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A court date has been set for a former Labour MSP charged with possessing indecent images of children. Colin Smyth, 52, is due to appear at Dumfries Sherriff Court on 24 September. He is also facing a separate criminal charge over hiding a secret camera in a Scottish Parliament toilet …

Angela Rayner has admitted she did not pay the right amount of stamp duty on the purchase of her second home and has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards.  Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the deputy prime minister became …

👉Listen to Politics At Sam And Anne’s on your podcast app👈      After the prime minister’s mini reshuffle of backroom staff at No 10 yesterday, will the optics behind the scenes work? Sam and Anne discuss why the appointment of Darren Jones is significant to phase 2 of the Starmer …

👉Listen to Politics At Sam And Anne’s on your podcast app👈        As MPs return to Westminster for a packed autumn term, will the prime minister be back with a bang? Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy discuss Keir Starmer’s priorities as the so-called “reset week” begins. There’s chatter …

Can science reveal the secrets of mysterious objects seen in our skies? BBC News

A controversial plan to build a new solar farm on Anglesey has been approved by the Welsh government. The Alaw Môn development will see panels installed across 660 acres of land near Llyn Alaw in the centre of Anglesey, producing enough energy to power around 34,000 homes. According to Enso …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into custody after arriving at a US ICE office in Baltimore. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed he is being processed for deportation. He was previously deported by mistake to a notorious prison in El Salvador and later returned to Tennessee where he was charged …

Apple is suing a former employee on the Apple Watch team who left to join Oppo, alleging that he “conspired to steal Apple’s trade secrets relating to Apple Watch and to disclose them to his new employers.” Ahead of starting his new job at Oppo, the employee, Dr. Chen Shi, …

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said on Friday that the federal government will take a 10% stake in Intel. “This historic agreement strengthens US leadership in semiconductors, which will both grow our economy and help secure America’s technological edge,” Lutnick wrote on X in a post accompanied by a …

The government is seeking to appeal the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case of a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Epping. Earlier this week, Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary injunction to stop people being placed at the Bell Hotel. The …

US Vice-President JD Vance and other senior members of the Trump administration were heckled as they met National Guard troops in Washington DC. Vance, along with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, visited the troops at Union Station, DC’s largest rail hub, on …

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Nigel Farage’s Reform won more than 40% of seats at May’s council elections. The Conservatives lost control of 16 English councils and won 20% of seats – one of the lowest proportions in the past two decades. …

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has said he was pelted with bottles and had a knife pulled on him while speaking to migrants in a camp in northern France. The Conservative MP posted a video on social media discussing the incident with Daily Express journalist Zak Garner-Purkis who has accompanied …

The chairperson of the Sheku Bayoh inquiry has refused a request to step down after the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) questioned his impartiality. The organisation, which represents rank and file officers, had raised concerns about Lord Bracadale’s private meetings with the family of Mr Bayoh The father-of-two was 31 when …

Workers at a major bus company have suspended a planned strike after receiving an improved pay offer, a union has said. About 450 Unite members at Cardiff Bus had planned to walk out from 17 August to 7 September in a row over pay. But the union said those plans …

The parents of a schoolboy who was murdered by a fellow pupil on his lunchbreak have called for an order protecting the identity of his 15-year-old killer to be lifted. Harvey Willgoose, who was also 15, died when he was stabbed in the heart with a hunting knife at All …

The son of former Aberdeen and Falkirk striker Lee Miller has already made 76 senior appearances. He was a near ever-present last season as Motherwell finished eighth in the Scottish Premiership, scoring four goals in his 41 appearances and earning his first two Scotland caps. Asked about Miller’s absence on …

James McClean has signed a new contract to remain with Wrexham until the end of the 2026-27 season. The 36-year-old has been a pivotal figure in the club’s rise to the Championship since joining from Wigan Athletic in 2023 – the versatile wing-back featuring 89 times in his two seasons …

An American soldier has been arrested on charges of attempting to share secret information about the US Army’s Abrams tank with Russia, prosecutors said. The justice department accused Taylor Adam Lee, an active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas, of passing an SD card with sensitive information to a …

The Charity Shield was introduced in 1908 as a way to raise funds for charity. However, the match – which has become the curtain-raiser for the new Premier League season – was later renamed the Community Shield when the Football Association was found not to have met the requirements of …