Day: November 17, 2025
UK asylum reforms spark backlash within Labour Party, support from rivals
November 17, 2025The British government’s plan to tighten its asylum system met sharp resistance Monday from inside its own party but was getting some support from political rivals in a sign of how divisive the immigration issue has become. Before Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood even released details of the sweeping plan to make the U.K. less attractive […]
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American couple accused of racist assault in Bond Street ‘no longer in UK’
November 17, 2025A prominent Trump supporter and her partner wanted by police after a woman was allegedly pepper-sprayed and racially abused managed to leave the country just days after. Officers believe the man and woman, identified as Make America Great Again supporter and PR executive Melissa Rein Lively, 40, and Philipp Ostermann, a venture capitalist, could have […]
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Keeping my hat on in Westminster Abbey | Brief letters
November 17, 2025Officials at Westminster Abbey have a long history of inappropriately asking visitors to remove clothing (‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey, 14 November). Back in 1977, a verger was most put out to learn that I, a child who was well wrapped up against the cold, was a girl who had […]
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FTSE 100 falters ahead of inflation print and Nvidia earnings release
November 17, 2025The FTSE 100 closed lower on Monday as investors look ahead to UK inflation data, US nonfarm payrolls figures and results from chip maker Nvidia later this week. The FTSE 100 index closed down 22.94 points, 0.2%, at 9,675.43. The FTSE 250 ended 131.66 points lower, 0.6%, at 21,687.90, and and the Aim All-Share fell […]
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How the UK and Denmark’s immigration policies compare
November 17, 2025Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced controversial plans for the UK to embrace a “Denmark-style” asylum system, aimed at making Britain less attractive to illegal immigrants and making deportations easier. The hardline “zero asylum seekers” approach taken by Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen in 2019 was unusual for a centre-left party. But her Social Democrats […]
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Investigation launched after man dies on North Sea drilling rig
November 17, 2025An investigation has been launched into the death of an offshore worker on a drilling rig in the North Sea. Lee Hulse, 32, died while working on the Valaris 121 oil platform off the coast of Aberdeen. Police Scotland were called to a report of a death around 4:40am on Friday. “The death is not […]
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London’s ‘brilliant’ up-and-coming neighbourhood where houses are being snapped up
November 17, 2025In the ever-evolving London property market, rapid decision-making remains essential, particularly in areas where properties move swiftly. And a recent Rightmove report found that Leytonstone, in East London, is the capital’s fastest-selling residential area, with homes spending an average of just 34 days on the market. This contrasts sharply with the London-wide average of 70 […]
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6 London neighbourhoods where terraced houses cost less than £500,000
November 17, 2025For many first-time buyers in London, owning a home feels like a distant dream thanks to the city’s notoriously high property prices. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), average house prices in London currently stand at £566,000 — far higher than the UK’s average of £273,000. However, there is […]
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Incredible story of Irish labourer buried alive in coffin for 61 days told in new documentary
November 17, 2025They were known as burial artists – people who had themselves buried alive in macabre feats of endurance – and Mick Meaney resolved to be the best there ever was. It was 1968 and the Irish labourer had barely a pound to his name but he believed that if he stayed underground in a coffin […]
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Bridget Jones star drops F-bomb live on BBC during statue reveal
November 17, 2025To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A bronze statue of beloved romcom heroine Bridget Jones was unveiled in London’s West End on Monday — and the ceremony delivered an unexpectedly sweary live-TV moment courtesy of cast member Sally Phillips. The statue, revealed on […]
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