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2 September 2019

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Student flats

Are there too many student flats in city skyline?

Plans to create about 7,400 new student rooms have been approved in Cardiff in the past five years.

Jason Naismith

Naismith jumps at Hibernian chance

Jason Naismith says he "didn't have to think twice" after agreeing to join Hibernian on a season-long loan from Peterborough United.

Photo of Cardiff skyline

Warning of 'empty student flats' city skyline

Plans for about 7,400 new student rooms have been approved in Cardiff since 2014.

Woman on Leith Walk

A visual snapshot of Leith Walk

Graphic designer Ilya Ilford sets out to photograph the people he meets on Leith Walk in Edinburgh.

Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon demands agreement on 'legal' indyref

The first minister confirms she will seek agreement to put the referendum beyond legal challenge.

boris johnson

PM 'approved Parliament shutdown in mid-August'

A plan to prorogue Parliament was signed off two weeks before it was publicly announced, a Scottish court is told.

The front pages of the Guardian and the Metro

'Johnson's ultimatum: back me or face an election'

The papers respond to suggestions the UK may be facing a snap election in the autumn.

Emelia Gorecka of Great Britain celebrates winning the Senior Women's 6K race during the Great Edinburgh X Country at Holyrood Park on January 10, 2015

How tracking menstrual cycles helps women in sport

Understanding women's bodies better is helping to improve their sporting performance.

Nelson and Guy

Two brothers who walked out of the forest into a new home

Two boys walked 150 miles across central Africa after their father was killed. Then they met a woman who'd lost five children.

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