Plans for a national bakery chain to move into a vacant former bank building have taken a step forward.
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"Only the Labour Party can truly fight Britain's youth mental health crisis"

Jonelle Awomoyi is a 20-year old-student, a member of the National Council of Women, and an ambassador for the iwill campaign - she also serves on the Youth Parliament in...
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Ex-midwife who died after 25 falls ‘blamed for attention seeking' by care staff

2 hours ago | Metro

Derbyshire County Council has admitted to ‘failings' after Audrey Allen, 80, died, suffering four broken ribs and internal bleeding from a final fall in March 2016 A dementia...
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Skipper who was sending texts when his ship hit a fishing boat faces retrial

2 hours ago | Daily Mail

David Marr, 53, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, was on trial at Lewes Crown Court charged with failing to keep a proper lookout on board the commercial trawler, the Vertrouwen.
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Police name ‘much-loved husband, dad and grandad' who died after being struck by coach on major north-east road

2 hours ago | Press and Journal | 2 articles

Police have named the man who died after being struck by a coach on the A92 Aberdeen to Dundee road. Douglas McDonald, 69, from Newtonhill, was fatally injured in the collision...
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West Dunbartonshire pupils ditch the canteen after school dinner price hike

3 hours ago | Daily Record

After raising the price of a school dinner by nine percent - to £2.45 a day - the council has seen income from meals drop by £181,000
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Dumbarton council offices turn green for children's charity

3 hours ago | Daily Record

Dumbarton Academy building in the town's Church Street was bathed in green light, to highlight an NSPCC campaign
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Blue Badge prosecutions have soared by almost three fifths since 2016

4 hours ago | Sunday Times Driving

INSTANCES OF Blue Badge misuse have shot up across the country in the last four years, according to new figures released by the Department for Transport . According to the DfT...
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UK government to skip EU summit

4 hours ago | Politico

Boris Johnson will not attend the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, nor will he send an official or envoy in his place, a spokesperson for the U.K...
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New Zealand volcano eruption: At least one Briton among eight still missing

At least one British tourist is among eight people still missing after a volcano erupted in New Zealand, the country's prime minister has said. Read more ...

Golden Globes 2020 SNUBS: Cats, Game Of Thrones, This Is Us, Little Women...

Cats, starring Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Taylor Swift, did not get a lot of GG love, though one of Swift's songs for the film was recognized. And Games Of Thrones was out. Read more ...

Joseph McCann: Judge brands 'classic psychopath' rapist a 'dangerous coward'

Joseph McCann, 34, was today locked up for a minimum of 30 years following his horrific and harrowing sex attacks on 11 women and children Read more ...

Juice Wrld suffered fatal seizure as cops searched his private jet and found...

Officers had been waiting inside the Atlantic Aviation hangar for the 21-year-old's jet to arrive at from Los Angeles at 1:30am on Sunday morning, following claims drugs and... Read more ...

BREAKING Russia banned from 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2020 Olympics following...

Russia have been hit with a four-year doping ban from all major sporting events which will see them miss the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar Read more ...

West Ham vs Arsenal - Premier League 2019/20: Live score and updates

Arsenal will be looking to avoid going 10 games without victory when they travel to West Ham United to help round off the weekend's Premier League action. Follow all the action... Read more ...

Golden Globes 2020 nominations: Joker, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time in...

GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS 2020 have arrived, from Joaquin Phoenix's Joker to The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Read more ...

Tory Matt Hancock faces shouts of 'shame!' at hospital where boy slept on floor

The shamed Health Secretary skulked into Leeds General Infirmary for a hastily-arranged trip - as claims of a 'punch' and an arrest appeared to have no evidence to back them up Read more ...

Walmart apologizes for selling a Christmas sweater that showed Santa at a...

Walmart Canada has apologized for selling a Christmas sweater featuring a scene that appeared to show Santa Claus doing cocaine. The sweater showed Santa in front of a table... Read more ...

White Island volcano: New Zealand's eruption leaves dozens of Australians...

More than 20 Australians including a Sydney family-of-four and a newlywed couple are listed as missing by the New Zealand Red Cross in the wake of the deadly White Island... Read more ...

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Greggs to open new store at site of former Aberdeen bank