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NHS could start offering breast cancer checks to women in their thirties

Currently women are only eligible for breast screening from the age of 50, but thousands are diagnosed younger

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025

The Ford Focus ST Reaches the End of the Line

Ford announced earlier this year that it was ending Focus production in Europe this November. That includes the coveted Focus ST, one of the last hot hatchbacks sold with a manual transmission, but your opportunity to order one is dwindling. Ford has filled the order books for ST production in…

Motor1 · May 30, 2025

Future of world-renowned children’s centre in hands of Reform UK

Pen Green, a model for Labour’s Sure Start, could face closure if Reform-led North Northamptonshire council fails to act

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025

‘It’s just great’: Japan ambassador tries Irn Bru on visit to whisky distillery

Hiroshi Suzuki described Scotland as an ‘important’ trading partner as he toured a distillery with First Minister John Swinney.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

UK stock markets rise with trading steady while US tariffs ‘in limbo’

London’s FTSE 100 rose 55.93 points, or 0.64%, to close at 8,772.38.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

OPINION - Keir Starmer is planning the biggest shake-up of defence for fifty years — to Trump-proof Britain

The government’s new defence review will be announced on Monday by Keir Starmer on low expectation – but it is likely to be the most far reaching reform of the way Britain manages its defences for half a century.

Evening Standard · May 30, 2025

Trump administration accused of hypocrisy after claiming the UK and Europe are ‘trampling democracy’

The US state department says court orders against anti-abortion activists in the UK, who were punished for protesting outside clinics, represent a ‘suppression of religious freedoms ‘

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Labour's migration crackdown will shrink UK economy, expert analysis says

LABOUR’S crackdown on migration will shrink the UK economy, making tax rises and spending cuts more likely, expert analysis has found ...

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2025

Second legal action launched against equalities watchdog over trans guidance

A HUMAN rights group has launched legal action against the UK equalities watchdog over its handling of guidance after the Supreme Court’s ruling…

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2025

‘Looks like Munich 1938’: Eastern bloc hits out at US sympathy for Putin’s anti-Nato demands

Exclusive: Backlash from top Eastern European officials after Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine said Moscow’s opposition to Nato expansion was ‘fair’

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025