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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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Green Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. PA
Antarctic turning green at a 'dramatic rate'

World’s coldest continent has seen its area of vegetation grow tenfold in recent decades

ClimateOctober 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Stafford Grammar School, which has seen a fall in pupils starting in September. Photo: Stafford Grammar School
UK private schools suffer 10,000 pupil drop ahead of VAT introduction

One school tells The National it has seen a drop of 10% in pupils joining at secondary age

UKOctober 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Boris Johnson greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street in 2019. Getty Images
Bug device 'found in Boris Johnson's toilet' after Netanyahu visit

The former UK prime minister makes claim in his memoir

UKOctober 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The UK's previous Conservative government had proposed banning sales of tobacco products to those born on and after 2009. Getty Images
Smoking ban for young could 'prevent million lung cancer deaths'

Move would prevent 45.8 per cent of lung cancer deaths in men and 30.9 per cent in women, among that age group, claims study

HealthOctober 02, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Radcliffe Camera at the University of Oxford. Tax experts says some university students could face paying tax on fees. Getty Images
British universities 'could be forced to tax students'

Labour's plans to tax independent schools would see more institutions unintentionally subject to the 20 per cent sales tax

UKOctober 02, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Flooding in the Barsha area of Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Climate change will cause 'more extreme temperatures' this century

Over the poles, an increasing amount of precipitation will fall as rain, weather researchers predict

ClimateOctober 01, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Disease captured by UCL hand-held 3D photoacoustic scanner. Photo: Dr Nam Huynh
New scanner can improve cancer and arthritis diagnoses

Current 'PAT' scanners, as they are known, are too slow to produce images of high quality

HealthSeptember 30, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, in central England, brings 140 years of coal-generated electricity production in the UK to an end. AP
Britain shuts last coal power station and draws a close to historic steel plant

Ratcliffe power station to stop production as UK aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2050

EnergySeptember 30, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Dame Maggie Smith's career began on the stage in the 1950s and included Downton Abbey and the Harry Potter films. AP
Oscar-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies, aged 89

British actress appeared in the Harry Potter films, the Downton Abbey series and on stage

CultureSeptember 27, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. AFP
Is UK Chancellor set to soften non-dom tax proposals?

Labour originally aimed to toughen up Tory plans in a bid to squeeze billions from wealthy foreigners

BusinessSeptember 27, 2024
Matthew Davies
Baroness Warsi has resigned as the Conservative Party’s whip in the House of Lords, claiming the party is 'hypocritical'. Reuters
UK's first Muslim cabinet minister quits Tories over lurch to right

Party is 'hypocritical' and 'far removed' from the one she served in cabinet, says peer

UKSeptember 27, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Doctors at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman collaborated with a team at the VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Brain and Disease Research in Belgium. Photo: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Parkinson's breakthrough after mutation identified in Omani family

Discovery made after parents sought help when two daughters developed symptoms

HealthSeptember 26, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Injured Palestinian student Fares Al Farra, 19, in the rubble of his home after an Israeli strike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza. AFP
Oxford launches scholarship scheme for graduates displaced by Israel-Gaza war

Palestine Crisis Scholarship Scheme covers course fees, a grant for living costs and additional support towards arrival costs

UKSeptember 26, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Dr Haider Ali, a British GP working in the UAE, is a 'weekend warrior'. His exercise pattern protects against 200 health conditions, say researchers. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Being a weekend exercise warrior 'protects against 200 health conditions'

Total amount of exercise is more important than following a daily pattern of physical activity, study finds

HealthSeptember 26, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Plastic bottles being sorted at a recycling unit in Karachi, Pakistan. Around two billion people globally rely on bottled water. AFP
One million bottles of water bought every minute around the world

Somewhere between 10 per cent and 78 per cent of bottled water samples contain contaminants

HealthSeptember 25, 2024
Gillian Duncan
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