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Thursday, 20 March 2025 21:33
Scotland: deadly ‘Frankenstein’ drug sparks urgent health alert
A nationwide health alert has been issued in Scotland following a surge in deaths and overdoses linked to heroin laced with nitazene-type synthetic opioids, known as ‘Frankenstein’ drugs. Nitazenes are up to 500 times stronger than…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 21:30
Theresa May clashes with Kemi Badenoch over net zero target
Former prime minister Theresa May has criticised Kemi Badenoch’s claim that achieving net zero by 2050 is impossible. Badenoch, the new Tory leader, argued that current environmental policies raise energy costs while failing to protect nature,…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 21:26
Over 3,500 churches shut in the last decade
More than 3,500 churches have closed across the UK in the past ten years, with falling attendance and rising repair costs cited as major factors. The National Churches Trust estimates that between 3,000 and 5,000 parish…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 21:23
Ukraine: Putin agrees to a partial ceasefire
Vladimir Putin has agreed to a thirty-day pause in strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure following a phone call with Donald Trump. The two leaders spoke for 90 minutes as the Trump administration works toward ending the…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 21:21
Turkey: key opposition leader arrested
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opposition leader, has been arrested days before he was to be selected as a presidential candidate. Along with 100 others, he has been charged with corruption and aiding…
Thursday, 20 March 2025 21:19
North Macedonia: protests after 59 die in nightclub fire
North Macedonia is in mourning after a devastating nightclub fire in Kočani killed 59 people, most of them young. As grief turns to anger, thousands have taken to the streets demanding justice and an end to…