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Poll finds lack of awareness over plastic pollution from clothes washing
Almost half of people do not know tiny plastics known as “microfibres” are released in their clothes wash and can end up in...
Scottish ministers call for VAT exemption for firms removing combustible cladding following Grenfell tragedy
FIRMS removing combustible cladding from their buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy should receive a VAT exemption for the work,...
Rhododendrons may look pretty but they are strangling native species
IN full springtime bloom, they are truly a spectacular sight as their purple flowers decorate Scotland’s countryside. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16266945.Rhododendrons_may_look_pretty_but_they_are_strangling_native_species/
These are the victims of the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack
A year ago a white van ploughed into people on London Bridge before three killers carried out a frenzied knife attack in Borough...
Scots motorcyclist dies after crash at Isle of Man TT
A SCOTS motorcyclist competing in the Isle of Man TT for the first time has been killed in a crash in his second race....
Future of another 300 Mothercare workers up in the air
The fate of a further 300 Mothercare staff has been thrown into doubt after it emerged that a key plank of the retailer’s...
Life of crime mapped out: Gangs target six-year-olds to deal drugs
THEY call them “apples from trees”: the sons who follow their fathers into crime; the daughters who follow their mothers. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16266943.Life_of_crime_mapped_out__Gangs_target__six-year-olds_to_deal_drugs/
Anne Robinson: ‘I didn’t run crying to the loo if a man tried to pat my bum’
TV presenter Anne Robinson has said women must accept that workplaces are “sexually treacherous” environments. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16269234.Anne_Robinson_____I_didn___t_run_crying_to_the_loo_if_a_man_tried_to_pat_my_bum___/
Donald Trump ‘won’t pardon himself in Russia probe’
A lawyer for Donald Trump has stressed the president’s legal team would contest any effort to force him to testify before a grand...
Fiona Bruce: I have a fair dose of working mother’s guilt
Fiona Bruce has said she has “a fair dose of working mother’s guilt” and has wondered whether it would have been better for...
