Humza Yousaf reaches out to opponents ahead of no confidence votes
Getty Images Humza Yousaf has written to Scotland’s opposition parties asking them to find “common ground” ahead of confidence votes in his leadership. The first minister is facing a serious challenge at Holyrood following the collapse of the SNP government’s power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. But his appeal was immediately rejected by the Scottish […]
Women’s Super League: Manchester City must show ‘the fire’ against Chelsea
Gareth Taylor wants to see “the fire” in his Manchester City players’ eyes when they host Chelsea in a Women’s Super League fixture he has called a “must-win” for their title chances. Leaders Chelsea have a game in hand and are two points clear of third-placed City, in a four-way title race. And Taylor knows […]
Reward offered for information on 2005 murder
Lisa’s sister Joanne urges those who know what happened to tell the police and take the £20,000 reward A £20,000 reward is being offered for information on the disappearance and murder of Lisa Dorrian. The 25-year-old shop assistant vanished after attending a party at a caravan park in Ballyhalbert, a seaside village in County Down, […]
UK sleepwalking into food supply crisis, says farming union
Getty Images The UK is “sleepwalking” into a food supply crisis and the government must step in to help farmers, the National Farmers Union (NFU) has warned. Yields of tomatoes and other crops will likely slump to record lows this year, it said, with potential supply problems ahead as already seen with eggs. Soaring fuel, […]
Welsh Labour agrees to plans for more politicians in Welsh Parliament
BBC Mark Drakeford arrived for the conference in Cardiff Bay on Saturday afternoon Welsh Labour has agreed to back leader Mark Drakeford’s proposals to expand the Senedd and change how it is elected. A specially-held conference in Cardiff Bay agreed with plans that will see the number of Senedd members increase from 60 to 96. […]
Microsoft says 668 more jobs to go
Getty Images LinkedIn owner Microsoft has announced a fresh round of job cuts, with around 670 roles set to go. The social network company says the jobs affected are across its engineering, talent and finance teams. “Talent changes are a difficult, but necessary and regular part of managing our business,” the firm wrote in a […]
‘BBC fuelled Diana’s paranoia’ and vaccine success
The Daily Mail leads, like many others, with Thursday’s publication of a report into how the former Panorama journalist Martin Bashir obtained his interview with Princess Diana in 1995. The paper reports that an independent inquiry, led by retired judge Lord Dyson, found the BBC had fallen short of its “high standards of integrity and […]
A vampire film with ‘so much to sink your teeth into’
Focus Features With Bill Skarsgård as the “horrible old vampire”, Robert Eggers’s remake of FW Murnau’s silent 1922 classic stars Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and has its “share of gruesome shocks”. Many people have seen plenty of vampire films, but what if we hadn’t seen any? What if we’d never heard of Dracula, and we […]
Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester
Atash Shakarami Nika was just 16 years old when she disappeared during protests against Iran’s strict dress code for women An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says. It has let us map what happened […]
Smart home gadgets in domestic abuse warning
Getty Images A list offering guidance to those affected by smart home devices being used to control or harass them within abusive relationships has been published online. It is largely aimed at women. A recent report by the New York Times detailed examples of “technology-facilitated abuse”. This involves devices being activated remotely in order to […]