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The Europe-wide study looked at honey imported into EU countries, and tested the imported samples for impurities.

Study finds 10 UK honey brands are diluted with cheap sugar syrup

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference in Windsor. Picture: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

UK economy 4% lower because of Brexit, says OBR chair

Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon are political opponents with much in common (Picture: Duncan McGlynn/AFP via Getty Images)

Fading of Sturgeon and Johnson's political careers may signal end of populism

The custom of changing our clocks twice per year dates back over a century to when it started in the First World War.

When do the clocks go forward in 2023 and when is Spring?

Moldovan MP Marina Tauber attends a protest she organised on behalf of the pro-Moscow opposition Shor party in the country's capital Chisinau on Sunday (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)

Moldova could be first domino in Russian plan for neighbourhood destabilisation

A baby's clothes and pieces of wood are washed up on the beach, two days after a boat of migrants sank off Italy's southern Calabria region.

Italy boat tragedy: How many asylum seekers cross the Mediterranean by sea?

Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen shake hands during a joint press conference about the 'Windsor Framework' for Northern Ireland (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak's deal with EU is symptomatic of all that's wrong with today's Tories

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference at the Guildhall in Windsor, Berkshire, following the announcement that they have struck a deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Monday February 27, 2023.

Rishi Sunak brands Windsor Framework "a huge step forward"

Brits travelling to Spain will not have to fill out the ETIAS form until 2024 as the EU has once again postponed the launch.

EU postpones launch of ETIAS once again to 2024

Tourism bodies have hit out at the proposed ban on alcohol advertising. Picture:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Tourism bodies compare alcohol advertising ban to Brexit

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Picture: Getty Images

Sunak and European Commission president to hold face-to-face Brexit talks

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London/ Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

Sunak told Tory Brexiteers will 'come after him' over new Northern Ireland deal

The creation of a fully realised 'digital Earth' could do much more than just tell people the weather, like this one at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Picture: Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)

Creation of 'digital Earth', an internet replica, is now possible – Marian Scott

John Yellowlees, Scottish Chair, CILT

Optimistic and pessimistic scenarios possible in the event of independence

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses delegates during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Picture date: Monday November 7, 2022.

UN climate negotiators ‘reach deal on compensation fund for poor nations’

Two-thirds of MPs should be required to vote in favour of constitutional change, an expert and former civil servant has said.

Support of two thirds of MPs should be required for indyref2 - expert

A woman sits on a generator outside a shop in Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, Ukraine. Picture: Getty Images

Ukraine: 'When we see people at cafes, the nearest apartments are without light'

Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva speaks after being elected president of Brazil over incumbent Bolsonaro by a thin margin on the runoff. Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images

Lula da Silva wins tight presidential election over far-right Jair Bolsonaro

Powers passed to help in dealing with the impact of Brexit are being used for the first time to ensure Scotland’s drinking water aligns with standards set by the European Union.

Brexit mitigation powers used for first time to protect Scots drinking water

Nicola Sturgeon speaks at First Minister's Questions. Picture: Scottish Parliament

Sturgeon accused of 'desperate' arguments over Euro claims

Scotland needs to increase efforts to improve biodiversity, not reduce them (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotland's cultural and natural heritage at risk from perfect storm of crises

Nicola Sturgeon's economic plans for an independent Scotland must be based on reality (Picture: David Cheskin/pool/Getty Images)

Sturgeon's embrace of Truss-style fantasy economics will lead to trouble

Nicola Sturgeon announced the economic plans the Scottish Government has for an independent Scotland at Bute House.(Picture: Andrew Milligan - Pool/Getty Images)

What is in the Indy economic paper unveiled by Nicola Sturgeon today?

Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland is ready for independence.

No country better prepared for independence than Scotland, says Sturgeon

Experts found that people riding motorised electric bikes tended to take fewer and less physically demanding trips than conventional cyclists

E-bikes ‘unlikely to help people hit recommended exercise levels’

ROME, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 26: Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) speaks at a press conference at the party electoral headquarters overnight, on September 26, 2022 in Rome, Italy. The snap election was triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi in July, following the collapse of his big-tent coalition of leftist, right-wing and centrist parties. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Italy voters reward Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party, partial results show

One of the European Union’s highest courts has largely upheld a huge fine issued to Google by the bloc’s anti-competition watchdog in 2018 over the tech giant’s Android mobile operating system.

EU court largely upholds massive Google Android anti-competition fine

The first episode of How to be an independent country: Scotland's Choices, is out now

Indy Scotland likely to need border checks, not passport control, says expert

Drug deaths are a tragedy that governments must act to prevent (Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Safe drug-consumption rooms should be allowed in Scotland – Scotsman comment

Plastic pollution is a growing problem with tiny fragments getting into the food chain (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Scotland consumes about twice as much as we need for a good life – Richard Dixon

Boris Johnson looks to be on his way out, but can his word be trusted? (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Can Boris Johnson, a law-breaking, serial liar, be trusted? – Scotsman comment

More people in Scotland voted for politicians who support the UK than for those who don’t, writes Christine Jardine.

These constant attacks on Westmninster show a lack of respect for who we are

Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross fails to understand that support for Scottish independence has always been driven by policy disagreement, now more than 40 years old, on how major social and economic reforms isses should be delivered, writes Joyce McMillan. PIC: PA

Unionists at a standstill with their case against independence - Joyce McMillan

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Humza Yousaf has been officially elected as the sixth First Minister of Scotland.

Humza Yousaf elected First Minister of Scotland in Scottish Parliament vote

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! - which stars Rebekah Hinds and Bronté Barbé - will be among the Fringe hits returning this year. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Leading venues announce hundreds of new shows

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf speaks to the media during a visit to Falkirk Community Hospital to announce additional funding to develop the Hospital at Home scheme. Picture date: Thursday May 12, 2022.

Who is Humza Yousaf? Scotland's first FM from minority ethnic background