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Abramovich ‘granted Israeli citizenship’ as UK reviews oligarch visas
An Israeli official says Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has received Israeli citizenship after his British visa was not renewed. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16254903.Abramovich____granted_Israeli_citizenship____as_UK_reviews_oligarch_visas/
Looming Italian election seen as referendum on EU and euro
Italian populists have vowed to convert voter anger over their thwarted bid to govern for the first time into a “de facto referendum”...
WATCH: Migrant hero who rescued child from Paris balcony offered French citizenship
A migrant from Mali lauded as a hero for scaling an apartment building in Paris to save a young child dangling from a...
UK ‘could be reaching peak prosecco’
Sales of sparkling wine have continued to increase but at a slower rate, suggesting the UK could be approaching “peak Prosecco", says a...
Hunt launched to find greatest British crime drama of all time
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock will go up against Agatha Christie’s Poirot in the hunt for the best British crime drama of all time. ....
Bank of mum and dad predicted to be behind 27% of house sales in 2018
Scottish parents contribute around £10,800 towards the cost of their children’s mortgage, figures show, as it emerged the bank of mum and dad...
Medics at Salisbury District Hospital did not think Skripals would survive
A consultant who treated poisoned Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has revealed he did not think the pair would survive....
Rail upgrades ‘key to shorter Glasgow-London journey times’
Upgrades to Scotland’s rail network could boost plans to cut Glasgow to London journey times to just over three hours, a leading think...
Ken Smith’s diary: Bring a tear; In a flap; Shelling out
Bring a tear . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16254877.Ken_Smith__39_s_diary__Bring_a_tear__In_a_flap__Shelling_out/
Labour under pressure to remove controversial would-be candidate from shortlist
SCOTTISH Labour is under pressure to remove a would-be candidate from its shortlist after it emerged a judge once described him as “evasive”...
