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Scottish government faces “very difficult decisions” over £ 3.5bn funding gap, IFS warns

The Scottish government is facing a tough choice between “repaying, taxing and waiting” for more money and powers in London, a major economic think tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said expensive spending policies, disappointing tax revenues and inflationary pressures had left the Nicola Sturgeon administration in a financial position. The SNP-Green …

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Britain is paving the way for genetically engineered food – will the public support it?

At the height of the anti-GM movement in 1999, then-Greenpeace UK chief Peter Melchett was charged with theft and criminal damage after cutting a genetically modified cornfield. In a decisive victory for the anti-GM movement, Lord Melchett and 27 fellow activists were acquitted by a jury in what many saw as a measure of the …

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Former police officer who kept drugs hidden in Pringles tube closed to drug trafficking

A former police officer who kept drugs hidden in Pringles tubes and Lynx deodorant has been jailed for drug trafficking. Nabeel Khan, 25, served in South Yorkshire police and was sent to Grimsby Crown Court to be sentenced after admitting to supplying cannabis and being concerned about its supply. He was caught in possession of …

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UPDATES: Police closed the sidewalk after the car crashed into the wall and the grounds of the air ambulances

A side street in Stockton has been closed by police while emergency services deal with an incident in which a car crashed into a wall. Cleveland police, the Northeast Ambulance Service and Great North Air Ambulance crews were dispatched to the scene around 7:30 p.m. tonight, Friday, May 27th. The black Volkswagen car crashed into …

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The M6 ​​will be closed “for several hours” after a serious accident involving several vehicles: upgrades

The southbound M6 closed tonight after a serious vehicle accident. The highway is expected to be closed for several hours. The southbound road is closed between J4a (Coleshill) and J3 for Coventry. The road linking the M42 to the M6 ​​is also closed. National Highways West Midlands confirmed that the highway had been closed at …

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