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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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A soldier of the UK's Second Battalion Royal Anglian infantry unit storms an enemy position in a simulated attack during the Nato 'Brilliant Jump' military exercises. Getty Images
‘Crazy’ ethical investing rules risk Europe’s security, says Nato chief Mark Rutte

Secretary general urges people to lobby banks to increase their investment in defence companies

EuropeJanuary 23, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Syrian Foreign Minister Hassan Al Shibani attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Reuters
Trump administration in contact with Syria’s new leadership

Asaad Al Shibani declined to say what had been discussed with the US President's team

EuropeJanuary 23, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during a panel session at World Economic Forum in Davos. EPA
World must ‘wage war on woke’, says Argentina’s President Milei

Right-wing libertarian leader praises 'the amazing Elon Musk' and says 'mental virus of woke ideology' must be eradicated

EuropeJanuary 23, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Some travellers have found the digital system not working properly when they arrived at UK airports. Getty
UK’s eVisa system troubles block entry for its foreign residents

Full transfer to digital system was delayed by three months after chaos in the shift from biometric system

UKJanuary 22, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Some blood pressure medicine has been linked to a decreased risk of dementia and now drugs including some vaccines have also associated with cutting the odds. AP
Antibiotics and vaccines linked to lower risk of dementia

Findings provide more evidence for theory that infections could trigger the disease

HealthJanuary 21, 2025
Gillian Duncan
The murders in Southport by Axel Rudakubana, left, were an indication that terrorism has changed, says Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right. EPA
Starmer signals ‘loner laws’ to tackle new terror threat

Failures over mass stabbings in Southport murder spree ‘leap off the page’, says UK Prime Minister

UKJanuary 21, 2025
Thomas Harding
A man walks past a mural in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Dublin. Reuters
Irish bill cutting trade with Israeli settlers to be rewritten

Republic has been wrestling with a ban on goods and services from occupied settlements for years

EuropeJanuary 20, 2025
Gillian Duncan
View of London from the Southbank shows London Eye, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament. Getty Images
Tourists deterred from visiting UK ‘by high taxes and lack of investment’

Britain expected to have one of the lowest growth rates in visitors among major tourist destinations

UKJanuary 20, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Children who are conscientious appear to be more favoured. Getty Images
Are you the golden child? If not, it might be your fault

Researchers initially believed mothers would favour daughters, while fathers would favour sons

UKJanuary 16, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Hakim Hajoui, Morocco’s ambassador to the UK, with the portrait. Photo: University of Birmingham
Moroccan ambassador to UK views 400-year-old portrait of predecessor

Hakim Hajoui views portrait of Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun at Barber Institute of Fine Arts

UKJanuary 16, 2025
Gillian Duncan
UK Reform party leader Nigel Farage, left, and treasurer Nick Candy, right, with billionaire Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home of US president-elect Donald Trump, last year. PA
ExclusiveNick Candy on Musk's ties to Farage in the new dawn for the US and UK

Reform’s billionaire British treasurer sees the pair patching up after X owner said leader 'doesn’t have what it takes'

UKJanuary 16, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Wild Idol was designed as an original alcohol-free drink, rather than having the alcohol removed. Photo: Wild Idol
Nick Candy backs expansion of his alcohol-free Wild Idol wine across Middle East

UK businessman intends turning brand into a billion-dollar enterprise with sales worldwide

FoodJanuary 14, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Keir Starmer, right, speaks with researchers and professors during a visit to the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (University College London) in London, England after announcing a new AI growth plan. AP
Tech companies to access UK health data under AI growth plan

Archives of scans, biodata and anonymised patient records will be used to train machine learning models

TechnologyJanuary 13, 2025
Gillian Duncan
A storage robot deposits samples in the world's largest blood and urine sample freezer at Biobank, near Manchester. Reuters
Protein puzzle: Quest to explain how diseases develop

UK Biobank project, the world’s largest study of blood proteins, could pave the way for new treatments

HealthJanuary 10, 2025
Gillian Duncan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to say whether he will attend the Auschwitz commemoration event on January 27. EPA
Poland won’t arrest Netanyahu if he attends Auschwitz event

Israeli PM is subject to arrest warrant by International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in Gaza

EuropeJanuary 10, 2025
Gillian Duncan
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