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Schottland steckt in einer schweren Führungskrise. Regierungschef Humza Yousaf kündigte am Montag seinen Rücktritt an und kam damit einem Misstrauensvotum im Regionalparlament zuvor. Der 39-Jährige hatte nach Ansicht von Kommentatoren kaum eine Chance, die für diese Woche geplante Abstimmung zu überstehen. Er war Ende März 2023 als Nachfolger von Nicola Sturgeon zum Chef der Schottischen Nationalpartei (SNP) gewählt und daraufhin «First Minister» geworden. Die Notlage ist hausgemacht: Yousaf hatte am Donnerstag die Zusammenarbeit mit den Grünen aufgekündigt und den bisherigen Kooperationspartn...
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Der Mann der früheren schottischen Regierungschefin Nicola Sturgeon, Peter Murrell, ist britischen Medienberichten zufolge wegen Veruntreuung von Parteispenden angeklagt worden. Das meldete unter anderem die britische Nachrichtenagentur PA unter Berufung auf die Polizei. Der damalige Geschäftsführer der schottischen Unabhängigkeitspartei SNP und seine Frau waren bereits im vergangenen Jahr im Zuge von Ermittlungen verhört worden. Der 59-Jährige und seine Frau stritten jegliche Vorwürfe stets ab. Die schottische Polizei hatte zunächst von einer Festnahme gesprochen, später hieß es dann, der Fes...
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J.K. Rowling "doesn't care" if her controversial comments impact her "legacy". The 'Harry Potter' author, 57, has been accused of transphobia for a series of comments but has now insisted she isn't bothered that her legacy will be tarnished because anyone who cares about their legacy is "pompous" in her eyes. Speaking on the first episode of her new podcast 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling', she insisted: “I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy. You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. “I care abo...
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J.K. Rowling "doesn't care" if her controversial comments impact her "legacy". The 'Harry Potter' author, 57, has been accused of transphobia for a series of comments but has now insisted she isn't bothered that her legacy will be tarnished because anyone who cares about their legacy is "pompous" in her eyes. Speaking on the first episode of her new podcast 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling', she insisted: “I do not walk around my house thinking about my legacy. You know, what a pompous way to live your life walking around thinking, ‘What will my legacy be?’ Whatever, I’ll be dead. “I care abo...
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JK Rowling received an £18 million payout from her publishing company last year amid the fallout from her transgender rows. The 57-year-old ‘Harry Potter’ creator – said to be worth around $1 billion (£835 million) – got the windfall as a dividend for shares in her Pottermore company, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. (04.01.23) Accounts seen by the Mail also showed Pottermore, which is JK’s digital publishing firm, made a pre-tax profit of £5.7 million on a turnover of £37.8 million in the financial year up to March 2022. JK said in December any attempts to “cancel” her over her views hav...
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Queen Elizabeth’s coffin has arrived in London from Edinburgh and been carried by hearse to her home of 70 years Buckingham Palace. Sounds of pipers filled the streets of Scotland as the British monarch’s English oak, lead-lined casket – prepared three decades ago – left the nation. It was carried out of St Giles’ Cathedral – where thousands of mourners spent the last day filing silently past the casket to pay their respects – by kilt-clad pallbearers at 4.15pm into a hearse then driven up Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. It was draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and decorated with a large wreath...
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Dame Joan Collins has become one of the first people to receive her COVID- 19 booster vaccine. The 88-year-old 'Dynasty' star got a flu vaccination as well as a coronavirus booster jab and shared the news with her 255,000 Instagram followers. Before she also encouraged others to “turn up when called” once their time for a booster shot comes around. She said: “Delighted to have received the flu jab and booster vaccine at the same time, and have had no side effects. “I encourage everyone to turn up when called. “Diamonds maybe forever, but the vaccine is a lifesaver. “Thank you Drs Ammara Hughes...
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Prince William has been accused of “poor judgement” for meeting former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has urged the Duke of Cambridge and the rest of the royal family to follow Queen Elizabeth’s “very wise” example of keeping out politics, and the Scottish independence debate in particular. It follows the the 38-year-old heir meeting the former Labour prime minister, who is an anti-independence campaigner, on his tour of Scotland last week. Speaking in a video message, Alex said: “Whatever Prince William thought he was doing by agreeing to a co...
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