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Labour's plans to re-nationalize the railways have been criticized by the Conservatives as pointless and unfunded. The police in Perthshire may face a misconduct inquiry for failing to spot that a man had been shot. Ofsted's one-word judgements on schools will continue, despite concerns about their impact. Plant-based alternatives to meat need clearer labeling to indicate their nutritional value. Taylor Swift's album has become the most streamed on Spotify in a single week. With the latest, I'm Kyle Fraser. The Conservatives have described Labour's plans to re-nationalise the railways if they win the next general election as pointless and unfunded. Sir Keir Stormer's party say they'll bring routes back into public ownership within five years. Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Hague claims it'll be the biggest change to the network in a generation. It's an incredibly wasteful system at the moment, with dividends and performance fees being leaked out to the private sector, and enormous duplication and waste across the system because it is so fragmented and complex. Officers in Perthshire who failed to spot a man had been shot could face a misconduct inquiry. Detectives initially thought 65-year-old Brian Lowe died of a medical issue in Aberfeldy until a post-mortem death later revealed the wounds. Here's former Police Scotland Superintendent Martin Gallagher. Police Scotland made a mistake at the start. It's very unfortunate that that happened, but Police Scotland will learn from that, and hopefully a training programme will be looked at in terms of how we deal with crime scenes initially in terms of homicide. Police Scotland is refusing to comment on claims that the investigation has been botched. It looks like Ofsted's one-word judgements on schools, such as outstanding or inadequate, are staying for now. The government insists that there are significant benefits for parents, however there have been concerns since a headteacher took her own life after her primary school was downgraded. Researchers say plant-based alternatives to meat, cheese, eggs and yoghurt need to be labelled more clearly so that it's obvious which ones are ultra-processed. A study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says nutritional value can vary hugely between products. They say that many are still healthy, but the ultra-processed ones are higher in fat, sugar and salt, and may contain colourings, sweeteners and preservatives. And in showbiz, Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets department has become Spotify's most streamed album in a single week. It's been played more than one billion times, that's up from the already 300 million streams that it put together on its first day. There's more news online at geteo.co.uk