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Police are probing the “suspicious” death of a man after a body was found in a Glasgow high rise. Officers were called to a flat within Dumbreck Court following the discovery of the 29-year-old’s body at around 12.30pm on Monday. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A post-mortem examination will take place in due course to

Apple is being sued for £1bn (£785m) by UK app developers over its App Store fees. Professor Sean Ennis from the University of East Anglia Centre for Competition Policy is bring the class action lawsuit on behalf of 1,566 app creators because of the tech giant’s “excessive” charges. Some app makers are charged 15% to

The King has paid tribute to Second World War veterans as he commemorated the 80th anniversary of the famous Dambusters raid. He visited the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) at RAF Coninsgby in Lincolnshire, where aircraft including six Spitfires, two Hurricanes and a Lancaster bomber are kept in an airworthy state.

The BBC has issued an apology to Nigel Farage over a story on the closure of his Coutts bank account, “which turned out not to be accurate”. In a statement, the broadcaster said: “Because of this evidence, we have since changed the headline and the copy on the original online article about his bank account

BBC newsreader George Alagiah has died at the age of 67, his agent has said. The Sri Lanka-born journalist – the face of BBC One’s News At Six since 2007 – was diagnosed in 2014 with stage four bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes. He endured two rounds of chemotherapy

A body has been found in the search for a missing 15-year-old boy who was swept away in a river in Angus. Liam Buchan, from Dundee, was with family and friends when he got into difficulty in the River North Esk near Edzell on Saturday 15 July. His disappearance sparked a major search, with teams

Sea evacuations have begun from a beach in Corfu to transport individuals fleeing wildfires on the Greek island – as scores of Britons await repatriation flights out of Rhodes. Around 59 people have been evacuated from Nissaki beach on the northwest coast, the Greek Coast Guard has said. The evacuation involved six coast guard vessels

Flights have been arranged to get hundreds of Britons out of Rhodes, as thousands continue to flee wildfires on the Greek island – and new evacuations were announced on Corfu. Tourists and residents huddled in schools and shelters on Sunday in Rhodes, with many evacuated on private boats from beaches as flames menaced resorts and

Evan Davis has told how his wedding day turned into a “reflective” occasion after he learned his father had taken his own life. The BBC Radio 4 presenter, also known for hosting Dragon’s Den, revealed to his wedding guests he had just been informed of his father’s death but told them not to be “alarmed”

Apple has launched a blistering attack on government proposals that would force tech firms to clear new privacy features with the Home Office. The iPhone maker said the changes to the Investigatory Powers Act, which are under consultation, would pose a “serious and direct threat” to the security of user data. In a nine-page submission,

Heavy rain is forecast in northern parts of England and Wales today, with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning. The area, which stretches from Holyhead in Wales to Scarborough and Carlisle in England, could see up to 20-30mm of rain fall during the day, with places on higher ground potentially getting as much

What now? This week’s trio of parliamentary by-elections are bound to be the biggest sampling of voter opinion in an election for Westminster this side of the next general election. That election is most likely more than a year away. November 2024 is currently the favoured date, although the prime minister could run all the

England have won their first Women’s World Cup match with a 1-0 victory over Haiti in Brisbane. It took 29 minutes for Georgia Stanway to push the Lionesses into the lead with a retaken penalty – aiming the ball low into the left corner of the net. England looked dominant from the start, with Alessia

England are hours away from kicking off their World Cup campaign down under with their opening match against Haiti. The Lionesses go into the tournament off the back of their Euro 2022 win last year and as one of the big favourites to lift the World Cup trophy in August. England sit 49 places above

Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages have now been retrieved from his old phone and will be handed over to the COVID inquiry unredacted, his spokesman has said. The probe into the government’s handling of the pandemic demanded to see the former PM’s messages from the height of lockdown as part of its ongoing work. But after

Unconscious with her hands cuffed behind her back, a woman is carried into a police cell. She is forced face-down onto a thin mattress. Police officers take off her jeans, cut off her knickers, pull a pair of oversized custody shorts over her legs, then remove her top and bra before leaving her alone and

If I get through a meeting without saying a word, I consider it a great success. Unfortunately, there are times when I can no longer stay under the radar. The microphone must be unmuted, the camera might have to go on, and all the attention is on me. At least, that was the case until

Polls will open today at 7am for three by-elections across the country, as voters decide who they want to represent them in parliament. The seats of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west London, Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire, and Somerton and Frome in Somerset, will all be up for grabs, with polls closing at

Dan Wootton has addressed claims regarding his personal conduct made on social media, calling all criminal allegations made against him “untrue” and claiming he is the victim of a “smear campaign”. The journalist and presenter made a statement at the start of his daily GB News show, Dan Wootton Tonight, telling viewers: ” As a

A decision by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to invest in electric vehicle battery production in the UK is “very welcome”, a Labour MP has said. Darren Jones, chair of the cross-party Business and Trade Committee, was responding to reports that Tata will establish a battery gigafactory in Somerset for its JLR operation, potentially creating thousands