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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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The scene after police stopped a hijacked bus in Los Angeles. The image was widely shared on social media platforms but has not been verified. Photo: X
Police surround hijacked bus in Los Angeles

Suspect arrested after Swat team storms vehicle

NewsSeptember 25, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A Palestinian boy surveys damage to a room at a school after an Israeli air strike in Nuseirat. AFP
UNRWA: Gazan children could lose five years of education in war

Loss of schooling amid Israel's incursion into the enclave is creating a 'lost generation'

NewsSeptember 24, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Aerial photograph of the Oued Beht ridge and river, highlighted in colour. Photo: Toby Wilkinson / University of Cambridge
Archaeologists uncover ancient 'farming society' in Morocco

Findings at the 5,000-year-old site include domesticated plant and animal remains, as well as pottery

EuropeSeptember 24, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets pupils at Holy Cross Catholic Primary School in Liverpool. PA
One in eight 'high net worth' UK private school parents to withdraw children

More than half of parents with investable assets of £250,000 or more say their children's education could be disrupted by VAT policy

UKSeptember 23, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Commercial planes flying regularly above or below the typical altitude of 31,000 to 42,000 feet could cut emissions significantly. Getty Images
Adjusting altitude 'could help aviation cut climate impact'

Eliminating contrails could help the sector reduce its carbon footprint by 40 per cent, experts say

ClimateSeptember 23, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A worker disinfects a rural isolation centre where patients are being treated for cholera in Wad Al Hilu, in Sudan's eastern Kassala state. AFP
Genetic code of cholera strain mapped to discover why it's so deadly

Disease is evolving in ways that makes it more severe and harder to control

HealthSeptember 23, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Rainforest ablaze near the Trans-Amazonian Highway, in Labrea, Amazonas state, north-west Brazil. Reuters
Brazil's Amazon 'emitting carbon' after worst wildfires in almost 20 years

Worse than usual annual fires are a red flag, says experts

ClimateSeptember 23, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of the island of Great Britain and more than 2km thick in places, PA
Melting of Doomsday Glacier 'will increase inexorably'

Thwaites represents more than half a metre of global sea level rise potential and could destabilise neighbouring glaciers

ClimateSeptember 20, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A wildfire in Aveiro, Portugal. Researchers have published a new paper on how CO2 controls global temperatures. AFP
Carbon dioxide's impact on global temperatures mapped over 485 million years

Earth’s temperature has varied more over the period than previously thought, researchers find

ClimateSeptember 19, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Hundreds of asylum seekers sleep outside the gate at the application center in Ter Apel, the Netherlands. EPA
Netherlands submits request to opt out of EU rules on asylum

Request follows overwhelmed asylum centres and mounting public pressure for more stringent immigration regulations

EuropeSeptember 19, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Harrods' former owner Mohamed Al Fayed, pictured in 2007 in London. Getty Images
Harrods ‘appalled’ at rape claims against Mohamed Al Fayed

Former owner of luxury Knightsbridge department store, who died last year, is alleged to have assaulted at least four women

UKSeptember 19, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Smog over Cairo, Egypt. A new study has linked air pollution in the region to stroke levels. Reuters
Heat and pollution driving rise in strokes across Middle East

Region has world’s highest levels of dangerous air pollution particles

HealthSeptember 18, 2024
Gillian Duncan
An Australian Federal Police officer arrests a suspect allegedly involved in the encrypted Ghost messaging app used by criminals worldwide. AFP
Criminal messaging app Ghost shut down in global police sting

Breakthrough against platform marketed as 'unhackable' to criminals

EuropeSeptember 18, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Halloween treats are expected to be more expensive in the UK this year after figures revealed the price of chocolate rose by 11 per cent in the year to August. Bloomberg
Chocolate prices to spook UK customers this Halloween

Soaring cost outstrips overall food and drink prices

UKSeptember 18, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Deaths caused by antibiotic resistance in under-fives halved between 1990 and 2021, but increased by more than 80 per cent in people aged 70 and older. PA
Superbugs may cause more than 39 million deaths by 2050

Infections in young children are dropping, but have become harder to treat, says study that found AMR-related elderly deaths are increasing

HealthSeptember 16, 2024
Gillian Duncan
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