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17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities freed

Travel advice for medical tourists travelling to Turkey has been updated

New travel advice issued for medical tourists planning trip to Turkey

Plans are in place for the roles of members of The Royal Family for King Charles III’s coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey - Credit: Getty Images

Roles that The Royal Family will have during King Charles coronation

King Charles III coronation: Screens to go up in 30 UK locations

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are still yet to accept an invite to King Charles III’s coronation - Credit: Getty Images

King Charles III coronation: Harry and Meghan’s children ‘not invited’

Japan's space agency intentionally destroyed the H3 rocket moments into its launch Tuesday after the ignition for the second stage of the country's first new rocket series in more than two decades failed. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s space agency forced to destroy H3 rocket after failed launch

Emergency services rescued a driver left stranded on the road leading into California's Death Valley National Park as the west coast of the US is hit with unprecedented levels of snowfall. Picture: AP

All white now: Why America’s ‘golden state’ is shivering under a blanket of snow

Katie Price and her son Harvey Price - Credit: Getty Images

Katie Price slams ‘disgusting’ Met Police WhatsApp messages about son

ITV fear Holly Willoughby could quit This Morning as deal is expiring

A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake has killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Turkey that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive tremor that killed tens of thousands.

Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Deadly new quakes trap people under rubble in Turkey

Traffic stretches over four miles on the M4 after the incident

M4 closed westbound after vehicle hits pedestrian

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited to King Charles III coronation

Wildfowl shooters and members of the public are being asked to keep away from Findhorn Bay in Moray in a bid to avoid further spread of deadly bird flu after at least 22 pink-footed geese and numerous gulls were found dead in the area. Picture: Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Avian flu: Wild bird death toll rises as bodies pile up in Moray

A man is arrested while people gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese officials affirm zero-Covid stance despite protests

A man looks out from the balcony of his home in Casamicciola on November 27, 2022, following heavy rains that caused a landslide on the island of Ischia, southern Italy. - Italian rescuers were searching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia after a landslide killed at least one person, as the government scheduled an emergency meeting. A wave of mud and debris swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme early Saturday morning, engulfing at least one house and sweeping cars down to the sea, local media and emergency services said. (Photo by Eliano IMPERATO / AFP) (Photo by ELIANO IMPERATO/AFP via Getty Images)

One confirmed dead after landslide strikes Italian island

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference

1.5C target on ‘life support’ after Cop27, says Alok Sharma

Universal suffrage is no longer a 'political' issue, it is a basic principle of a true democracy (Picture: Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Suffragette colours should always be welcome in Scottish Parliament

US President Joe Biden speaks to media about the Democrats keeping the Senate before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Missile which killed two in Poland ‘unlikely’ to have come from Russia

Ministers have refused to release information around an independent valuation of the Lochaber smelter.

'Not in public interest' to release independent valuation of Lochaber assets

More than 150 have died in a crush in South Korea

More than 150 dead after huge crush in South Korea - what we know

Rescuers move a victim after the stampede in Seoul's Itaewon district

At least 151 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

Ferguson Marine has still yet to finish the two vessels it won the contract for in 2015.

Source of key plagiarised document in 'rigged' ferry contract named

Councillors hope to end scenes like this and invest millions in Edinburgh's public transport network

Motorists facing up to £650 a year for workplace parking in Edinburgh

Signs near Eccles in Norfolk, as all of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex, became the latest areas to be placed in an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ). Picture date: Tuesday October 4, 2022.

Migrating birds monitored amid avian flu outbreak

Anfisa Ihnatova, 19, with her dog, Layla, outside their new home at the Killin Hotel. PIC: Contributed.

'Shocking disregard' for Ukrainians as hotel contract suddenly ends

Only Napoli fans will be allowed entry at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona next week when Rangers play there in the Champions League.

'Disappointed' Rangers fail in bid to get Napoli away-fan ban overturned

SFRS Chief Officer Martin Blunden stepped down earlier this month

Chief fire officer departure another example of 'unhealthy culture of secrecy'

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst's preparations for the new season suffered a blow after the pre-season friendly against Sunderland in Portugal was postponed at half-time due to floodlight failure.(Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

Rangers v Sunderland friendly match abandoned at half-time

People stand near the coffin of Thembinkosi Silwane during his burial at Heaven Hills Cemetry in East London after he and 20 others, mostly teens, died in unclear circumstances at a township tavern last month, in an incident that shocked South Africa.

Parents are not to blame for mysterious deaths of 21 South African teenagers

Retired British geologist James Graham Fitton with his wife Sarijah

Retired geologist jailed in Iraq ‘had asked for permission’ to take stones

People wait in line at a food distribution organised by volunteers in the city of Mariupol.

Mariupol has no doctors for 100,000 residents, authorities warn

First News: Seawees banned!

Teenager Eve Thomson receives a Covid vaccination last year. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Officials 'concerned, but not panicking' over spike in Covid cases

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Transport Scotland ‘hampered’ inquiry into ferries fiasco, claims committee

Transport Scotland ‘hampered’ inquiry into ferries fiasco, claims committee

Sir Richard Branson and piper Louise Marshall mark the opening of the new Virgin Hotels Edinburgh development in the Old Town. Picture: Euan Cherry/PA Wire

Richard Branson urges Edinburgh to build more hotels to keep city centre ‘alive’

BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints

BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints