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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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Professor Sir Bashir Al-Hashimi has played a prominent role in the development of battery-free computing. Wikipedia
Iraq's pioneering computer engineer among those knighted in New Year honours

Others honoured include London mayor Sadiq Khan, Labour MP Emily Thornberry and actor and writer Stephen Fry

UKDecember 30, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from 'Joker'. AP
Use of 'murder and killing' words in movies surges in past 50 years

Major study shows clear increasing trend in use of 'murderous verbs' in all genres of movies over past half century

HealthDecember 30, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Jeweller Hanan Sultan says London is not just a home for her, but also a major source of inspiration. Photo: Hanan Sultan
My UK LifeOmani jewellery designer uses scent to invoke the Middle East

In a new series, The National speaks to Arabs living in the UK about their jobs, hopes and dreams. Hanan Sultan honed her craft in London and has been nicknamed 'the queen of rubies'

UKDecember 30, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Magda Al Sharef at her clinic in London. Photo: Magda Al Sharef
My UK Life: Dentist raised in Libya considers London her home

In a new series, The National speaks to Arabs living in the UK about their jobs, hopes and dreams. Magda Al Sharef travelled a lot as a child, but has returned repeatedly to Britain, where she was born

UKDecember 27, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Ahmed Mukhtar says the oud helps him be in contact with people who love Arab culture. Photo: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
My UK LifeIraqi oud master who refused to play for Saddam Hussein

In a new series, The National speaks to Arabs living in the UK about their jobs, hopes and dreams. Ahmed Mukhtar arrived from Iraq in the 1990s, when he applied for asylum

UKDecember 25, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Raghd Ibdah is enjoying life in Oxford. Photo: Raghd Ibdah
My UK lifePalestinian student tells of life at Oxford Brookes University

In a new series, The National speaks to Arabs living in the UK about their jobs, hopes and dreams. Raghd Ibdah always aimed to study in Oxford

UKDecember 24, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Bad weather has been affecting flights at Heathrow Airport in London. EPA
Heathrow Airport cancels scores of flights due to high winds

Flights to the UAE appear to be operating as normal

UKDecember 22, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to reception class children at a primary school in Orpington, near London. Getty Images
Muslim family among those taking legal action against Labour's private school tax policy

UK will impose the sales tax on fees from January as part of plans to raise money for the state school sector

UKDecember 22, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Right-wing groups gathered in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday to call for migration to be reversed. AP
Hungary’s PM blames deadly car-ramming attack in Germany on immigration

Hungarian government has been fined more than $200 million for breaking bloc's asylum rules

EuropeDecember 22, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during his annual news conference and call-in show at Gostinny Dvor in Moscow. AP
Putin says fall of Assad is not a defeat for Russia

Russian leader tells annual press conference he is yet to meet former Syrian leader in Moscow

EuropeDecember 19, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, is reworking some agreements reached by his predecessor. Reuters
UK's Chagos deal rejected by new Mauritius prime minister

New negotiations have begun after Navin Ramgoola decided there were not enough benefits in the agreement signed by his predecessor

UKDecember 18, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The Israeli Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, which closed at the weekend. PA
US Palestine Museum eyes taking over closed Israeli embassy in Dublin

Museum said opening a branch in the building would be 'political statement'

EuropeDecember 17, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The average migrant in the UK on a skilled worker visa made a positive 'net fiscal impact' of £16,300 in 2022/23, according to the Migration Advisory Committee. Getty Images
UK's skilled migrants 'pay more into public finances than Britons'

Average migrant on a skilled worker visa made a positive 'net fiscal impact' of £16,300 in 2022/23, far greater than UK workers, says report

UKDecember 17, 2024
Gillian Duncan
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, accused of chemical attacks in Ukraine, was killed by a bomb-laden scooter attack in Moscow. EPA
Russian general Kirillov killed in Moscow scooter bomb attack

Lt Gen was accused of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops

EuropeDecember 17, 2024
Gillian Duncan
The need for taxi drivers to visualise routes may help them avoid Alzheimer's. Getty Images
Taxi and ambulance drivers 'at lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer's disease'

Same area of brain used to create cognitive spatial maps known to be involved in development of the disease

HealthDecember 16, 2024
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