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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 rare frieze originally adorned the walls of Northwest Palace at Nimrud in modern-day Iraq. Photo: Iraqi Embassy in London
Ancient Assyrian carving returned to Iraq after two decades in police storage

Large frieze looted after First Gulf War was locked away in London

UKSeptember 16, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Charlie Mullins, Bassim Haidar and Nick Candy. The National / Getty Images
Going, going, gone: Why the wealthy have had their lot with the UK

British businesspeople and non-doms are abandoning Britain in droves, say experts

UKSeptember 13, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The Upper Franconia barracks in Hof, the northern Bavarian city where prosecutors say the attack was to take place. AP
Syrian arrested over alleged machete plot to kill German soldiers

Suspect 'wanted to attract attention and create a feeling of insecurity among the population', say prosecutors

EuropeSeptember 13, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Newly-arrived airline passengers queue at the UK Border Agency's passport control desks. Getty Images
UK scraps visa-free travel for Jordanians due to 'abuse' of system

ETA allows travellers to make unlimited visits to Britain over two years, or until the holder’s passport expires

UKSeptember 11, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Tariq Ramadan arrives at Geneva's courthouse in May before his appeal trial over charges of rape and sexual coercion. AFP
Tariq Ramadan's rape acquittal overturned by Swiss court

Grandson of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan Al Banna must serve one year in prison

EuropeSeptember 10, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Northvolt has launched a strategic review during which it will seek partners for factories in Poland. Photo: Northvolt AB
Europe's biggest battery maker slashes jobs and cuts costs

Europe's biggest battery maker pauses operations at its Northvolt Ett Upstream 1 cathode material factory

EuropeSeptember 10, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Jumeirah beach Dubai. The UAE is home to many wealthy people from overseas. Getty Images
Wealthy Britons look to move to Dubai over impending UK tax changes

Relocation companies offering services to affluent clients have reported a surge in inquiries

UKSeptember 07, 2024
Gillian Duncan
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during Nato's 75th anniversary summit in Washington. Reuters
Starmer to meet Biden for talks with Gaza on the agenda

Visit comes days after UK announced a partial ban on arms exports to Israel

UKSeptember 07, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Anas Al Mustafa, 43, who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of assisting unlawful migration by trafficking seven people in a specially-adapted van. PA
Syrian who crammed migrants into van is jailed for 10 years

Several people were found seriously injured in hidden compartment 'the width of a person's chest', during sailing to UK

UKSeptember 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A boy cools himself with water from the New Delhi Municipal Council tanker during India's summer heatwave. Getty Images
2024 on course to be hottest year on record

Summer was a record breaker, with an average temperature of 16.8°C

ClimateSeptember 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
An image of engineered magnetic nanorobots about 300nm in diameter that can treat bleeds in the brain caused by aneurysms. PA
'Swarm of nanorobots' could treat brain aneurysms

Bots are each around a twentieth of the size of a red blood cell and encased in a coating designed to melt at precise temperatures

HealthSeptember 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with his new Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha. Alamy Live News
Zelenskyy's Foreign Ministry nominee approved amid reshuffle backlash

Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most internationally known figures, one of six ministers to resign on Wednesday evening

EuropeSeptember 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Santorini, Greece. Experts say countries like Greece could benefit from the UK's changes. Getty Images
Plans to scrap non-dom regime 'could cost UK government £1bn a year'

Labour plans to subject assets held overseas to British inheritance tax if a non-dom has lived in the UK for more than 10 years

UKSeptember 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
A wall of condolences near Grenfell Tower on the day of the publication of the second report of the UK public inquiry into the fatal fire. Reuters
'Decades of failure' led to 72 deaths in Grenfell fire, damning inquiry finds

Report sets out final findings of six-year inquiry into the 2017 disaster

UKSeptember 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Migrants try to cross the English Channel as French police try to stop them in waters off Wimereux, France, on Wednesday. Reuters
Pregnant woman and six children among 12 dead in Channel disaster

Scores of migrants took to English Channel on Wednesday, hours after small dinghy ripped open

UKSeptember 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
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