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Gillian Duncan

Gillian Duncan

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Gillian studied English-international relations (Hons) in her hometown at the University of Aberdeen before completing a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism at The Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. She worked at The Press and Journal in Aberdeen for three years before joining The National as a business reporter in 2010. She left The National after having her first child in 2013, but returned in 2018 as a news reporter. She mainly writes about consumer issues.
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Equipment was removed from storage locations in Germany that were searched by German police and the UK's National Crime Agency in July 2022. PA
'Major supplier' of Channel small boats arrested in Amsterdam

Turkish citizen suspected of shipping dinghies and engines from Turkey, Germany and France

EuropeNovember 14, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Marine Le Pen arrives for her trial on suspicion of embezzlement of EU funds at a court in Paris. AFP
French prosecutors seek five-year sentence for Marine Le Pen

Guilty verdict could prevent her from running for president in 2027 election

EuropeNovember 14, 2024
Gillian Duncan
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer took time out to discuss the situation in Ukraine, before commemorating Armistice Day in Paris. AP
Ukraine allies seek weapons surge before Trump presidency begins

UK and France hold talks on how to bolster Kyiv's supplies as winter looms

EuropeNovember 11, 2024
Thomas Harding
Israeli football supporters and Dutch youth clash near Amsterdam Central station, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024, in this still image obtained from a social media video. X/iAnnet/via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Amsterdam's 'dark night' of mayhem after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans involved in street clashes

'War in the Middle East is threatening our city', says mayor after fans are kicked, beaten unconscious and run over amid accusations of provocation by Israeli supporters

FootballNovember 08, 2024
Steve Luckings
Embryonic development may have existed before the evolution of animals, scientists say. Getty Images
Scientists crack which came first - the chicken or the egg

Nature possessed the tools to create eggs long before it made chickens, according to a new study

EuropeNovember 07, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Firefighters battle the Luck Fire as it burns near California in October. AP
2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest on record

Last month was second-hottest October on record after October 2023

ClimateNovember 07, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in a bid to reduce the risk of deadly infections in humans. EPA
Breakthrough makes it faster and cheaper to develop 'safe' mosquitoes

Adding a type of bacteria to water where larvae grow speeds up their development

HealthNovember 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Example of a cylinder seal (left) and its design imprinted onto clay (right). Photo: Musée du Louvre
Stone cylinder seals provide clues about world's earliest form of writing

System developed in what is now Iraq in about 3500BC

NewsNovember 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Vodafone said, in a joint statement with Three, that the merger would be a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the UK’s digital infrastructure'. Reuters
Vodafone and Three UK merger likely to go ahead, says regulator

Deal could proceed if the companies stick to pledge to invest £11 billion in infrastructure

UKNovember 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A farmer and cow near the RWE Niederaussem coal-fired power plant, near Bergheim, Germany. Getty Images
Cut meat production by 13% in wealthy countries 'to slash global carbon emissions'

Returning even a small portion of pastureland to forest would result in the removal of 125 billion tons of CO2

ClimateNovember 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A white blood cell ingesting MRSA bacteria shown in a coloured scanning electron micrograph. Wikimedia Commons
MRSA uses 'double defence' to protect against antibiotics

Discovery is guiding development of drugs against bacterial infection that kills more than 120,000 people each year

HealthNovember 01, 2024
Gillian Duncan
More than 48cm of rain fell on high ground in eight hours, causing flash floods in urban centres such as Valencia. AP
Spain sends extra troops to search flood debris as anger grows

At least 205 people have been killed in flash floods in Valencia, with many missing amid the destruction

EuropeNovember 01, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Reuters
Russia to strike 'comprehensive' treaty with Iran including defence aspects

Military co-operation between the two countries a source of deep concern to the West

EuropeOctober 31, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson with children at Perry Hall Primary school in Orpington. Getty Images
UK private schools hit back at Labour's VAT raid

Heads of independent schools hit back over imposition of 20 per cent sales tax on fees from January

UKOctober 31, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Overturned cars that were swept away after torrential rains caused flooding, on the outskirts of Valencia. Reuters
Spanish rescuers search for flood survivors as death toll rises to 158

Three days of mourning begin after up to a year's worth of rain fell in a few hours in Valencia

EuropeOctober 31, 2024
Gillian Duncan
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