Month: October 2026

First stalls reopen a fortnight after flames swept through the historic market

The woman said she feared she would be torn apart in court and be accused of ‘asking for it’

Conrad Brown had explicitly said “I think slavery is wrong” in the secret filming and said his additional comment was copying a Ricky Gervais sketch

Daniel Sean James, 46, is charged with the murder of 24-year-old Kirandeep Kaur and is currently being held in custody

AI assistant startup Town nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures.

Leicester City will travel to National League North side Oxford City in the 2026-27 FA Cup first round – five years after winning the competition.

An automatic camera caught Brazier driving 7mph above the 30mph speed limit along the northbound A16 near Burwell, Lincolnshire, at 11.11pm.

This includes the cost of police overtime as well as mutual aid from police forces across the UK.

Sharon Lea is to stand down as chief executive of Hammersmith & Fulham LBC, the council has confirmed. Ms Lea has been Hammersmith and Fulham chief

Clara Amfo opens up to HELLO! about hanging out with music royalty, her secret to surviving red carpet fashion, and her favourite hidden spots across the capital

Barnet has been tasked with provisionally building almost 33,000 homes in the next decade, including 7,000 on green belt land

On Kalshi, Anthropic is seen as the last major IPO in 2026 after OpenAI delayed its public market debut. Others have postponed too.

Josh Brown and Sean Russo dive into two names that can get a boost from a move out of AI-linked names.

A W19 bus collided with a car before ploughing into a tech repair shop on Markhouse Road at around 7.30am today (19th October)

Businessman Alex Challoner, who has joined the race to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, claims his proposals could unlock land for 135,000 homes in Park Royal in west London alone

The time to prepare for “gradual disempowerment” is now, according to researchers. One calls it “a civilization-scale problem.”

An explosive new essay argues that AI models aren’t indecipherable black boxes, and that we can precisely map how they “think.”

Nvidia is leaning hard into the trend of enterprise companies wanting to run their own open models in their own data centers and also trying to make on-device, private AI agents a thing.

London is brimming with spooky stories about phantoms and supernatural incidents

A High Court judge ruled the cases were brought too late and dismissed them without considering whether allegations were true

Tyrone Muir was sentenced to 3 years and two months in prison for burglary

Around 80 pages on WhatsApp’s website exposed instructions that were designed for its chatbot, including “WHAT NOT TO SAY.” Meta says a bug caused the issue.

The Premier League has confirmed its latest round of fixture changes for the first three weeks of December, with four of Arsenal’s matches rescheduled, including key clashes against Manchester United and Tottenham

An application for judicial review against the decision to ban the parade is being heard in Belfast.

An entire generation was almost wiped out when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste slid down the hillside before engulfing Pantglas Junior School in 1966.

Hospital chiefs have previously described its current emergency department as not fit-for-purpose

Protests engulf France as an estimated 800,000 people take to the streets, driven by rising living costs, fuel prices and deteriorating education standards. …

Dominic Holland was unable to get a seat inside his favourite London pub after his son recommended it in a media interview

London’s Prince Charles Cinema has a new lineup of banned and controversial films to accompany its screenings of Ken Russell’s The Devils.

Philip and Kim (nee Companjen) English and their sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, nine, died after their home was attacked in Waterford last Tuesday.

Anthony Williams still denies 14 counts of attempted murder

A single-decker route W19 bus smashed into a tech repair shop earlier this morning (Monday, October 19)

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs’ Office of Public Diplomacy, Philippine Foreign Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro, left, poses with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan after

London group World News have shared their debut album ‘In Purgatory’ in full. The band tap into 80s indie pop aspects, with a shimmering beauty to their

Who will be left to pick up the bill in the event of a crash? | World News

US resumes intelligence-sharing with Ukraine after pause, Zelenskyy says – Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Russia’s top diplomat is visiting Tehran for the first time since the U.S. launched its war with Iran, aiming, he says, to avert a return to major hostilities.

Iran has signaled it is preparing for another round of war with the United States and has issued public threats against Washington.

The bodies of the 10 men, two of whom were engineers and one a geologist, were later found buried in clandestine graves.

Tower mustard has suffered steep decline in London but has been successfully grown and replanted.

I stayed and reviewed The Marylebone, a central London hotel with a chic cocktail bar and restaurant.

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The Cass Art Prize 2026 shortlist brings together more than 50 artists ahead of a November exhibition at The Bomb Factory in London.

The big opening this week is undoubtedly Robert Icke’s take on [*The Lives of Others*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/the-lives-of-others-tickets), …

Australian MP Helen Haines has been taken to hospital with “critical injuries” after she was hit by a car near her regional office in Wangaratta, Victoria, p…

Nine Surrey players receive ECB central contracts, including Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson, Sam Curran and Dan Lawrence, ahead of England’s busy winter schedule.

The winners of the Open Banking Expo Awards 2026 have been announced, recognising the organisations, teams and individuals driving progress across Open Banking…

A stone is thrown through Hassan-Nahoum’s car window while she is speaking to a camera, breaking it and wounding one of the passengers.

Amazon stock climbed Monday after being named a top pick by Morgan Stanley.

Not every location in the scheme area will enjoy big benefits and some may experience the opposite according to a study for TfL