Day: October 24, 2025
Manhunt continues for asylum seeker released from prison by mistake
October 24, 2025Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was jailed for 12 months (Essex Police/PA) The manhunt is continuing for an asylum seeker who was accidentally released from where he was serving time for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who had been living at the Bell Hotel in Epping, was jailed for 12 months […]
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Powell expected to be named Labour’s new deputy leader
October 24, 2025Former Commons leader Lucy Powell is expected to be named Labour’s new deputy leader on Saturday. (Peter Byrne/PA) PA Archive Lucy Powell is expected to be crowned Labour’s new deputy leader when results of the contest are announced on Saturday. During the campaign, Ms Powell frequently referred to “mistakes” made by the party on issues […]
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TikTok influencer jailed with mum for double murder has sentence reduced
October 24, 2025A TikTok influencer who was previously jailed for more than 30 years for a double murder has had her sentence reduced at the Court of Appeal. Mahek Bukhari was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 31 years in September 2023 for murdering two men after one threatened to expose his affair with her […]
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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 who set fire to warehouse in London for the Wagner Group are jailed
October 24, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A gang who set fire to a London warehouse providing aid to Ukraine – on the orders of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group – has today been jailed. Dylan Earl, along with Jake Reeves and four other men, […]
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Police to launch drones as ‘first responders’ in emergencies in London – is it a good thing?
October 24, 2025Brooke Davies Published October 24, 2025 3:47pm Updated October 24, 2025 3:47pm
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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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