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Producers of Scottish salmon can drop the word “farmed” from the front of their packaging after government lawyers argued it was unnecessary and pejorative.

The government amended the

protected geographical indication

PGI …

In its small way,

WH Smith

The planned sale of WH Smith’s high street stores could turn some communities into “postal deserts” because 200 post offices are operated in the retailer’s shops, a union has warned.

“These potential closures are devastating, but they are sadly all too predictable,” the Communication Workers Union said.

“For far too long, …

There have been times over the past 18 months when you would have forgiven Tom Willis for wondering just why he swapped Bordeaux for Barnet. Les Girondins lead the Top 14 in France, have swept all before them in the Champions Cup and play with a swagger that only Toulouse …

Serbian students have staged a daylong blockage of a major traffic intersection in Belgrade with the support of farmers, stepping up pressure on the president, Aleksandar Vučić.

The wave of student-led demonstrations began as a protest against government corruption after the collapse of a

roof of a …

Simon Steyne argues that modern democracy is rooted in the working-class militancy which was made possible by the Industrial Revolution, and that in replacing human labour, artificial intelligence (AI) could undermine democracy (

Letters, 19 January

Although such labour militancy was certainly important in this respect in Europe, …

Seven people involved in a Scottish child abuse ring that plumbed “the depths of human depravity” have been jailed for minimum terms ranging from eight to 20 years.

The two women and five men will be monitored for life after being convicted of gang-raping a child and violently abusing two …

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s opposition conservatives, has vowed to bring proposals for an immediate change to the country’s asylum law before parliament this week, even if it ends up being passed with the support of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland.

Merz, who is expected to become Germany’s next …

France is seeking western support for a UN security council resolution that names Rwanda as being behind the M23 rebel group attacks inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the surprise weekend seizure of parts of Goma, the largest city in eastern DRC.

UN officials said as many as …

Political interference in central bank policymaking could harm plans to bring down inflation, the head of

the European Central Bank

In a veiled warning to Donald Trump, after the US president last week

demanded the Federal Reserve “immediately” lower interest rates