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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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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands after a press conference at the event in Berlin on Tuesday. AP
Zelenskyy appeals for air defence boost at Ukraine summit in Berlin

Ukraine’s battered power grid has been a frequent target of Russian attacks

EuropeJune 11, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Queues at Birmingham Airport on Monday morning. Photo: Max Hayes / X
Hand baggage rule change blamed for chaos at Birmingham Airport

Disgruntled travellers have complained about the long waits at one of Britain's busiest terminals

TravelJune 10, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Queues at Birmingham Airport on Friday morning. Photo: Jodie Rhianon / X
Passengers miss flights due to lengthy queues at Birmingham airport

Some travellers say they arrived several hours before their flights but were not cleared by security in time

TravelJune 07, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The symbol of the euro is illuminated in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Central Bank is being cautious as a widening interest rate differential with the US would weaken the currency. Getty Images
ECB cuts interest rates for the first time in five years

Move is seen as the start of an easing cycle but bank may wait months before cutting it again

EconomyJune 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Buchan has been described as the best remaining oilfield in British waters in terms of scale and low risk. Alamy
Operators postpone North Sea oilfield production due to election

Labour has vowed to raise the industry's windfall tax by 3 per cent to help fund energy transition

BusinessJune 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Scientists have developed a new method of detecting the development of dementia up to nine years before it is diagnosed. Getty Images
'Idle brain' test can detect dementia nine years before diagnosis

The new test, which analyses connections in the brain when it is in 'idle mode', is 80 per cent accurate, say researchers

HealthJune 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Rescued migrants arrive at Dover Port in May. More than 10,770 have crossed the English Channel to reach the UK this year, authorities say. Getty Images
Dozens of migrants saved in English Channel boat incident

Some were pulled from the water after the coastguard and lifeboat crews were called to help Border Force

EuropeJune 06, 2024
Gillian Duncan
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces the date for the UK general election outside No 10 Downing Street. Getty Images
UK general election: Everything you need to know

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls summer poll after day of swirling rumours in Westminster

UKJune 06, 2024
Neil Murphy
Britain's King Charles meets D-Day and Normandy veterans after a commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of the battle. AP
France prepares for D-Day anniversary as King Charles pays tribute

Royal family and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led commemorations in event at Portsmouth, a major staging post of the war

EuropeJune 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Volunteers distribute cold drinks to bypassers at a 'heatwave relief camp' along the road during a hot summer day in Lahore in May. AFP
World experiences hottest May on record, extending exceptional 12-month streak

Temperatures were more than 1.5°C higher than the period before people started burning fossil fuels

ClimateJune 05, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visits a nuclear industry exhibition in Tehran in June 2023. AFP
European states submit draft resolution against Iran to UN's nuclear regulator

Text presses Iran again to explain uranium traces found at undeclared sites

EuropeJune 04, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak will also try to close the door on new Reform leader Nigel Farage during the TV debate. Getty Images
Britain's Sunak and Starmer facing off in front of nation

Migration and the Israel-Gaza war on agenda as party leaders start series of hustings on June 4

UKJune 04, 2024
Simon Rushton
Riz Ahmed was among the public figures to sign a letter to Keir Starmer that opposes British companies supplying Israel with weapons. Getty Images
Oscar winner leads calls for Starmer to halt UK arms sales to Israel

Riz Ahmed, Steve Coogan and Lena Headey among 100 artists, actors and singers to write to Labour leader

UKJune 03, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Changes to lifestyles and diets and rising obesity rates have an impact on cancer rates in the UK, experts say. Getty Images
Rising obesity suspected in under-50s cancer surge in UK

Cancer rates for people aged 25 to 49 are expected to rise from 32,600 a year to 34,000 by 2040

HealthJune 03, 2024
Gillian Duncan
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron encourages British citizens overseas to participate in the July 4 general elections. AFP
David Cameron takes UK voting pitch overseas with appeal to Britons abroad

About five million UK citizens live overseas

UKJune 03, 2024
Gillian Duncan
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