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A jury found that Isla Bryson raped two women: one in 2016 and one in 2019.

A review into whether the rules around the state pension age remain appropriate will be published early this year.

Gordon Arthur was discussing things he had previously said to a Holyrood committee on barriers facing ethnic minorities in the sport.

Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said ‘lots of schools’ will shut on February 1.

The 19th annual edition of the festival will host more than 250 screenings and events and run from March 1 to 12.

An overnight low of minus 8.6C was recorded in Benson, Oxfordshire, on Monday, with Altnaharra in northern Scotland a comparatively balmy 10.6C.

Flu, long-term health conditions and NHS pressures are likely to be driving the trend.

The singer-songwriter’s piece for The Wild Escape project was inspired by Diego Velazquez’s Rokeby Venus and Shibata Zeshin’s Two-Fold Screen.

Passengers wanting to book tickets for weekend travel this month have only been able to buy tickets a few days in advance.

The adverts suggested the heaters were ‘good for environment and good for your wallet’.

New rules come into force on July 31 2023 which will set higher standards of consumer protection across financial services.

Public Health Scotland also released an alert for a new synthetic opioid being found on Scotland’s streets and in prisons.

Business Secretary Grant Shapps has announced plans for a statutory code of practice for employers.

It is one of many occasions Twitter has been taken to court in recent weeks for allegedly failing to pay its rent.

Richard Sharp said he believed his appointment had been conducted ‘by the book’.

The Government said that the proposal for a pilot scheme was not seen as ‘necessary’.

Nah-Shun Thomas, 19, and a youth of 16 were arrested on suspicion of murder on January 19.

The latest PMI survey shows the UK private sector suffered its sharpest drop in two years in January.

It is thought the impact of recent increases in mortgage rates may now be being seen in the statistics.

Michael Stone said he paid for people to put up posters for the politician as part of the 2020 general election campaign.