Day: October 14, 2025
Sir Alastair Cook relishing ‘bucket list’ role as Ashes commentator in Australia
October 14, 2025Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook is ready for a “bucket list” experience in Australia as he prepares to call this winter’s Ashes action for viewers back home. Cricket fans in the United Kingdom will not be taking their commentary from the phalanx of Baggy Green alumni who populate the local broadcasts Down Under or […]
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A team of artisans brings Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ to life
October 14, 2025When Tamara Deverell, the production designer on Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” first strode across the nearly finished set of Victor Frankenstein’s lab, she couldn’t help herself. Deverell had by then spent countless hours toiling over the film’s central set, a massive laboratory perched atop an old Scottish stone tower, with a massive round window letting […]
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Home Office reveals new visa rules including increased English requirements for migrants
October 14, 2025The changes were laid in Parliament on Tuesday PA Archive Tougher requirements for speaking, listening, reading and writing will be needed for certain visas as part of the Government’s immigration white paper measures, which are designed to reduce reliance on cheap foreign labour. The changes were laid in Parliament on Tuesday and are expected to […]
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European human rights watchdog triggers row with Government over warnings
October 14, 2025Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to respond to the letters in full (Ben Whitley/PA) PA Archive The European human rights watchdog has triggered a row with the Government after issuing warnings over the treatment of transgender people and the policing of pro-Palestinian protests. Michael O’Flaherty published letters on Tuesday to parliamentary committee chairs and […]
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Healey pledges ‘support’ for probe into soldier’s alleged murder of Kenyan woman
October 14, 2025The UK will do “everything we can” to support the investigation into the alleged murder of a Kenyan woman by a former British soldier, the Defence Secretary has said. John Healey made the commitment after discussing the case of Agnes Wanjiru with her niece, Esther Njoki, on Tuesday. Ms Wanjiru’s body was found in a […]
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Muslim Women’s Network says charity run could have been more inclusive
October 14, 2025A Muslim women’s group said a charity run which excluded females aged over 12 could have been more inclusive and avoided “reinforcement of negative stereotypes”. The event in London’s Victoria Park on Sunday was billed as an “inclusive 5km race” welcoming “runners and supporters of all ages and abilities”, but it was open only to […]
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DNA samples taken by police ‘conclusively prove alleged stalker not Madeleine’
October 14, 2025DNA samples taken by police from the alleged stalker of the McCann family “conclusively” prove that she is not the missing Madeleine, a trial has heard. Jurors at Leicester Crown Court were told that 24-year-old Julia Wandelt’s DNA was taken after she was arrested at Bristol Airport in February this year in an attempt to […]
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Tommy Robinson’s arrest at Channel Tunnel ‘discriminatory’, barrister says
October 14, 2025Tommy Robinson’s arrest at the Channel Tunnel last year was “discriminatory” as it was based on police’s knowledge of his political beliefs, a barrister representing the right-wing activist has told a court. The 42-year-old was stopped in Folkestone in July last year while behind the wheel of a luxury Bentley Bentayga that was not registered […]
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Four big themes as IMF takes aim at UK growth and inflation
October 14, 2025Six months ago the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the world economy was heading for a serious slowdown, in the face of Donald Trump’s tariffs. It slashed its forecasts for economic growth both in the US and predicted that global economic growth would slow to 2.8% this year. Today the Fund has resurfaced with […]
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Minister ‘appalled’ at Muslim charity run in London that excluded women
October 14, 2025The communities secretary has said it was “absolutely unacceptable” for women to be excluded from taking part in a Muslim charity run in London. The event on Sunday, in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, was advertised on the Muslim Charity Run website as an “inclusive 5km race” for “runners and supporters of all ages and abilities” […]
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