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The King has said he is "greatly saddened" by the sudden death of Alex Salmond, Scotland's first SNP first minister.The Alba leader died on Saturday afternoon aged 69 from a suspected heart attack during a trip to North Macedonia.In a message issued by Buckingham Palace, King Charles said: "My wife and I are greatly saddened to hear of the sudden death of Alex Salmond.King, PM among those paying tribute to […]

Scottish DJ and producer Jackmaster has died aged 38 after suffering a head injury, his family has said. Source link

A person has died after going overboard from a cruise ship off the Channel Islands.The French coastguard said it received a distress message shortly after midnight on Saturday.A French navy helicopter, an RNLI lifeboat and a Channel Islands air search plane were involved in the rescue mission.A French coastguard spokesman said its helicopter found the person and hoisted them from the water but a medical team later pronounced them dead.The […]

They say dogs are man's best friends - but how do we get our canine friends to get on with cats?To stop your pets from fighting like cats and dogs, the solution lies in how you introduce them to each other, according to new research. Pet owners should introduce new pets to existing animals gradually rather than immediately mixing the pets, the Dogs Trust said as part of its Generation […]

Carol Vorderman has said she will not be continuing her Sunday LBC radio show after suffering "burnout" from working a seven-day week.The former Countdown star said she suffered a "health scare" two weeks ago, that saw her stay in hospital overnight. In a post on social media, Vorderman said she had travelled down to London but was "very unwell" and "utterly exhausted" with a "tight feeling" in her chest. X […]

Chris Kaba told a friend that he thought police were behind him just minutes before he was shot dead by a firearms officer, a court has heard.Mr Kaba was sitting in the driver's seat of a dark Audi with both hands on the steering wheel when he was shot once in the head by Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, on 5 September 2022.Blake is on trial accused of […]

A man linked to serious organised crime threw £90,000 worth of cocaine out of his car window during a police chase on Scotland's busiest motorway.Martin Murphy, 45, has been jailed for four years and four months after his involvement in drug deals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds was exposed during a police surveillance operation.A court heard how Murphy was rumbled after officers filmed him receiving a package from another […]

The UK's economy grew by 0.2% in August, according to official figures.The slight rise in gross domestic product (GDP) – which is intended as a measurement of a country's total output – comes after two successive months of stagnation. The figures, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), were in line with economists' forecasts. Liz McKeown, from the ONS, said: "All main sectors of the economy grew in August, but […]

Plaid Cymru's leader has insisted a Welsh government led by his party after the next Senedd election is "realistic".The next election to choose members to the Welsh parliament will take place in May 2026. Ahead of the party's two-day conference at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Friday, Rhun ap Iorwerth told Sky News that a Labour victory in that election was "not inevitable" and that a Plaid win was "of course" […]