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A fire at a vape shop has forced the closure of Scotland’s busiest railway station until further notice, Network Rail says. Dozens of trains were cancelled on Sunday after a four-storey building on Union Street, near Glasgow Central Station, caught fire. The building has partially collapsed, and the station will remain closed on Monday as firefighters continue to tackle the blaze more than five hours after it began. A spokesperson […]

The King will describe this as a time of great challenge during his message to mark Commonwealth Day. In an extract released ahead of the annual event celebrating Commonwealth nations, King Charles, who is also head of the Commonwealth, says the day comes at a moment of both challenge and possibility. He says communities and nations are facing increasing pressures from conflict, climate change and rapid transformation, but adds that […]

A van driver has been jailed for eight years after crashing into gates near a London university campus and killing a student. Christopher Jackson, who is twenty seven and from Southampton, had previously admitted causing the death of Aalia Mahomed by dangerous driving on the eighteenth of March last year. The Old Bailey heard that the twenty year old student had been sitting on a bench close to King’s College […]

Kristi Noem has been sacked as US homeland security secretary following what a Trump administration source described as the culmination of her many leadership failures. Donald Trump announced on social media that she will be replaced by a senator from Oklahoma. He added that Ms Noem will take up a new post as special envoy for the Shield of the Americas in about three weeks. Posting on Truth Social, Trump […]

One of the three men arrested on suspicion of spying for China has been named as David Taylor, the husband of sitting Labour MP Joani Reid. In a statement, Ms Reid said she has never seen anything to make her suspect her husband has broken any law. She added she is not part of his business activities and neither she nor her children are part of the investigation and should […]

Donald Trump says the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “if necessary, as soon as possible.” The US-Israel conflict with Iran has almost completely halted shipping traffic through the strategic sea passage connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Asked about European allies, Trump said he has been happy with some but not with others. Turning to the UK, he added he […]

The expansion of Donald Trump's war against Iran to a British base in Cyprus is being described as a serious challenge for the UK, which has limited air defences and only a small capacity to respond. Sir Keir Starmer says the military has bolstered forces in the Middle East, including a squadron of Typhoon jets in Qatar and six F‑35s operating from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. However, both aircraft have […]

Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, has climbed eight percent over the past month as concerns grow over potential disruption to supplies amid the ongoing conflict. While Iran is not a major oil producer due to Western sanctions, its position controlling the Strait of Hormuz is crucial. The narrow shipping corridor accounts for around a fifth of global oil supplies, so missile and drone activity in the area poses a […]

Iran’s supreme leader has been killed in US Israeli strikes, according to a senior Israeli official speaking to Reuters. The official said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled Iran since 1989, is dead and that his body has been found. His compound was said to have been extensively damaged in strikes today. Within minutes of the report, Iranian state media cited the supreme leader’s office as saying the enemy is […]