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mirror.co.uk | 26 min. ago NEW

Murder arrest after woman found dead in UK tourist hotspot

Police raced to the scene on Tuesday evening after being called by paramedics, leading to the arrest of a man in his 50s and a referral to the IOPC

theguardian.com | 53 min. ago NEW

Neighbour of new Montenegro embassy in London sues council over impact on mental health

Case in Pimlico is latest instance of tensions between small countries seeking a space in capital and residentsIt is not a classic neighbour-from-hell dispute, what with the protagonist inviting everyone over for evening drinks and canapés. But the sudden conversion of a five-bedroom family home in Pimlico, central London, into the embassy of Montenegro has triggered a neighbourhood row that has gone all the way to the desk of a high court judge.The first stirrings of trouble came when one resident argued in a submission to the council this spring that the new embassy’s “flagpole and rather tacky-looking flag stick out like a sore thumb” among Cambridge Street’s Grade II-listed homes.

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theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 30 min. ago

‘There has to be a bolder shift’: retail and hospitality businesses assess relief in budget

Chancellor cuts business rates for more small businesses and limits rise in minimum wage for younger workersBudget 2026: key points at a glance“It is like letting the tyres down and then handing you a pump,” says James Nye, assessing the relief handed to businesses in John Healey’s first budget as chancellor.The managing director of Norfolk’s Anglian Country Inns argues that the budget made a “couple of steps towards helping” but added more labour costs for already burdened companies.

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ft.com | 1 hrs. 40 min. ago

[$] Could a ski slope atop a waste plant hold the key to the UK’s heating woes?

Copenhagen’s waste-to-energy plant is part of a network that heats 98 per cent of the city. By 2050, the UK government wants networks like this to serve a fifth of the country’s heating demand. But will it be as cheap and reliable as promised?

ft.com | 1 hrs. 40 min. ago

[$] What’s next for Burnham after the Budget?

The prime minister faces many challenging issues in the coming months, from resetting UK-EU ties and immigration to welfare reform and energy

euronews.com | 1 hrs. 43 min. ago

Airbus eyes UK-Japan-Italy fighter jet deal after rival collapse

Airbus chief Guillaume Faury said on Wednesday that the European plane maker could join a British-Japanese-Italian consortium to build a next generation fighter jet after the collapse of a Franco-German rival.

dailymail.com | 4 hrs. 13 min. ago

ANDREW NEIL: Labour believes in deficit reduction on the never-never. The more Healey talked of prudence, the more we noticed his profligacy...

Chancellor John Healey kicked off his first Budget by getting his excuses in first. The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine, he began, were creating global storms which could knock the UK economy for six.

mirror.co.uk | 4 hrs. 43 min. ago

Major UK conscription update as Brits aged up to 65 could be called up to Army Reserves

Conscription is when a government imposes mandatory military service on the public - the UK Government extended the age bracket for men eligible for call-up to the Army Reserves earlier this year.

dailymail.com | 4 hrs. 49 min. ago

Kosovan criminal who stole from disabled people can't be deported as she is 'culturally and socially integrated' in Britain, judge rules

Serial criminal Barbara Osmanovic, 40, who has been convicted 13 times for 29 separate offences, was granted the right to remain in the UK on human rights grounds.

dailymail.com | 4 hrs. 49 min. ago

Some of the world's smallest penguins will get to fly for the first time... as they ditch the UK for Spain

The fairy penguins were given passports and boarding passes as they prepared to go from SEA LIFE Weymouth to SEA LIFE Benalmádena.

mirror.co.uk | 5 hrs. 16 min. ago

UK Budget 2026 recap: John Healey echos 'hope for the working people' in his column for the Mirror

Writing for the Mirror, Chancellor John Healey has pledged to manage public finances responsibly, highlighting the UK’s strong economic growth in the first half of the year, which was the fastest in the G7

mirror.co.uk | 6 hrs. 35 min. ago

Sir Chris Whitty: 'Vape sellers targeting youngsters is completely unacceptable'

OPINION: The UK's Chief Medical Officer slams unscrupulous retailers as new laws come into force banning the sale of nicotine pouches and nicotine-free vapes to under-18s

kyivpost.com | 6 hrs. 36 min. ago

UK Pledges £10 Billion ($13.3 Billion) to Ukraine, Including Urgent Air Defense Aid

Britain announced more than £10 billion ($13.3 billion) in additional support for Ukraine, alongside £500 million ($665 million) in urgent air-defense assistance. The package includes £7 billion ($9.3 billion) in economic support over three years and £3 billion ($4 billion) in export-finance capacity.

theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 28 min. ago

Nigel Farage skips budget in Commons over seating ‘altercation’ concerns

Reform UK leader ‘shocked’ by £10bn pledged to Ukraine and doubles down on cutting tax for crypto investorsBudget 2026: key points at a glanceNigel Farage skipped the chancellor’s first budget because he was worried he would get in a “physical altercation” with another MP in a row over seating arrangements.The Reform UK leader was not present in the House of Commons but gave a press conference afterwards in which he said he was “shocked” by the £10bn going to support Ukraine and doubled down on his party’s policies on cutting tax for crypto investors.

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theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 58 min. ago

The Jackdaw gasfield, net zero and climate adaptation

Letters | Readers respond to an article in which the prime minister said the government’s gasfield approval was part of its commitment to a greener futureAndy Burnham writes that his determination to tackle the climate crisis is “unwavering” and that the transition must not leave communities behind (We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan, 22 October).

Whatever one thinks of Jackdaw, the test of that pledge is whether people are also protected from climate impacts that are already here.The research that you reported on last week attributed two-thirds of the heat deaths that it estimated – 4,354 of them in the UK – to climate change.

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ft.com | 9 hrs. 5 min. ago

UK living standards will flatline this decade, says OBR

Fiscal watchdog sees ‘grim’ outlook for real household disposable income as energy prices and taxes rise

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 9 hrs. 8 min. ago

The UK plans to send giant robotic claws into orbit to grab two dead satellites; 2029 mission

In a groundbreaking initiative, the UK plans to unveil a pioneering spacecraft in 2029, designed specifically for the cleanup of space debris. Utilizing advanced robotic arms, the mission aims to snatch up and incinerate inactive satellites, tackling the escalating issue of orbital pollution that threatens current satellite operations.

A nationwide competition to name the spacecraft is in progress, underscoring the project's significance in fostering sustainable space practices.

theguardian.com | 10 hrs. 4 min. ago

‘We sold out tickets within 13 minutes’: new novel from romantasy author Sarah J Maas sparks fan mania

Move over Oasis – 6,000 people tried to buy 220 tickets to a masquerade ball to celebrate the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony, while specialist bookshops catering for the genre report huge salesWhen The Spicy Librarian, a romance bookshop in Leamington Spa, announced a masquerade ball to celebrate the new Sarah J Maas novel, 6,000 people tried to buy 220 tickets.

“We sold out within 13 minutes,” says the shop’s co-founder Ali Maynard James. “As soon as tickets went on sale, our website crashed”.The shop was one of many across the UK marking the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony, the first instalment of Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series in more than five years.

On Monday night, bookshops threw parties and opened past midnight – and The Spicy Librarian hired a stately home to mark the occasion. Continue reading...

theguardian.com | 10 hrs. 37 min. ago

Knifeman on LNER train ‘caused terror and fear on unimaginable scale’, court hears

Anthony Williams is accused of attempting to murder passengers and staff on board a London-bound train last NovemberA knifeman “caused terror and fear on an unimaginable scale” to passengers when he stabbed 10 people on board a London-bound train, a court has heard.Anthony Williams, 33, is accused of attempting to murder 10 passengers and staff on board an LNER train on 1 November last year and stabbing four people in the 24 hours before.

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theguardian.com | 12 hrs. 51 min. ago

Budget 2026 calculator: find out if you are better or worse off

Use our interactive tool to see how you have been affected by John Healey’s tax and spending announcementsHealey keeps income tax thresholds frozen. How much more will you pay?Budget 2026: key points at a glanceBudget 2026 live – latest updates Continue reading...

ft.com | 12 hrs. 57 min. ago

Sovereign wealth funds to be taxed on UK property investments

Change is set to hit countries such as the Gulf states that are big property investors in Britain

ft.com | 12 hrs. 58 min. ago

HMRC creates list of 200 billionaires in tax crackdown on UK’s wealthiest

Authority invites each billionaire and their representatives to ‘a voluntary initial or pre-filing discussion’

mirror.co.uk | 13 hrs. 27 min. ago

Plane crashes at UK airfield as 999 crews swarm and casualties rushed to hospital

Paramedics discharged one patient at the scene, while three others were taken to hospital after the plane came down at Beccles Aerodrome in Ellough, Suffolk

ft.com | 13 hrs. 30 min. ago

Bank of England able to take UK Budget in its stride despite slippage in deficit reduction

Higher energy prices and interest costs take their toll on borrowing outlook

dailymail.com | 13 hrs. 31 min. ago

Afghan asylum seekers who came to UK on boats and lorries who 'raped two girls in their early to mid-teens' face 2027 trial

Norfolk Police said the seven men - all small boat and lorry migrants - were charged as part of an investigation into group-based, child sexual exploitation in the city.

theguardian.com | 13 hrs. 57 min. ago

Guardian and ITN have ‘duty to public and sources’ to publish sexual allegations against well-known figure, court hears

Individual known in court as PPT is seeking a permanent injunction, with lawyers citing his risk of suicideTwo news organisations have a duty to the public and their sources to publish allegations of exploitative sexual behaviour by a well-known figure despite claims he is “highly likely” to attempt suicide, the high court has heard.The anonymous individual, known in court simply as PPT, is seeking an injunction against the Guardian and ITN to stop them publishing the allegations, which he denies.

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dailymail.com | 14 hrs. 5 min. ago

Nigel Farage claims he skipped watching the Budget in the Commons as he feared ending up in 'another physical altercation' in Parliament after 'previous bust-up in May'

The Reform UK leader suggested his absence from Parliament for Chancellor John Healey's statement was because he had decided to 'avoid conflict'.

mirror.co.uk | 14 hrs. 33 min. ago

'Captain cautious John Healey will be hoping Budget guides UK through global economic storm'

Chancellor John Healey’s steady-as-he-goes first Budget certainly isn’t without merit and £100 cheques for 20million households, writes The Mirror's Kevin Maguire

defence-blog.com | 14 hrs. 48 min. ago

Britain to build sub-hunting sensors for AUKUS underwater drones

Britain will lead development of three new sensor and effects packages for underwater drones under the AUKUS security partnership with the United States and Australia, with the systems due to be available across all three nations’ uncrewed underwater fleets from 2027, the UK Ministry of Defence said on Oct.

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theguardian.com | 15 hrs. 3 min. ago

Russell Brand says he couldn’t find anyone to give evidence on his behalf in rape and sexual assault trial – latest updates

Brand, 51, has been charged with three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assaultContent warning: this article contains references to allegations of sexual abuse which some readers might find distressingWinter moved on to count 5, in which a woman alleged Brand sexually assaulted her when she was in her 20s and working at a radio station in 2004 or 2005.Winter asked Brand whether he “sloppily kissed her”.

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dailymail.com | 15 hrs. 13 min. ago

Britain among the worst hit nations in global eating disorder crisis as cases soar 71%...after Celebrity Traitors star reveals anorexia struggle

The UK has unusually high rates of anorexia and bulimia, with a prevalence of over 493 cases per 100,000 people.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 15 hrs. 17 min. ago

Just Helping recycled 88,544 Xmas trees in 2026 and raised a record £1,885,915 for local UK causes

A charitable organization in the UK has triumphantly gathered 88,544 discarded Christmas trees, turning them into valuable products. This initiative raised £1.88 million for various local charities, breaking past records. The substantial involvement of volunteers during the collection phase contributed greatly, while the campaign fostered significant environmental progress by curbing carbon emissions.

The charity envisions expanding its recycling efforts to cover more regions in the future.

theguardian.com | 15 hrs. 45 min. ago

Give UK workers right to know colleagues’ pay to prevent disparities, says watchdog

EHRC says transparency needed to prevent pay discrimination, particularly against womenWorkers should have a legal right to know their colleagues’ pay to help prevent pay discrimination, particularly against women, the UK’s human rights watchdog has said.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) made the recommendation in response to government proposals to overhaul equal pay laws, saying workers deserved a right to transparency if they suspected other staff were being paid more for similar work.

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nytimes.com | 16 hrs. 3 min. ago

[$] Tommy Robinson Found Guilty of Harassing 2 UK Journalists

The anti-immigrant agitator, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found guilty in London.

nypost.com | 16 hrs. 50 min. ago

US and UK prepare for nightmare war scenarios

The United States Military is preparing for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil. Meanwhile, British families are suddenly being told to stock up on emergency supplies – and to prepare for devastating attacks.

theguardian.com | 17 hrs. 15 min. ago

Budget 2026: key points at a glance

John Healey is announcing his financial update – here are the main points, with political analysisBudget 2026 live – latest updates Continue reading...

kyivpost.com | 17 hrs. 23 min. ago

Poland, UK Sign 3-Year Defense Cooperation Plan

The UK Defense Secretary and his Polish counterpart signed a three-year defense cooperation plan in Warsaw on Tuesday, calling for the two nations to work together on naval, ground forces, air force, cyber, and industry areas in order to strengthen security and deterrence in the Eastern Flank.

dailymail.com | 17 hrs. 32 min. ago

How safe is your favourite takeaway: TikTok account exposes UK restaurants, cafes and supermarkets with zero-star hygiene ratings - including hospital canteens and 'luxury' eateries

The account @foodhygiene101 has racked up over 20,000 followers since April, when it revealed that The Blues Kitchen in Camden, received a zero rating in February.

dailymail.com | 17 hrs. 32 min. ago

EU countries set to use UK-built migrant centres in Rwanda to house asylum seekers

Labour cancelled the Conservative's asylum agreement with the east African nation as one of its first acts in office.

theguardian.com | 17 hrs. 59 min. ago

GSK shares dive as weaker sales and mounting costs unnerve investors

British pharma company reports declining profits amid concerns over looming patent loss of its blockbuster HIV drugShares in GSK slid on Wednesday despite the UK drugmaker reporting better-than-expected financial results, as investors were unnerved by weaker vaccine sales, restructuring charges and its overall outlook.Britain’s second-biggest pharmaceutical company reported a 19% decline in pre-tax profit to £1.9bn in the July to September quarter and £318m of restructuring charges, with more to come.

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