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Donald Trump’s Scottish golf resorts still loss making despite rising revenues
Donald Trump’s two Scottish golf courses have posted another year of financial losses despite a strong rise in turnover, as the former US president’s business empire continues to invest heavily in luxury tourism and golf. Accounts filed for 2024 show that Trump Turnberry, in Ayrshire, increased its revenue by 15Continue Reading
Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they simply got bored, Nasa scientist
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Is there a reason aliens are ghosting us? Maybe they are bored of trying? That’s the latest theory from scientists whoContinue Reading
Airline seeking 1,200 new pilots amid major expansion plan
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One part of the UK might escape Starmer’s smoking ban, minister admits
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email One part of the UK might escape Keir Starmer’s flagship smoking ban because of a key post-Brexit deal with the EuropeanContinue Reading
The viral flower that is teetering on the edge of extinction
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email They look like tiny monkeys peering out from the mist. Known to scientists as Dracula, the so-called “monkey-face orchids” have becomeContinue Reading
PMQs live: Starmer faces Badenoch as government under pressure over China spy scandal
Analysis: Starmer tries – and fails – to draw a line under China spy row The Independent’s Whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports: Keir Starmer started PMQs by making a statement on the China spy row – in which he said he had decided to publish the witness statement at theContinue Reading
Dinosaur footprints from 166 million years ago discovered in UK quarry
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Charlie Bigham launches £30 supermarket ready meals
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Lewis Hamilton sends message to forgotten ex-F1 driver after huge achievement
Lewis Hamilton has joined in the congratulatory messages for forgotten Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi after he posted a photo of himself at a graduation ceremony. Latifi ditched F1 after leaving Williams in 2023 so that he could focus on his studies instead. Having now completed an MBA at theContinue Reading
Pakistani dating show Lazawal Ishq sparks outrage and court petition over ‘obscenity’ claims
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A Pakistani reality show modelled on the popular Love Island format has provoked fierce reactions at home, with a petition in court demanding aContinue Reading