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Industry body questions BBC claim to have 'spent £300m in Scotland in one year'

THE BBC is facing questions after executives from the broadcasters’ Scottish arm told MPs that “almost £300 million” had been spent on…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 10, 2025

London council becomes first in England to provide universal school uniform payments to families

Parents spend an average of £422 a year on secondary school uniforms and £287 on primary uniforms

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025

Sketchy boozers, revolutionary futurists and the artists of tomorrow – the week in art

Portraits of 100 London pubs, Marinetti’s ferocious innovation and a new generation on display – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

Culture Secretary to intervene with BBC amid row over The Traitors' Scottish budget

SCOTLAND’S Culture Secretary will look to meet with the BBC and Ofcom amid “shocking” claims that the BBC’s flagship reality show The…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 10, 2025

Police seek two men in desperate search for boy, 7, and his mother who vanished seven months ago

Adam Glanville was last seen by a busy road in Richmond, south west London

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025

Vodafone sells remaining £269 million stake in Indian telecoms group

London-listed mobile giant has been gradually cutting its shares in Indus Towers in recent months.

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025

Loved ones mourn Kelyan Bokassa, the 14-year-old boy killed on a London bus. And we all have some thinking to do

His mother says he was groomed by drug gangsters despite her attempts to get help. Let his death spark fresh debate about how we care for vulnerable people, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025

Drug breakthrough offers hope for advanced prostate cancer patients

Research suggests a new drug slowed the growth of prostate cancer cells, including those with a resistance to the hormone therapy enzalutamide.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

LAS saw record number of 999 calls for serious injuries in December

Paramedics facing ‘extraordinarily challenging’ winter period as respiratory viruses surge

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025

Met bans pro-Palestine march from gathering outside BBC headquarters

Scotland Yard imposes Public Order Act owing to proximity of Broadcasting House to a nearby synagogue

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025