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    Police have appealed for information after Nusrat Jahan, or Dow, was reported missing from her home in the Seaton area of Aberdeen at about 10.30pm on Thursday. A significant search operation remains under way in an effort to find a missing woman who left for a beach in the late evening. Nusrat Jahan, or Dow, was reported missing from her home in the Seaton area of Aberdeen at about 10.30pm on Thursday. The 34-year-old told a friend at around 9.30pm that she planned on heading to the beach area. A major land, sea and air search was launched when she did not return. Inspector Steve McEwan said: A significant amount of search activity has taken place as we try to trace Nusrat Jahan, or Dow. Other enquiries also remain ongoing as we try to piece together her movements since s...

    A San-Francisco based children's organisation, Having Kids, has written an open letter to Prince William and Kate, urging the royal couple not to have another baby. The company, which promotes smaller families, has posted the letter on their official website, "respectfully" asking the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to consider forgoing having a third child. The letter, signed by the company's president Carter Dillard and executive director Anne Green, noted the influence that Prince William and Kate have as public figures, and the power they have to model a sustainable small family. The letter cited environmental reasons like climate change, economic equality and the distribution of resources. It continued: Of course, we know that Prince George and Princess Charlotte are ce...

    The UK has stripped more than 150 suspected jihadists and other criminals of their citizenship to stop them returning, it has been reported. Ministers have issued the deprivation orders in case the collapse of the Islamic State in the Middle East leads to a sudden influx of militants from Syria, according to the Sunday Times. Quoting official figures and security sources, the paper said more than 40 suspects have had their right to a passport removed this year, with about 30 targeted since March. It added those who have had their citizenship removed include gunmen and "jihadi brides" who have travelled to Syria. The news comes as the Syrian army and its allies reported made gains in the last IS-held territories in Homs province. They are all dual nationals, including Briti...

    Prime Minister Theresa May is keeping Britain on track for a hard Brexit, but she wants the journey away from the European Union to be longer and smoother than initially planned. After weeks of wrangling since her Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority, May’s government still seems determined to leave the single market and customs union that give Britain free, frictionless trade with the bloc. What’s changed is that, according to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, there’s now a consensus among senior ministers that even if the U.K. will departs the EU in March 2019, nothing should change the next day. Instead, the cabinet wants the status quo to run for two or three years. We have to develop a plan that will deliver for the British people business as u...

    Detectives investigating two separate rapes of a teenager in Birmingham within just a few hours of each other, have released CCTV images of men they wish to speak with in connection with the attacks. Officers say if anyone has any information on who these men are then they are urging the public to contact them as soon as possible. Do you know this man? call police on 101. Detectives say they believe they may have vital information which will help with their enquiries. Do you know this man? call police on 101. The investigation continues into the circumstances which lead to the 14-year-old girl being assaulted. It had previously been reported that the victim was 15 but this age has now been amended by investigating officers. Can you help police identify this man? if so call...