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‘I am losing faith’: disaffected Scottish voters may deny SNP a majority
NEWS
5/6/2026

‘I am losing faith’: disaffected Scottish voters may deny SNP a majority

The Scottish parliament election is the most unpredictable for some time, with Labour claiming it is winning over the don’t knowsIt was supposed to be a carefully choreographed walkabout for John Swinney through his party’s target seat of Hamilton. Instead, the Scottish National party leader was confronted by angry voters, including his own.Natasha Kelly, 35, railed against the local council’s failure to improve the damp council flat that had left her 13- and eight-year-old boys with chronic asthma. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
Iranian ambassador says US lost war with Iran, trying to win at negotiating table
Politics
4/30/2026AI summary

Iranian ambassador says US lost war with Iran, trying to win at negotiating table

Iranian Ambassador to Egypt Mojtaba Ferdowsi-Pour stated that the United States has lost the war with Iran on multiple fronts including global economy, energy sector, and currency dominance, and is now attempting to achieve through diplomacy what it failed to accomplish militarily. He added that Iran has the right not to engage in negotiations after all the attacks and can demand what it wants from the other side.

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Shoplifters aren't just bad to the bone or mums stealing nappies. The truth is more complex| Emily Kenway
NEWS
4/26/2026

Shoplifters aren't just bad to the bone or mums stealing nappies. The truth is more complex| Emily Kenway

Speaking to career thieves as part of my research, I learned that childhood abuse, a life in care and little education has led them to this placeEmily Kenway is a social policy doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh and author of Who Cares: the Hidden Crisis of Caregiving and How We Solve ItRyan* is 25 and he’s a shoplifter. He’s good at it too – about four times a week, he makes “no small money” by stealing and reselling goods from large department stores where security is limited. He’s strategic: he makes sure he’s clean and tidy, and keeps aware of CCTV. He usually steals just one or two high-value items to limit the risk of detection – designer garments or a small speaker, which he slips into a bag as he walks around the shop, before browsing a little longer and exiting.His actions are part of recent record highs in shoplifting offences. From March 2024 to March 2025, there were 530,643 offences recorded in England and Wales. This is a 20% rise on the previous year and the highest figure since current police recording practices began in 2003. There has been ample media coverage of this spike, helped by the recent scandal of a Waitrose worker being sacked after confronting a man stealing Easter eggs. Retail workers are suffering on the frontline; in its 2026 crime survey, the British Retail Consortium found that theft was “a major trigger for violence and abuse of staff”, leading the trade union for retail workers to warn that “shoplifting is not a victimless crime”. Meanwhile, the claim that Britain’s shoplifting “epidemic” symbolises a wider descent into “lawlessness” has become a familiar one in the media.Emily Kenway is a social policy doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh and author of Who Cares: the Hidden Crisis of Caregiving and How We Solve It Continue reading...

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Guardian Business
JetBlue Sued Over Alleged 'Surveillance Pricing' Using Personal Data to Set Ticket Prices
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Business·4/23/2026AI summary

JetBlue Sued Over Alleged 'Surveillance Pricing' Using Personal Data to Set Ticket Prices

JetBlue is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court alleging the airline uses customers' personal data and trackers to dynamically set ticket prices, potentially violating federal anti-wiretapping law and New York state consumer protection laws. The lawsuit followed an April 18 X post where a passenger complained about a $230 ticket increase, to which JetBlue incorrectly suggested clearing cache and cookies. Two Democratic lawmakers have also requested information from JetBlue about whether it uses personal data to set prices.

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