Israel and Hamas agree on new exchange which keeps fragile ceasefire intact
Israeli and Hamas officials said on Tuesday they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, keeping their fragile ceasefire ...
What the papers say – February 26
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 26 February https://t.co/I5ycLZ6Byy pic.twitter.com/0Wnfu8ecDw Matters closer to home occupy the Daily Express, which says ...
Climate emissions slashed by 87% by 2040 – what will it mean for households?
The advisory Climate Change Committee says a third of the emissions reductions needed in 15 years will come from household action.
Swinney to make fresh pledge to improve public services
John Swinney will host his first Bute House press conference as First Minister on Wednesday where he will outline his plan to “renew public trust in politics” and unite Scotland “against the ...
MP calls for harsher penalties to clamp down on illegal ‘ghost’ licence plates
Drivers caught using illegal “ghost” licence plates which are effectively invisible to speed cameras would face tougher penalties under a proposed change to the law. The plates, made of reflective ...
Graduate owed nearly £50,000 in student loan overpayments, figures show
The Student Loans Company said it has repeatedly contacted customers who are owed ‘exceptional credit balances’.
‘Limited’ progress in addressing health threat of antibiotic resistance – report
Crumbling NHS hospitals could be hampering the UK’s efforts to tackle the “major public health threat” of antibiotic resistance, a new report suggests. Poor practices across the world, including in ...
Scottish labs receive £10m for space mission to study cosmic ripples
The project will use lasers, routed through optical benches made in Edinburgh, to measure gravitational waves.
White substance on Bournemouth beach was paint, council says
Seafront workers from BCP Council have identified the white sticky substance found on Bournemouth beach over the weekend.
Government will ‘take everybody into the digital future’ with new inclusion plan
Technology ministers Peter Kyle and Sir Chris Bryant have unveiled a new plan to boost access to digital skills training and tech.
Credible child poverty strategy must see two-child limit axed, says think tank
Researchers concluded that while this would be “preferable” to the two-child limit currently in place, “there is a strong principled argument for the social security system to return to allocating ...