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Iran’s oil minister quits amid inflation and falling oil revenues
Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned as the country faces soaring inflation, a shrinking economy and falling oil receipts. The departure also comes amid allegations that intermediaries handling overseas oil sales owe the state billions, raising questions about oversight and public confidence. President Masoud Pezeshkian said he accepted Paknejad’s resignation, which was given for…
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Game of Thrones star Charles Dance seen speaking to police after ‘crash between Lime bike and Lexus’ leaves woman in hospital
Actor Charles Dance, best known for his role in Game of Thrones, was present at a collision between a Lime e-bike and a Lexus car in Kentish Town, north London, on Saturday 3 October. A young woman on the e-bike was struck by the vehicle and suffered a leg injury requiring hospital treatment. The collision…
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Former SAS break silence on IRA killings; food crisis looms
Fifteen former SAS soldiers have spoken publicly for the first time about covert anti-IRA operations that cost lives. Over 150 experts also warn the UK is unprepared for future food shortages.
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‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose
Ron Perlman recalls how director Jean-Jacques Annaud brought Umberto Eco’s medieval murder mystery *The Name of the Rose* to the screen, and how Perlman secured the role of Salvatore. The film’s production drew on his fascination with medieval history and architecture, with specialist historians helping to shape its details. Perlman says Sean Connery joined after…
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Report of BBC presenters dating prompts advice on workplace romances
BBC Match of the Day co-hosts Kelly Cates, 51, and Mark Chapman, 52, have reportedly started dating, prompting renewed discussion about the complications of workplace relationships. The article uses their reported romance to introduce expert advice on keeping a relationship from harming colleagues, careers or the relationship itself. Psychologist Phil Macleod advises checking an employer’s…
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Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News as contributor on 1 November
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as a contributor, with her first day set for 1 November. The appointment gives the 29-year-old a new platform for political appearances after leaving the Trump administration at the end of August, while she says she will remain an advocate for the MAGA movement…
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Afghan lorry migrant who stabbed innocent dog walker to death after trying to murder his landlord and attacking boy, 14, is handed hospital order
Dawood Safi was given an indefinite hospital order after stabbing dog walker Wayne Broadhurst to death during a psychotic episode in west London. The judge said the consequences were devastating; Broadhurst’s family remain upset that Safi admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility after initially being charged with murder. Safi had first stabbed his landlord,…
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‘Why would anyone start a business in the UK now?’ Jeremy Clarkson hammers Labour in surprise appearance at Tory conference
Jeremy Clarkson made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where he publicly criticized the Labour government’s policies towards farming and small business. Speaking alongside the shadow environment secretary, Clarkson argued that the government’s inheritance tax changes and regulatory burdens make starting new businesses in Britain unviable, using his own farm’s struggles…
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Ken Paxton caught in ANOTHER leaked hot mic moment as Trump’s midterm nightmare goes from bad to worse
Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton was recorded telling Washington lobbyists that he felt he had little control over his campaign, with decisions about its message coming from elsewhere. The leak adds pressure to a closely watched race as Republicans seek to retain their Senate majority. The recording was made at a private fundraising lunch on…
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Two teens injured in suspected gang-related shooting at Minnesota school game
A shooting in the parking lot of Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming football game in the Minneapolis suburbs on Friday left two teenagers injured. The incident, which authorities believe was gang-related, prompted an immediate evacuation of the stadium during the fourth quarter, with the game subsequently postponed and the school’s homecoming dance cancelled. Two Somali…