Day: October 24, 2025
‘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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High turnout in vital Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election as votes counted
October 24, 2025Votes are being counted in the crucial Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election after weeks of fierce campaigning by parties hoping to win the Welsh Parliament constituency from Labour. Labour has led the Welsh Parliament since the devolved administration was first established in 1999 and Caerphilly has long been one of its strongholds. However, recent polling has […]
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Biology teacher becomes first UK patient to receive ‘gamechanger’ therapy for MS
October 24, 2025A biology teacher has become the first patient in the UK to receive a “gamechanger” therapy to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). The CAR T-cell treatment, which experts believe could “transform” lives by halting or slowing down progression of the disease, is custom-built for each patient in the lab. The person’s own T cells, which are […]
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