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Pro-Palestine protesters have vowed to go ahead with a planned demonstration this weekend despite Israel and Hamas’ agreement to the initial phases of a Gaza ceasefire deal.The march, drawing in hundreds of activists, is set to take place at Victoria Embankment in London on Saturday. The demonstration has had backing from Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party, who encouraged supporters to attend.In a post to X this morning, the recently-founded party wrote: “Until the genocide ends. Until Gaza breathes. Until apartheid falls.Your Party is set to go-ahead with its planned demonstration in London this weekend | X/PA This includes the release of…

Getty ImagesScotland has been the drugs deaths capital of Europe for the past seven yearsA bill that would have given people with drug and alcohol addictions the legal right to treatment has been rejected by the Scottish Parliament. Former Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who tabled the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill, said the legislation would have saved lives. However, opponents said the proposals risked overburdening already stretched services. Parliament voted by 63 votes to 52 to reject the bill.The proposed legislation fell at stage one, in which MSPs are asked to agree to its general principles, after the…

Bellamy was on something of a charm offensive when he faced the media before this fixture. There was to be a new and bigger English audience to see what the Welsh public had already witnessed: his evolution from a combustible, confrontational player to a controlled, deep-thinking coach.This was the sternest examination so far of that new image.He simmered on the Wembley touchline as he watched his team fold obligingly in the face of torrential English pressure.Bellamy kept his cool on the surface but did he manage such calm in the changing room too?”I quite enjoyed half-time,” he said.”I was like,…

Birmingham City Council has recruited staff to remove “unauthorised” flags from the streets in a month-long campaign during the early hours of each day.The workers will work in darkness throughout October to tear down items including Union Jack and St George’s flags, which have sprung up across the city in recent months.Job adverts for construction company Kier have been posted on several recruitment websites, with the role involving “removing unauthorised attachments (e.g. flags) from public property”.The advert adds that the Mobile Elevating Work Platform operators will “work in pairs” and usually be accompanied by a staff member. Workers will “travel…

First-time buyers with just a five per cent deposits could find themselves better off buying than renting in nine major British cities, according to fresh analysis from Lloyds Banking Group.The bank’s research reveals that Glasgow leads the way, where monthly mortgage payments work out around 32 per cent less expensive than typical rental costs.That means buyers in Scotland’s largest city could pocket an extra £396 each month, or nearly £5,000 a year, compared to what they would pay in rent.The study looked at eleven major cities and found that in most of them, getting on the property ladder with a…

Noor NanjiCulture reporter / Celebrity TraitorsSpoiler warning: This article reveals details from the second episode of the Celebrity TraitorsThe second episode of Celebrity Traitors has taken place and all we’re talking about is Tom Daley giving Kate Garraway a serious side-eye.The presenter is suspect #1 for the Olympic diver, who made zero efforts to hide it during Thursday night’s show.At one point, Garraway declares she is “flabbergasted” by the first murder. Daley, 31, has no time for it, giving a major eye roll.”Who uses that word?” he asks.”You can’t just call someone a Traitor because they have a better vocabulary…

We wondered which version of Greece would turn up in Glasgow – the side that hammered Scotland 3-0 or the one that got hammered 3-0 by Denmark last time out. Emphatically, it was the latter, but football is about results. At the break, it was 0-0, a mercy for the Scots given that Greece had confused the life out of them with their movement. Scotland didn’t know whether to press or not, such was Greece’s ability to pop it about. Steve Clarke’s side looked like a disorganised rabble just waiting to be put out of their misery.They had no attempt…

A mother who fraudulently obtained more than £56,000 in Universal Credit has dodged jail.Sumira Amin, 36, deceived the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for over three years by claiming she was a single parent renting accommodation.The benefit cheat insisted she possessed no savings or assets whilst receiving payments between July 2019 and October 2022. However, investigations revealed she co-owned a property in Salford with her partner, having purchased it in 2018.Amin admitted two counts of dishonestly submitting false statements to secure payments at Manchester Crown Court. The fraudulent claims totalled £56,124 across a 40-month period.The fraud began when Amin…

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed Labour “fanned the flames of racism” as the disgraced former Labour leader also took aim at Nigel Farage.Mr Corbyn said: “Keir Starmer is a plastic patriot just like Nigel Farage.”The co-leader of Your Party wrote in The Standard that “Reform and Labour can wrap themselves in as many Union Jacks as they want.”However, Mr Corbyn’s apparent understanding of the UK appears somewhat different, with the ex-Labour leader instead drawing comparison to his London seat of Islington North.”There are probably over seventy languages spoken in my constituency. Islington North is incredibly diverse, made up of people who…

Martin Lewis is encouraging bank customers to remember a simple three-digit code that could protect them from fraudsters.The consumer champion has been spreading awareness about dialling 159, a special number that connects people directly to their legitimate bank when they are worried about potential scams.In a video shared on social media in May, Mr Lewis explained how the service works when someone receives a suspicious call claiming to be from their bank.”If you get a call from your bank, you’re not sure it’s really them, they’re asking for personal details, you’re a little bit worried. Just say ‘I’m going to…