after a top indie band asked for quiet, only for the crowd to break into the country's national…
www.thenational.scot
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
LOL singing it here in my flat www.thenational.scot/news/2566994...
Penrith & Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours has had the Labour whip suspended after voting against the governments raid on farmers' inheritance tax. A man with a conscience versus a government with no conscience
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news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: MP who voted against inheritance tax for farmers has Labour whip suspended
An MP who voted against inheritance tax for farmers has been suspended from the Labour Party. It comes as Sir Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch in his first PMQs since the budget.
news.sky.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Penrith & Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours has had the Labour whip suspended after voting against the governments raid on farmers' inheritance tax. A man with a conscience versus a government with no conscience
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news.sky.com/story/politi...
this is how those in government down in London behave, not solving the problem but IMO aggravating it. Bullying doesn't always work. Meanwhile far away in another country called Scotland doctors and government live in peace, solving their problems by negotiation
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news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: Wes Streeting accuses BMA of behaving like 'moaning Minnies' over doctors strike
The health secretary says he is "genuinely worried" about the strikes. A week ago today, Rachel Reeves delivered her budget - and there's been a lot of fallout since. We will be seeing Sir Keir Starme...
news.sky.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
this is how those in government down in London behave, not solving the problem but IMO aggravating it. Bullying doesn't always work. Meanwhile far away in another country called Scotland doctors and government live in peace, solving their problems by negotiation
news.sky.com/story/politi...
news.sky.com/story/politi...
It is unwise for a weak country with a poor economy, living on yesterday's glory to make an enemy out of one of the most powerful rising countries in the world. Sucking up to someone as fickle as Trump is pointless. Seems the Labour Party are running out of ideas.
news.sky.com/story/china-...
news.sky.com/story/china-...
PM issues China warning - and hits out at Brexit
Sir Keir Starmer argued that it would be "utterly reckless" to consider Brexit as a template for future foreign policy - and attacked politicians who have a "corrosive, inward-looking attitude".
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It is unwise for a weak country with a poor economy, living on yesterday's glory to make an enemy out of one of the most powerful rising countries in the world. Sucking up to someone as fickle as Trump is pointless. Seems the Labour Party are running out of ideas.
news.sky.com/story/china-...
news.sky.com/story/china-...
is this peace? Is it even a truce? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Child among two Palestinians killed in Israeli army’s West Bank raids
Two Palestinians killed in West Bank after the Israeli army claimed they carried out car-ramming and stabbing attacks.
www.aljazeera.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
is this peace? Is it even a truce? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
👍Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal - Sky News
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
👍Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal - Sky News
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
If Trump, Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel along with Trump's billionaire friends where thrown out of office next year, who would I vote for POTUS48? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Kelly says he has ‘serious concerns’ over boat strikes
Sen. Mark Kelly said there should be an investigation; Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin blasted Kelly.
www.politico.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If Trump, Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel along with Trump's billionaire friends where thrown out of office next year, who would I vote for POTUS48? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
better than sitting empty 😒
A former office in Edinburgh is set to be transformed into a new budget hotel
Former Edinburgh office to be transformed into new 195-bedroom hotel
www.thenational.scot
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
better than sitting empty 😒
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Edinburgh is getting a brand new concert hall, the Dunard Centre - for the first time in 100 years, supported by SNP Scottish Government funding.
What a delightful rendition of Caledonia by Dougie MacLean with pupils from Broughton Primary to mark the moment we broke ground. 🏴
What a delightful rendition of Caledonia by Dougie MacLean with pupils from Broughton Primary to mark the moment we broke ground. 🏴
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Edinburgh is getting a brand new concert hall, the Dunard Centre - for the first time in 100 years, supported by SNP Scottish Government funding.
What a delightful rendition of Caledonia by Dougie MacLean with pupils from Broughton Primary to mark the moment we broke ground. 🏴
What a delightful rendition of Caledonia by Dougie MacLean with pupils from Broughton Primary to mark the moment we broke ground. 🏴
Scotland is building its own future; Norther Ireland is mulling over its best bets; Wales is waking up and smelling the coffee. So, these days "Britain" really means just England
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Scotland is building its own future; Norther Ireland is mulling over its best bets; Wales is waking up and smelling the coffee. So, these days "Britain" really means just England
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How Northern Ireland's dark policing history looms over Palestine Action protests
In Derry, people are comparing the crackdowns on communities standing in solidarity with outlawed group with the policing during the Troubles
www.middleeasteye.net/news/norther...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
In Derry, people are comparing the crackdowns on communities standing in solidarity with outlawed group with the policing during the Troubles
www.middleeasteye.net/news/norther...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
How Northern Ireland's dark policing history looms over Palestine Action protests
In Derry, people are comparing the crackdowns on communities standing in solidarity with outlawed group with the policing during the Troubles
www.middleeasteye.net
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
How Northern Ireland's dark policing history looms over Palestine Action protests
In Derry, people are comparing the crackdowns on communities standing in solidarity with outlawed group with the policing during the Troubles
www.middleeasteye.net/news/norther...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
In Derry, people are comparing the crackdowns on communities standing in solidarity with outlawed group with the policing during the Troubles
www.middleeasteye.net/news/norther...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
Why did a politician who claimed to love his country accept bribes to make statements in support of Russia? the BBC ask
Politics in UK 2025 has little control over the calibre of wanabee MPs /councillors. It seems many political parties only care who can win. Thus all the rotten eggs in the basket
Politics in UK 2025 has little control over the calibre of wanabee MPs /councillors. It seems many political parties only care who can win. Thus all the rotten eggs in the basket
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why did a politician who claimed to love his country accept bribes to make statements in support of Russia? the BBC ask
Politics in UK 2025 has little control over the calibre of wanabee MPs /councillors. It seems many political parties only care who can win. Thus all the rotten eggs in the basket
Politics in UK 2025 has little control over the calibre of wanabee MPs /councillors. It seems many political parties only care who can win. Thus all the rotten eggs in the basket
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Can you remember the uproar when Scot Gov nationalised it? Can you hear them now….? Thought you couldn’t! Neither can I.
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Can you remember the uproar when Scot Gov nationalised it? Can you hear them now….? Thought you couldn’t! Neither can I.
one of these days, Americans love of guns will be their downfall
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
one of these days, Americans love of guns will be their downfall
😒 sad for those who lost their jobs. May yous find an even better job soon 🤞
The UK’s largest independent timber distribution and processing group, National Timber Group, has entered administration, resulting in the immediate closure of six Scottish sites and the loss of 169 jobs across the country.
169 Scottish jobs lost as National Timber Group collapses
The UK’s largest independent timber distribution and processing group, National Timber Group, has entered administration, resulting in the immediate closure of six Scottish sites and the loss of 169 jobs across the country.
www.scottishconstructionnow.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
😒 sad for those who lost their jobs. May yous find an even better job soon 🤞
Eastern Christian? Or Western Christian? can they all sing from the same hymn sheet?🙏https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/world/middleeast/pope-leo-turkey-church.html
In Turkey, Pope Seeks to Soothe an Ancient Christian Divide
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Eastern Christian? Or Western Christian? can they all sing from the same hymn sheet?🙏https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/world/middleeast/pope-leo-turkey-church.html
😔 Two of the children of murder victim Muriel McKay have lost their bid for permission to radar scan the back garden of the property where her remains are believed to be buried. news.sky.com/story/childr...
Children of murder victim Muriel McKay lose bid to scan garden where remains are thought to be buried
Muriel McKay, the wife of newspaper executive Alick McKay, was kidnapped for a £1m ransom in 1969.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
😔 Two of the children of murder victim Muriel McKay have lost their bid for permission to radar scan the back garden of the property where her remains are believed to be buried. news.sky.com/story/childr...
foreseen in sci-fi dramas www.politico.com/news/magazin... what government in their right mind would agree to such a travesty?
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
foreseen in sci-fi dramas www.politico.com/news/magazin... what government in their right mind would agree to such a travesty?
Regional energy rates. Why do Londoners electric cost almost 20p less per day and almost 20p less per kwh than those living in Inverness?
news.sky.com/story/money-... it is way past time Scottish Government introduces nationalised energy.
news.sky.com/story/money-... it is way past time Scottish Government introduces nationalised energy.
Unexpected rise in energy bills coming - there are three reasons | Money blog
Energy bills will rise marginally in January, Ofgem has announced. Read about this, plus our week of special content on consumer rights, in the Money blog below - and listen to a Daily podcast special...
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Regional energy rates. Why do Londoners electric cost almost 20p less per day and almost 20p less per kwh than those living in Inverness?
news.sky.com/story/money-... it is way past time Scottish Government introduces nationalised energy.
news.sky.com/story/money-... it is way past time Scottish Government introduces nationalised energy.
can it be true all 3 devolved governments were as bad as Boris Johnson's WM government covid response?? hard to imagine remembering how Johnson infected himself by not wearing a mask #plonker news.sky.com/story/politi...
All four UK governments 'failed to appreciate' scale of COVID pandemic threat, inquiry finds
Baroness Heather Hallett found that, according to modelling data, had the first mandatory lockdown been introduced a week earlier in 2020 there would have been approximately 23,000 fewer deaths in Eng...
news.sky.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
can it be true all 3 devolved governments were as bad as Boris Johnson's WM government covid response?? hard to imagine remembering how Johnson infected himself by not wearing a mask #plonker news.sky.com/story/politi...
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Andrew Polson has been jailed for two years, crossing the threshold for automatic disqualification. A by-election for East Dunbartonshire's Bearsden South ward will therefore now be held. This has been my most hotly anticipated by-election for genuinely three years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Andrew Polson has been jailed for two years, crossing the threshold for automatic disqualification. A by-election for East Dunbartonshire's Bearsden South ward will therefore now be held. This has been my most hotly anticipated by-election for genuinely three years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The current 🍊 POS seems to prioritize the interests of criminals and offenders over those of respectable women.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The current 🍊 POS seems to prioritize the interests of criminals and offenders over those of respectable women.
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BREAKING: Tayo Aluko sings "we are not the terrorists" as he is arrested in Leeds for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BREAKING: Tayo Aluko sings "we are not the terrorists" as he is arrested in Leeds for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
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Jews helped Palestinians harvest olive in the West Bank but were stopped by the police
(Credit: Rabbis For Human Rights)
(Credit: Rabbis For Human Rights)
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Jews helped Palestinians harvest olive in the West Bank but were stopped by the police
(Credit: Rabbis For Human Rights)
(Credit: Rabbis For Human Rights)