Scottish victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been warned that they may face longer waits for justice and compensation than their English and Welsh counterparts. And the Scottish Government's justice secretary blamed Westminster for this as it is refusing to legislate on behalf of Holyrood. It has led SNP justice secretary Angela Constance to hit out at this as "unclear" and confess that Scottish sub-postmasters may be forced to wait even longer for justice. Her comments came after Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake confirmed that the legislation would not cover Scotland or Northern Ireland. Ms Constance stressed this was important in “minimising any delay in Scottish sub-postmasters having their convictions reversed”.

Parts of the city including Pollokshields have seen anti-social behaviour in Glasgow around Bonfire night and in 2021 police and firefighters were pelted with firework rockets in Drumchapel. The council will able to roll out firework control zones (FCZ), which would make the lighting of fireworks a criminal offence in designated areas. This includes on private property such as a garden.”The council must carry out a consultation before introducing the measures. However public firework displays would still be permitted as long as they are carried by a professional operator or organised by a community group, sports club or similar organisations. The new potential restrictions come as the Scottish Government introduces changes to legislation controlling fireworks.

But now Bakkafrost, a Faroese salmon company, are proposing siting eight 160-metre-wide cages and a feed barge on the west coast of the island. Scotland’s lochs are pockmarked by salmon farming, often foreign-owned and guilty of mass pollution and what is increasingly apparent disgusting animal welfare. So why do we put up with an industry that pollutes our waters, effects our marine aquaculture and endangers wild salmon? The past decade has seen Scotland’s £1.2bn aquaculture sector increase its contribution to the economy by 154% to £472m, surpassing marine fishing at £321m. It is also one of Scotland’s most southerly salmon farms.”Matt McGrath, the BBC’s Environment Correspondent (though interestingly not the Scottish one) has written: “Salmon farming has come a long way since the fish were first grown commercially in cages in Norway in the 1960s.

Source: supermarketnews.comUS: Aldi to add 800 stores by end of 2028Aldi plans to add 800 stores across the United States through a combination of new openings and store conversions by the end of 2028, the company announced. Aldi noted that it has closed its acquisition of Southeastern Grocers and its Winn-Dixie and Harveys banners. Adjusted FIFO operating profit of $1,307mln and Adjusted EPS of $1.34, which include a benefit of $187mln and $0.20 from the 53rd week, respectively. The Berlin-based company had been aiming for €10bln in revenues and €1bln in adjusted core profit (AEBITDA) in 2025. Fruit and vegetables are extremely important for a child's health and lay the foundation for a healthy diet later in life.

Ian McCabe, the franchise holder of Penryn Stores Ltd, located at 58-60 Lower Market Street, has submitted the application to Cornwall Council. The proposal requests to vary the times of alcohol sales to between 7am and 10pm, seven days a week. This was revealed in a public notice posted on the Public Notice Portal on February 14. "The application is to vary the times of the alcohol sales licence to Monday to Sunday, 7am to 10pm." You can see more public notices in your area via the Public Notice Portal: https://publicnoticeportal.uk/falmouth-penryn-packetThey include alcohol licensing, probate and good vehicle licences applications.

A United Airlines flight headed for Japan landed safely at Los Angeles International airport after losing a tyre mid-air following takeoff from San Francisco. United said it was arranging for a new aircraft to continue the trip for the 249 people who were onboard the Boeing B777-200. The tyre landed in the airport's staff carpark, smashing a window and damaging at least one car

The people behind Wirdle, a dialect version of the popular Wordle game say they have had to take it down after a copyright claim by the New York Times. Four months – and millions of players later – it was acquired by the New York Times for a seven figure sum. Rather than focusing on English, Wirdle uses minority languages, including Scottish Gaelic and Hawaiian. We apologise for this, but it is beyond our control.”The New York Times said that it was protecting the IP in Wordle and that the developer had been given the opportunity to change the code. The publisher added that they had “no issue with individuals creating similar word games that do not infringe The Times’ Wordle trademarks or copyrighted gameplay.”

Peter Crouch has raised one main concern over Xabi Alonso replacing Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool. He said on TNT Sports: "I think he's the standout candidate. He's done incredible things at Leverkusen, knows the club [Liverpool] inside out. But it is very early days and it's a massive club and you've got to follow Jurgen Klopp. Reports suggest that current club Leverkusen wouldn't block their manager's move back to an old club.

SPIE is rolling out an advertisement campaign in the press and on social media to promote SPIE's record performance in 2023. Available in 5 langages, this campaign is issued in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland.

Manchester United have reportedly met the masterminds behind Liverpool's successful recruitment record throughout the Jurgen Klopp era. Meanwhile, Klopp formed a squad at Liverpool capable of going toe-to-toe with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, lifting the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League a year later. But bargain buys - including Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Andrew Robertson - make up a chunk of the German boss' successful side. And United are reportedly looking to take a page out of their bitter rivals' book at the dawn of a new, sporting performance-focused age under Ratcliffe. According to the Mail, United have held talks with Ludonautics, the sports advisory and statistical analysis business helmed by Liverpool's former Director of Research, Dr Ian Graham.

Now at Bayern Munich, Tuchel is set to become available in the summer having agreed to part ways with the German giants. Although Tuchel's stock has suffered, he remains hot property on the European market, and Sky Germany claim his 'greatest short-term desire' is to come back to the Premier League and finish what he started. Stay up-to-date with the latest Man Utd news Join us on WhatsApp Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. They currently sit sixth in the Premier League table, six points behind fifth-place Tottenham despite having played a game more. “Ten Hag is a man under pressure!” | Man Utd fell short in Manchester derby | Football Digest

The global water crisis requires new ‘governance’The way we produce and consume goods endangers water sources. See World Meteorological Organization, “State of Global Water Resources report informs on rivers, land water storage and glaciers”, November 29, 2022 (public-old.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/state-of-global-water-resources-report-informs-land-water-storage-and). N. Lakhani – O. Milman, “First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks”, in The Guardian (www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/24/united-nations-water-conference-new-york-pledges), March 25, 2023. P. Gleick, “As water becomes a weapon of war, we must focus on cooperation and peace”, in The Guardian (www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/water-lated-violence-war-peace), November 15, 2023; B. Chellaney, Water, Peace, and War: Confronting the Global Water Crisis, Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013. See “The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: Partnerships and Cooperation for Water”, published in 2023 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

So, what has been happening in Saudi Arabia in the first two months of 2024? It was reported on the Middle East Eye website on 2nd January that Saudi Arabia had executed four people on New Year’s Eve according to reporting from the Saudi Press Agency. Similarly in The Saudi Gazette , it was claimed that there was International praise for Saudi Arabia’s human rights progress at United Nations Human Rights Council. The Saudi Gazette is naturally enough based in Saudi Arabia. TennisOn 24th January, The Washington Post reported Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova as saying, with regards to the WTA staging their finals in Saudi Arabia that, “we did not help build women’s tennis for it to be exploited by Saudi Arabia”.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær has said some Manchester United players did not want to be captain for certain matches while he was the manager. Solskjær, who was in charge from December 2018 to November 2021, described it as 'petty' and displaying 'a lack of ambition' in critical comments about generation Z. 'No one said ‘no’ to being the club captain, it was just for certain games,' Solskjær told the Stick to Football podcast. It’s a different generation, it’s Gen Z. It’s petty and shows a lack of ambition.' Ole Gunnar Solskjær was speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet.” https://twitter.com/WeAreTheOverlap

THE Telegraph has started to use “woke” as a tag for news stories, so that the readers need waste no time in getting their chunter on. Obviously, the moral of all this is that the “woke” tag really works, and can reduce even ancient columnists to a state of helpless chunter. [I say] ‘I’m not going to diss your religion and your job, but let’s have some kind of collaborative effort.’ The response? “The event isn’t staged just as a spectacle to be filmed, but as a personal encounter of a couple with God,” he told The Times. “In the Garden of Eden, Robinson points out, ‘the beauty of the trees is noted before the fact that they yield food’.