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Skindred to play at Newport County game at Rodney Parade. The reggae metal group, who reached number two in the UK charts last year with their highly acclaimed eighth album Smile, will feature on the front of a bespoke shirt for the League Two clash with Carlisle United (kick-off 3pm). The kit will pay homage to the city’s Caribbean community through its unique design created by Neal Heard, the club’s new creative director and founder of football fashion brand Lover’s FC. Skindred have risen to fame with their energetic fusion of reggae, punk and heavy metal that has exploded with…

The National front page 06/12/2024The front page reports Angus Robertson has defended Scottish Government grants to arms firms supplying Israel.ANGUS Robertson has defended Scottish Government grants to arms firms supplying Israel, saying that they are not “direct funding for the manufacture of weapons”.It comes in the wake of a major new report which concluded that there is a genocide taking place in Gaza.On Thursday, Amnesty International published a 296-page investigation into the Israeli siege of and assault on Gaza since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. It concluded that the Israeli government “not only foresaw but intended” mass Palestinians…

Western Mail front page 06/12/2024The front page of the Western Mail reports on who might make the Lions squad for next years rugby.After a mixed autumn for all four home nations Andy Farrell will step back from his duties as head coach of Ireland to focus fully on the Lions tour. The 49-year-old will have been encouraged by the performances of a number of players this autumn and will be hoping they can step it up a notch during the Six Nations. Darren Millar has been named as the new leader of the Senedd Conservative group and the leader of the opposition…

Scottish ministers mull tax rise for wealthy amid tricky budget decisions Finance secretary must find way to bring either Greens or Lib Dems onboard while plugging possible £200m shortfall Scottish ministers are contemplating modest tax increases for the better off and plan to scrap the freeze in council tax rates as they search for extra money in this week’s budget. Shona Robison, the Scottish finance secretary, is under pressure to provide a vote-winning budget on Wednesday after being given a record amount of funding from the Treasury for next year. Continue reading… Scottish ministers mull tax rise for wealthy amid…

Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality, the Guardian can reveal. An internal assessment of a machine-learning programme used to vet thousands of claims for universal credit payments across England found it incorrectly selected people from some groups more than others when recommending whom to investigate for possible fraud. Continue…

Storm Darragh weather warnings: Dozens of flood alerts in place as UK braces for travel disruption Weather forecast for Friday as Storm Darragh approaches the UK. Yellow warning for rain in place for Northern Ireland and Wales. A Yellow alert in place for Northern Ireland and Wales (Met Department) Storm Darragh weather warnings: Dozens of flood alerts in place as UK braces for travel disruption https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/storm-darragh-weather-warnings-uk-met-office-travel-b2659841.html

Britain needs a ‘vaccine taskforce’ to prepare for the next pandemic, Lords warn Concerns raised that the UK may be forgetting lessons learned from Covid pandemic. Britain needs a “peacetime vaccine task force” to prepare for the next pandemic, ministers have been warned amid concerns that the government could forget the lessons of Covid-19. Britain needs a ‘vaccine taskforce’ to prepare for the next pandemic, Baroness Brown of Cambridge warns. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/vaccines-pandemic-covid-uk-government-b2659527.html

Keir Starmer dominates Friday’s front pages after the prime minister pledges change for Britain. The papers suggest the PM is attempting to ‘reboot’ his premiership after a rocky start to life in No 10.

NHS warnings ahead of the winter bite with cases of flu and COVID already on the rise. NHS chiefs are calling on the public to take up their flu and Covid jabs to avoid the already busy hospitals becoming overwhelmed.

Outgoing US administration fears revenge attacks against critics like former Republican legislator Liz Cheney.US President Joe Biden is considering whether to issue blanket pardons for current and former public officials who risk being targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. The president has discussed the preemptive measure against potential revenge attacks with senior aides, but no decisions have yet been taken, according to sources who spoke anonymously to The Associated Press and Reuters news agencies on Thursday. The discussion picked up steam after Trump tapped Kash Patel, who has promised retribution against critics of the president-elect, for the role of…