Polanski vows to stay on as Green leader as criticism mounts after by-election defeat
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:42:48 GMT
Jewish Greens' leader has said Polanski should resign in the wake of a Zionism row and by-election defeat.
'Deeply personal moment': Watch Sagal Abdi-Wali's by-election victory speech
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:15:09 GMT
Labour beat the Green Party with 45% of the vote in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:35:00 GMT
Education minister Edouard Geffray makes the offer after another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.
King pays Andrew's £1.5m repair bill on Royal Lodge
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:29:02 GMT
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was charged £1.5m in repair and restoration costs after surrendering the lease on the 30-room mansion.
Firing squad execution of man who killed 13 soldiers to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:24:58 GMT
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
Survivor of US Army shooting supports gunman's execution but questions livestream
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:43:22 GMT
Alonzo Lunsford tells the BBC the punishment befits the crime but he has some doubts whether the public should be able to watch it.
Alison Hammond: 'I thought I was having heart attack on air'
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:52:34 GMT
The host says a health scare on live TV was one of the "scariest things I've ever been through".
£15m spent cleaning illegal waste supersite in ancient woodland
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:23 GMT
Concerns remain over the ancient Kent woodland's future after 39,500 tonnes of rubbish were cleared.
Thieves steal 30,000 wine bottles worth €5m in Italy, reports say
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:09:03 GMT
The heist at the Florence-based winery is believed to be one of the largest thefts of its kind in Italy.
Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:34:27 GMT
The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.
