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Cardinal Vincent Nichols said Pope Francis had ‘died with his boots on’ and made a ‘total sacrifice’ in his life to the Church.

Stephen Lappin, 60, was saved by a defibrillator when he collapsed after the 3k on the Green event in Glasgow on April 26, 2024.

Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per 1,000 prisoners.

Cast and crew from the programme, which is being axed by BBC Scotland, were at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday.

Government funding for free school meals offered to pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will rise from £2.58 to £2.61 a meal in September.

Popular English idioms such as ‘spill the beans’ are evolving as they pass from one generation to the next, according to the British Council.

Kate Osborne MP said the Supreme Court’s decision ‘will have a huge impact on my life and many other cis lesbians’.

The Health Secretary said there is ‘palpable anxiety’ among trans people about their rights and dignity.

The Mansfield Town forward admitted causing the death by careless driving of Adrian Daniel in Huddersfield.

Andrew Johnston, 30, competed as a singer on the television programme in 2008 and is now on trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Robin Hanbury-Tenison said he is determined to complete the challenge despite his family’s objections.

The Scottish First Minister will be part of the UK delegation at the ceremony in Rome on Saturday.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie is buried where he was killed by a sniper after leading a successful beach landing in April 1915.

A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and preventing a lawful burial.

Police Scotland said there was ‘no risk to the wider school community’.

Ghosts said to haunt the Kent village include the Hanging Schoolmaster and the Screaming Man of the Clay Pit.

Roses In A Green Jug by Samuel John Peploe will form part of an art sale at Bonhams next month.

The institution is dealing with a £140 million budget deficit.

The singer said she is ‘honoured’ to be recognised by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Some 150 new trade sanctions against Russia have been introduced by the UK, aimed at choking off the Kremlin’s war effort.