Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain faces criticism that its negative depiction of Glasgow could harm the city’s economy Novel Shuggie Bain has faced criticism for its portrayal of Eighties Glasgow MSP Pauline McNeill said the Booker Prize-winning book could harm the city Critics point out that much of the city has since been transformed since … Read more
A 23-year-old Los Angeles police officer known as ‘top shot’ has been sued by the heartbroken 14-year-old daughter of a man she killed after he appeared to lunge at her with a box cutter. Toni McBride, an officer in LAPD’s Newton Division who has appeared in magazines and practices at gun ranges alongside Hollywood stars including … Read more
A Nobel Prize-winning biologist has branded the Government’s 100,000 coronavirus tests per day target a ‘PR stunt’ as it emerged that it was ‘likely’ to be hit on time. Sir Paul Nurse, chief executive of biomedical research centre the Francis Crick Institute, also tore into the strategy on Question Time last night and said it … Read more