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  • 1 day ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    JK Rowling has slammed politicians for their “deafening silence” and lack of apologies to women and girls in the wake of the UK Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last Wednesday. The Harry Potter author called out Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other prominent Labour MPs by name – including foreign secretary David Lammy and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner. “Do these politicians have any shame?” Rowling, 59, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

  • 1 day ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    Nigel Farage has accused the Scottish political establishment of being against his party, but he said it means Reform “must be in the right place”. It comes as First Minister John Swinney opened his “anti-far right” summit in Glasgow – to which Reform wasn’t invited. “The entire Scottish political establishment – political parties, the churches, trade unions, and civil society – all got together to say, ‘We fear the far right, and guess who’s not invited? Reform,'” Farage told STV News.

  • 1 day ago | archive.ph | Danyel Vanreenen

    Nigel Farage has accused the Scottish political establishment of being against his party, but he said it means Reform “must be in the right place”. It comes as First Minister John Swinney opened his “anti-far right” summit in Glasgow – to which Reform wasn’t invited. “The entire Scottish political establishment – political parties, the churches, trade unions, and civil society – all got together to say, ‘We fear the far right, and guess who’s not invited? Reform,'” Farage told STV News.

  • 1 day ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    Keir Starmer is set to face Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time since the UK Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling on the definition of a woman. Parliament is returning from Easter recess, and opposition leaders are likely to ask the Prime Minister about the judgment which Starmer welcomed as “real clarity” on the issue. Last Wednesday, the highest court in the land determined that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act refer to biological women and sex.

  • 1 day ago | news.stv.tv | Danyel Vanreenen

    Families are demanding to know why a drug which can extend the life of severely ill boys is not being made widely available, despite being approved by the NHS last year. Following a meeting with dozens of those affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an incurable and degenerative condition, health secretary Neil Gray has vowed to speak with NHS bosses to ensure the medication is rolled out as quickly as possible.

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Garrett Stell

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Michael Russell

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