The Sunday Post (Newcastle)
‘Trump’s U-turn simply pathetic’
Donald Trump has been accused of performing “a pathetic U-turn” over his slurs against British soldiers in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer raised Trump’s comments about Nato troops in Afghanistan directly with the US president in a...
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Parents are in a race against time
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Key has a rare form of childhood dementia. Now his father David is calling for the condition to be included in the £5 “heel prick” test to help other sufferers.
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‘My little girl died before she was one. I will stop at nothing to prevent families suffering as I did’
Rachel Searle was just 17 years old when she gave birth to baby Delilah. But when Delilah began having difficulties swallowing at just two months old, Rachel was plunged into the terrifying and confusing world of childhood dementia. Delilah never got...
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BETRAYAL OF SCOTLAND’S SHIPYARDS
A £200 million taxpayerfunded contract to build Royal Navy boats has been awarded to a foreign defence firm facing criminal prosecution for bribery and corruption. The deal with Dutch defence giant Damen, which UK shipyards were excluded from bidding...
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Christmas all wrapped up
BUMPER CHRISTMAS TV GUIDE Viva Las Vegas for Martin Film star Compston on his plans for the holidays
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When you go, will you comebacka debtor from America?
Football fans have been warned they could be pushed into spiralling debt because of “World Cup fever”. The Advice Direct Scotland charity said a realistic budget for even a modest trip to North America, where the tournament is being held in the...
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Warnings as childrennow spending up to 30 hours a week on iPads and screens
Scotland’s children are spending an astonishing 29.4 hours a week engaging in “sedentary leisure”, according to a new report. The government’s recently published Scottish Health Survey reveals how a boom in screen-based activities is shaping the...
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Reduction of specialist maternity units will cost lives, say experts
Plans to downgrade five of Scotland’s eight neonatal intensive care units have sparked warnings from maternity experts, midwives and families who fear babies’ lives will be put at risk. Under proposed reforms, premature or underweight newborns would...
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39 women killed by men in five violent years
Campaigners are calling for a new national strategy to prevent violence against women and girls, as victims’ families will this week join MSPs in a vigil for those who have died. Thirty-nine women have suffered violent deaths at the hands of men...
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How story of death tied me to a war hero
The sunlight in Lille lands like varnish on the cobbles. It clings to the façades of the old town, gilding stonework and windowpanes, settling on shoulders and shopfronts like a blessing. The city thrums in the easy tempo of a late spring evening:...
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Royally rumbled
As Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces new threat of police investigations, The Sunday Post’s royal correspondent, Ian Lloyd, gives his verdict on the future of the monarchy and reveals why he believes it has never been in more trouble.
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Wedding crashers
Thousands of Scottish marriages could be legally at risk because officials have failed to tackle an explosion in rogue celebrants exploiting the law to take advantage of couples. An investigation by The Sunday Post found whistleblowers, leading...
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Andrew’s Scottish Epstein jet flight
Prince Andrew used paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet to fly to Scotland, new documents have revealed. The prince flew on the plane to Edinburgh Airport just two months after Epstein was arrested for having sex with underage...
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Healthand care home staff forced to pay for their own Covid jabs
Frontline health workers, including care home staff, are being forced to pay for Covid jabs after being told they will no longer get them on the NHS. The decision is outlined in a letter from Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Gregor Smith, and...
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NEW SUNDAY POST CAMPAIGN TO MAKE THE NATION BETTER
The Sunday Post is asking every Scottish politician to put party politics aside, look to their conscience and back the Right To Recovery Bill. Last week, The Sunday Post launched the first of its Transform Scotland series, a campaign that brings...
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Victim of monster surgeon Eljamel brands compensation ruling‘ ash am’
A man butchered by rogue surgeon Sam Eljamel has hit out at the government after being told he is too late to receive injury compensation. Ambulance driver Murray Watt has been left with a lifelong risk of sepsis after Eljamel, right, botched five...
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AGE OF RAGE
The killing of Charlie Kirk has been used by antiIslam activist Tommy Robinson to mobilise support for one of the UK’s largest ever far-right rallies. The Metropolitan Police said it estimated around 110,000 were in London for the Unite The Kingdom...
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Silence lease
How a book excluded from shelves at National Library tells tale of a culture war bubbling under the surface of Scottish society
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‘They are jumping on the bandwagon’
They’ve become the musthave companion for celebrities. From Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown to Ariana Grande and even the Princess of Wales’ brother James Middleton – several stars have spoken about the benefits of therapy and emotional...
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Miracle mum on little LJ’s first day
Miracle mum Lucy Lintott-Smith gets a giant hug from her little boy LJ before waving him off on his first day at school. It was a day she never thought she would see after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) at just 19 years of age. Lucy,...
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Light in the dark
It’s 2am in a back lane in Glasgow city centre and a young man is dying. He lies slumped against a dirty wall, the detritus of the city strewn by his feet as the fading cries of the last of the weekend revellers echoes off the cobbles. Just an hour or...
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‘Alex Salmond’s conspiracy line was fabrication, the invention of a man unwilling to reflect on his ownconduct’
Nicola Sturgeon has branded her late mentor Alex Salmond a deceitful and vengeful media manipulator who “would have rather destroyed the SNP than see it succeed without him”. Sturgeon insists Salmond’s claims of a conspiracy against him over an...
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Relentless, vile, sexist: Former foes unite to call foranendto daily abuse
They led Scotland’s three biggest political parties during one of the most tumultuous periods in recent history. Now, as a new report reveals the awful sexist abuse women standing for election face every day, Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale and Ruth...
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Rocking the boat
When Brooke Lamond was a little girl, she wanted to be a fisherman when she grew up. She was always out on the sea with her fisherman dad, helping him around the boat in any way she could. But somehow, somewhere, the dream faded. By the time she was...
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Health staff paid to sit at home due to chronic delay inbackground checks
Frontline hospital staff across Scotland are being paid to sit at home because of delays to background checks. An investigation by The Sunday Post also revealed that tens of millions of pounds were splurged on temporary workers by Disclosure Scotland...
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Almost 30,000 use law to see if partner has criminal past
Nearly 30,000 in Scotland have used domestic violence disclosure laws in the past decade to check if their partner has a violent past – with almost 8,000 coming in the last year. The Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse in Scotland, also known as...
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Peeling back the layers of world’s first comic strips
Long before Spider-man spun webs across New York skyscrapers or Oor Wullie planted himself on a bucket, the humble comic was born in the unlikeliest of places. In Glasgow’s gin-soaked drinking dens of the early 19th Century, the world’s first comic...
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Scots civil servants’ 77,500 sick days in one year
Scottish Government staff took a record numbers of days off sick last year. The latest figures show that employees called in sick on a total of 77,500 days – an average of 8.7 days off each. The overall level of sickness absence is 3.9% – more than...
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Experts call for hearing tests to cut falls
Routine hearing assessments should be introduced across Scotland in the wake of a new study that found they can dramatically reduce the number of people suffering falls, experts say. Campaigners are calling for new national guidelines for routine...
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£80m green energy fund was shelved after Greens threatened SNP pact
Vital funding to boost a green energy project that could create thousands of jobs was shelved after infighting between the Scottish Greens and the SNP. The Acorn carbon capture and storage project would see harmful greenhouse gas emissions piped under...
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Nation’s young men are dying in their prime
Scotland is now the only country in the developed world where male mortality between the ages of 25 and 49 is on the rise. A new study shows how Scotland is suffering from a crisis of premature deaths, robbing a generation of family men. While other...
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Battle of the bulge: Council plan to cut takeaway portions
Councils could soon order takeaways and fast food outlets to cut back portion sizes as part of the war on obesity. A new pilot project in Fife will see health officials work with food outlets to help stop Scots overeating. The scheme also raised the...
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Children are losing the ability to hold a pencil and draw as fine motor skills crumble in schools
Children are losing the ability hold a pencil, draw and use scissors, a new poll of teachers has revealed. The YouGov survey found 77% of primary school teachers have seen a drop in pupils’ fine motor skills since 2020. The poll comes on the back of...
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‘I live in fear evil ex is set to go free’
The ex-wife of one of Scotland’s most evil killers says she is living in fear he will walk free after she found out he is seeking parole. Rab Thomson murdered the two children he shared with former partner June in a savage act of revenge for her...
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Silence over mother and baby deaths in Scots hospitals
Health authorities have managed to avoid public scrutiny over 500 baby deaths in Scottish hospitals, we can reveal. A special Post investigation into maternity care has found nearly 500 babies and dozens of mothers lost their lives since 2019, but...
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ALARM OVER ASBESTOS IN WATER PIPES
Concerns are growing over the safety of Scotland’s water mains network with more than a quarter of pipes in some areas containing asbestos. More than half of those pipes are now beyond their lifespan of 70 years, increasing the risk of them crumbling...
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NEST IN CLASS
Pupils are eggstatic after they successfully hatched a clutch of adorable ducklings as part of their spring science project. From incubating the eggs to naming their new pals, pupils were hooked from the first crack of the shell. Junior school pupils...
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My boy, 19, was sent home by medics ... just five days later he was dead
A heartbroken mum is demanding to know why her previously healthy son died just five days after being discharged from hospital. 19-year-old McKenzie Ferns had been sent to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride with suspected pneumonia. His concerned...
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Walking on sunshine
The UK is set to bask in another week of gloriously sunny weather, with above-average temperatures continuing into next weekend. Met Office forecasters are predicting long periods of sunshine across the whole of the UK, with temperatures reaching up...
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Shocking level of misogyny in Scotland’s classrooms revealed...
The shocking level of hatred and violence aimed towards women and girls at Scottish schools is exposed by a special Sunday Post report. Female teachers and pupils are frequently facing a torrent of abuse and sexual taunts as campaigners highlight a...
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Scots placed on terror watchlist over incel subculture exposed by Netf lix hit
Scots males have been referred to an anti-terror scheme due to a woman-hating ideology exposed by Netflix drama Adolescence, we can reveal. The four Scots, who may include children and teenagers, were referred to the Prevent scheme over their...
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When Billy Met Alasdair
The candid black-and-white photograph, showing two of Glasgow’s greatest creative figures, has hung on the wall of Alan Bissett’s home for years. As a huge fan of both Billy Connolly and Alasdair Gray, the bestselling novelist and performer has often...
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‘Police will end up with legal battle like NHS over trans changing room policy’
Scotland’s top gender law specialist has warned the national police force they face a Sandie Peggie-style legal battle over their policy on changing rooms. Under the Police Scotland policy, trans staff may use the changing facilities of whichever...
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Mum’s vile abuser may face landmark charges
Demi Hannaway’s violent partner, Andrew Brown, may face criminal charges in Scotland’s first ever domestic abuse-linked suicide. The prosecution hope was raised after Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain announced a new investigation into Demi’s death during a...
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BLOOMING FANTASTIC
She has been crowned as one of the most beautiful women in the world, but as a schoolgirl Amy Scott thought she was so ugly she hid away and struggled to make friends. The new Miss Scotland is now tall and slim with gorgeous copper-red hair and...
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‘I was a little girl when I found out Demi was hiding fact she was being abused by partner’
Caitlin, Sarah, and Ella Hannaway are just like many girls their age. Beautiful, brave and with loving parents who would do anything for them. But they are missing one crucial part of their family – their big sister Demi, who died after years of abuse...
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‘I begged Demi to leave him before he killed her. Now my bestfriend is gone’
The best friend of tragic mum Demi Hannaway has detailed how she witnessed her being repeatedly strangled by an abusive partner. Police Scotland detectives are finally set to interview Leeanne McMullen, nearly four years after Demi’s death.
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Children’s eyesight left damaged by short-sighted lockdowns
Thousands of children have been left with damaged eyesight as a result of Covid lockdown restrictions, it has been claimed. Latest figures show more than 1,000 pre-school children were diagnosed with shortsightedness in the wake of emergency measures...
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Rape Crisis in row over new rulesonhowto define women
Rape Crisis Scotland, the organisation providing support to rape victims, has caused uproar over how it defines a woman after publishing guidance that states anyone who identifies as a woman is a woman. Critics say: “Victims shouldn’t have to work out...
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Family demands new probe into young mum’s death
The parents of a domestic abuse victim are calling for police to look again at the sudden death of their daughter. Demi Hannaway died in May 2021 in what police ruled was a tragic suicide. But her family wants a new investigation focusing on her...
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Ukraine children draw strength from art
They paint the blood red skies above them, and the raggedy flowers still growing in the battered shells of their warbombed homes. The pain of war is there for all to see in simple drawings made by the children of Ukraine. Flowers For Grandma,...
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Exclusive:Angeras shamed former MP ‘waltzesintotopjob’
A former SNP MP who sexually harassed a teenage staff member has landed a top job with a charity bankrolled by the Scottish Government. Patrick Grady, who was previously suspended from the Commons, has been appointed head of policy and communications...
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An ice-cold dip can be the perfect way to warm your heart...
It might not be everyone’s cup of tea but wild swimming is well and truly in the mainstream. Greg Hemphill and Julie Wilson Nimmo explain how it has changed their lives.
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‘Tiny tot Remi is our Christmas miracle’
A mum whose aggressive form of cancer was discovered “by chance” is celebrating the birth of her “beautiful baby”. Danielle Greenan, 36, was diagnosed after abnormalities were found during a pregnancy ultrasound with her first daughter Zara. Now her...
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Scots flooding across border to snap up cut price alcohol
Soaring alcohol prices in Scotland are driving shoppers online and over the border into England in search of bargains. Small Scottish retailers say they are losing out as shoppers head south on “booze cruises” to the big English supermarkets in...
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Killer of socialite aims to profit from whisky development
A notorious Indian murderer who shot dead a celebrity barmaid for refusing to serve him a drink is seeking to make a fortune as part of a major new whisky development. Manu Sharma, the superrich son of a powerful politician, was handed a life sentence...
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‘A giant of a man...he made people walk tall’
Alex Salmond was remembered as a man of “talent, charisma and substance” during a memorial service yesterday. Around 500 people – including family, friends and politicians – attended the event to celebrate the life of the former first minister and SNP...
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DENISE CLAIR Weallwantaprivate prosecution. Why would the powers that be not want the same?
Woman raped by footballer David Goodwillie accuses Scottish Government of holding up her attempts to bring a landmark private criminal prosecution
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Vile sexual predator abused step-daughter but dodges deportation as it would ‘breach his right to a family life’
A foreign paedophile who abused his step-daughter and two of her cousins has been allowed to remain in Scotland – as deporting him would breach his right to a family life. Because of the severity of his offences, he was automatically ordered to be...
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Public pay for health minister’s chauffeured trips to the football
Health Secretary Neil Gray has enjoyed a string of chauffeurdriven Hampden Park junkets to watch his favourite football team play – while claiming he was on official business. His repeated visits to the national stadium coincided with Aberdeen playing...
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Staff watched from behind door as pupil, seven, battered his head off the wall
School staff watched from behind a closed door as a severely disabled child banged his head off a wall in distress – then failed to report injuries to his head, instead telling his parents he was just upset. Little Isaac Tocher’s mum Vicki said she...
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Traumatised family forced to perform CPR on newborn baby amid agonising wait for help
A family faced a “terrifying nightmare” as they desperately fought to save the life of their dangerously ill newborn girl. The Aberdeenshire family live just seven miles from an ambulance station, but faced a “petrifying” wait for help as NHS call...
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Bone appetit
Welcome to the upmarket restaurant where licking your plate clean isn’t only acceptable – it’s expected. A Supper Club aimed at dogs and their owners has launched in Edinburgh, serving three-course meals prepared by a chef using seasonal, high-quality...
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Passing of a political colossus
Former First Minister Alex Salmond, the man who took Scotland to the brink of independence, has died aged 69. Salmond, a two-time SNP leader and current Alba leader, will be remembered as one of the most significant and polarising figures in modern...
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Hat-trick of little miracles
Miracle mum Lucy Lintott Smith, who at 19 was the youngest Scot ever to be diagnosed with terminal motor neurone disease, has confounded experts – yet again – by giving birth to her third baby. Against all odds, Lucy delivered a son four years ago in...
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