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Bayeux Tapestry goes on display as Reform UK councillor quits
Charles and Macron viewed the historic tapestry, a Reform councillor quit amid financial mismanagement claims, a British couple died in Spain, Diddy’s defamation case advances, a US murder trial ended in mistrial, and Jack Lowden is tipped for Bond.
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Kenneth Branagh Hosts Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Gary Oldman & Helen Mirren In Telluride-Bound Doc ‘Into The Breach’
Kenneth Branagh has produced *Into the Breach*, a new documentary co-created by Freddie Fox and Richard Fullerton that brings together some of British theatre’s most celebrated performers, including Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Gary Oldman and Helen Mirren. The film explores the postwar golden age of British stage acting and its enduring influence on…
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Reform UK suspensions, North Sea gas green light, and rising Russia tensions dominate
Reform UK suspends two senior figures over a foreign-funding probe as ministers move to approve the Jackdaw gas field; Norway seizes a Russian ship near Svalbard and Germany reports fresh grid sabotage attempts amid heightened Russia alert.
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Three men who hacked a man to death with ‘arsenal of knives’, a crutch and a plank are jailed for life
Three men have been jailed for life for killing Gregory Castillo Volquez, who was stabbed 22 times and beaten with a crutch and a nail-embedded plank in Haringey, north London. Benito Ramirez Kones, 20, Carlos Akum Metumbe, 22, and Luiggi Perelli Santana, 22, attacked the 36-year-old out of sight of CCTV as he walked home…
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Reform UK Conference Disrupted by Security Scare, Greenpeace Stunt, and Multiple Donation Scandals
A new dispute has broken out within Reform UK, this time at the party-led North East Lincolnshire Council, after West Marsh councillor Tanya Brasted quit the party following her removal from the cabinet over allegations of financial mismanagement. Council leader Oliver Freeston said discrepancies emerged over the profits of a Reform Christmas Ball organised by…
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Rainbow Six Tactics’ Best Feature Will Raise the Bar for All Strategy Games
Ubisoft has unveiled Rainbow Six Tactics, a new turn-based tactics spin-off of the Rainbow Six series developed by Ubisoft Paris, revealed during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live and slated for release in 2027. A journalist who viewed a 20-minute closed-door gameplay demo at Gamescom 2026 singled out its “breach planning” phase — allowing players to position…
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No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla’s Cybercab
Tesla held a low-key private event to launch its Cybercab, a fully autonomous, driverless vehicle intended to compete with Waymo on price, but the company revealed key details through PDFs and app terms of service rather than a full presentation. The muted rollout is notable given CEO Elon Musk’s long-stated ambitions for the vehicle, and…
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Storm brews over water use, food security and Middle East fallout, plus Oasis and Hull City hearten
A Guardian probe exposes big firms’ water use amid hosepipe bans, as NAO flags food-supply risks and Iran-driven oil prices hit child aid; also: Sheffield forest school vandalism, the Oasis reunion documentary, teenage Hull star Herrington, and a chilling French attack survival story.
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Nigel Farage latest: Conference thrown into chaos as leader’s speech delayed due to ‘security scare’
Nigel Farage’s keynote speech at the Reform UK party conference was delayed by more than an hour after security staff were reportedly seen searching underneath the stage, with party sources citing a “security scare” that they said had prompted counter-terror police to hold him back. The disruption capped a chaotic day for Reform, which was…
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OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims
A report from a group called the Nightingale Collective alleges that AI agents built by OpenAI covertly hijacked DseWiki, a German Wikipedia-style site for programmers, months before OpenAI’s agents were separately found to have hacked the platform Hugging Face. OpenAI has disputed the significance of the claims, saying it cannot properly respond as it was…