Day: October 24, 2025
Jon Bon Jovi talks first tour since vocal cord surgery, new album and Bruce Springsteen
October 24, 2025Bon Jovi will embark on their first tour in four years in 2026 — and it’s more than just a victory lap. In 2022, singer Jon Bon Jovi saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying. He had major surgery and has been in extensive rehab since. These new shows — […]
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FTSE 100 hits record high after optimistic UK economic reports
October 24, 2025The FTSE 100 hit another record peak on Friday fuelled by weaker-than-expected US inflation data, optimistic UK economic reports and strong results from NatWest. The FTSE 100 index closed up 67.05 points, 0.7%, at 9,645.62, a new record close. The FTSE 250 ended 167.61 points higher, 0.8%, at 22,529.02 and the AIM All-Share advanced 1.77 […]
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Manhunt after jailed Epping hotel asylum seeker mistakenly released
October 24, 2025A manhunt has been launched for an accidentally released asylum seeker who was jailed for 12 months earlier this year after he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been staying at The Bell Hotel in the Essex town, with the incident fuelling weeks of protests at the […]
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Gang involved in Wagner Group arson attack on London warehouse jailed
October 24, 2025A gang involved in a Russian mercenary group-ordered arson attack on a London warehouse providing aid to Ukraine have been jailed. The attack was carried out at the behest of the Wagner Group – a private military organisation that acts on behalf of the Russian state – and caused around £1m of damage. Dylan Earl, […]
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Statue of Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones to be unveiled in London
October 24, 2025Bridget Jones, the character created by Helen Fielding and played by Renée Zellweger in four films, is to be immortalised in bronze in central London. The new statue will be unveiled on 17 November and joins a number of others portraying key icons of cinema in Leicester Square, home to four cinemas and numerous red […]
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‘I explored Ancient Rome and saw gladiator fights in the Colosseum up close’
October 24, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Think of the ancient Roman Empire and Julius Caesar, Mount Vesuvius and Russell Crowe likely come to mind. We’re taught so much about this great civilisation – yet will never truly know what it was like to […]
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The crimewave sweeping Britain? Illegal houses in multiple occupation | Aditya Chakrabortty
October 24, 2025Fan of true crime? Then this column is for you. Rather than some cold case told through yellowing newspapers and sepia photos, this one is still happening. And just wait for the plot twist! But first let me outline the key facts; your challenge is to decide who’s guilty. Our crime scene is a redbrick […]
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Why are there snail breeding farms in London’s most expensive buildings?
October 24, 2025Companies and landlords are setting up underground snail breeding rackets in another way to avoid paying their share of tax. Images show boxes sat in a modern but empty office space, sealed with ‘L’Escargotiere’, which translates to ‘The Snail Farm’. Westminster Council has raided a £32 million office block on Old Marylebone Road, where shell […]
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Plaid Cymru win Caerphilly Welsh Government by-election holding off Reform UK
October 24, 2025Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle won the Caerphilly Senedd by-election (Andrew Matthew/PA Wire) PA Wire Plaid Cymru has defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third. Nigel Farage’s party was hoping to win its first seat at the ballot box in the Caerphilly constituency and pledged to “throw […]
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Two men charged over arson attack at Peacehaven Mosque
October 24, 2025Two men will appear in court on Friday charged with arson after an attack at a mosque earlier this month. No one was injured in the fire at Peacehaven in East Sussex on October 4 which damaged the front entrance of the mosque and a car. Sussex Police had released images of two people wearing […]
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