Author: franperez66q@protonmail.com
Reform UK’s leader in Scotland has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer on the day of the Holyrood election on 7 May.Malcolm Offord said he had a procedure last week to remove his prostate and was now “clear” and “raring to go”.Speaking to comedian Matt Forde at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he said being diagnosed with cancer was a “scary thing” and urged men to “just get checked”.Offord, a former Conservative peer, led Reform to a Scottish Parliament breakthrough in May with 17 seats.He told Forde that being diagnosed with cancer was “scary”.But he added: “I’ve got a couple…
A former North Yorkshire councillor who also served as the mayor of Harrogate posted antisemitic tweets which were “greater than bigotry in the extreme”, a court heard.Pat Marsh, 78, is accused of stirring up racial hatred by publishing written material in relation to posts made on X in January and February 2024.A trial of facts is taking place at York Crown Court as Marsh, who has dementia, has been deemed physically and mentally unfit to enter a plea and give evidence as part of a conventional trial.The trial of facts, which has yet to hear evidence in her defence, is…
The Trump administration’s plan to crush Iran’s economy will likely negate the need for further U.S. military operations against the Islamic republic, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday.”If we are doing the maximum economic pressure, then that means that likely there will not be a large-scale kinetic restart,” Bessent said in an exclusive interview with “Squawk on the Street.”The Cabinet secretary’s comments came hours after President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. plans to choke Iran’s economy by levying major economic penalties against any country that provides “any type of lifeline” to Tehran.The announcement came as the war…
Young apprentices should have part of their wages paid by taxpayers, according to Reform UK plans, external aimed at delivering a “skills revolution”.The party’s education spokeswoman Suella Braverman said a Reform government would introduce an “apprenticeship wage credit” offering small and medium-sized businesses a 30% rebate on the wages of apprentices they take on aged 16 to 18.She also advised students receiving their GCSE exam results on Thursday “not to get ripped off by the great university scam” and to learn a trade instead.Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wants teenagers to have technical routes into careers that could…
Security for the couple has long been a point of tension, with Prince Harry losing a legal challenge last year over how much he and his family were entitled to when visiting the UK.Now that they are moving back to the UK, Ravec will have to make a new decision on their security as previous arrangements were based on them not living here permanently.The Home Office has said the UK’s protective security system was rigorous and proportionate, but “it is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect…
Earlier, Justice Secretary Neil Gray defended the use of business-class flights. He told BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast: “These are busy trips for ministers and it is right that they are able to arrive fresh, they’re able to arrive in a way that means that they’re able to participate and do their work immediately, so I think that’s a proportionate use.” Gray pointed to benefits of the trip, such as increasing Scotland’s “soft-power reach and the ability to make significant international connections”. He added: “It was right that the first minister and his team were there to participate and to be…
Labour leadership Joe Fagan says the days of calls for an indyref and the Nicola Sturgeon era ‘over’. Source link
Scottish Labour leadership candidtate Michael Marra says the party must work for Scotland. Source link
Three of the country’s worst illegal dumps are due to be cleaned up using taxpayers’ money, the government has announced.Sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire will be assessed for clearance, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying the “toxic dumps have blighted communities for too long”.Fines for waste offences will also rise from £300 to £5,000 to deter, catch, and punish those who dump illegally, and the Environment Agency will have more powers to seize assets bought with the proceeds of crime by those involved.But opposition parties said illegal dumps were a small part of a much bigger issue with…
A former adviser to Iran’s central bank pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the country is on the brink of economic collapse, but warned that the United Arab Emirates’ decision to sever trade ties could deepen Iran’s contraction to about 5% this year.”We should be a little bit cautious about the view that the Iranian economy is simply on the verge of collapse,” Mehrdad Sepahvand, a former economic adviser to the Central Bank of Iran, told CNBC’s Dan Murphy on the “Access Middle East” show on Thursday. His comments came hours after Trump vowed “economic warfare and…