- Lab-grown cells restore retinal function in mice, offering hope for blindness treatment
- Macron condemns global rise in executions at World Congress against death penalty
- Five humanitarian workers killed in South Sudan convoy ambush
- RCMP investigate suspicious deaths of two men found in Fall River home
- Supreme Court affirms birthright citizenship, overturning Trump’s order
- Russia increases mandatory military training for children aged 11 to 17
- European Green Deal faces scrutiny as heatwave sparks calls for cooling solutions
- US Supreme Court set to rule on Trump’s birthright citizenship order
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The Metro leads on Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell being arrested in a probe over the SNP party’s finances, with the couple’s home scoured by police.
The paper features an image of blue tents and police tape outside the couple’s home in a quiet cul-de-sac in Glasgow and notes that a search of SNP HQ in Edinburgh was made at the same time. Mr Murrell, who resigned as chief executive last month, has been released without charge, pending further investigation.
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