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Six jailed for Dale Martin murder; billionaire Reuben heads to Monaco
Six have been convicted of stabbing 21-year-old Dale Martin to death. Billionaire property investor David Reuben is among wealthy Britons relocating abroad under Labour’s government.
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Burnham’s plans for social care and its workers are admirable but changes must come quickly | Heather Stewart
Heather Stewart welcomes Andy Burnham’s proposals to share the cost of personal care and put care workers at the centre of a national care service. Drawing on her family’s experience of paying for her mother’s residential care, she argues the plans recognise a system that leaves families struggling, but says help is needed well before…
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Spain boosts security on Costa del Sol after spate of gang violence
The Costa del Sol, Spain’s premier holiday destination visited by millions of Britons annually, has become increasingly violent as rival organised crime gangs clash over territorial control. A shooting in Malaga this week, in which a man was shot in the face whilst dining at a waterfront restaurant, was the fourth incident in a month…
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Victoria quake may be followed by further tremors, geologist warns
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Korumburra in Victoria’s Gippsland region shortly after 2am on Saturday, one of the area’s strongest in two decades. Geologist Dr Dee Ninis says the quake altered stress in the Earth’s crust, so further tremors may follow as the ground readjusts. More than 100 aftershocks have been recorded, and more…
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Camden barber faces £500 fee or removal of 15-year-old shop bench
A barber in Kentish Town, north London, has been ordered by Camden Council to remove a bench outside his shop for 15 years or pay £500 for a pavement licence, plus £350 annually to renew it. Michael Vasili, 42, who runs George’s Barber Room started by his father in 1989, says the community bench is…
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Latin America’s conservative shift faces its biggest test yet in Brazil election
Brazil’s presidential election is a major test of whether the conservative gains seen elsewhere in Latin America will extend to the region’s largest country. Left-wing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is narrowly ahead of conservative senator Flávio Bolsonaro, but neither is expected to win the first round outright. A Datafolha poll put Lula on…
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Supreme Court kicks off new term with fresh questions over its legitimacy and its future
The Supreme Court begins its new term Monday amid intense public and political scrutiny over its legitimacy and reputation as an impartial institution. The court’s first major case involves a federal-state dispute over holding oil and gas companies liable for climate change harms. Chief Justice John Roberts faces mounting pressure as an institutionalist trying to…
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UK rail assaults hit record 25,000 as staff face rising violence
Assaults on UK trains have soared to a record high of almost 25,000 incidents in 2025-26, representing a 20% rise from the previous year. Nearly 2,500 of these were physical assaults on staff – roughly seven per day. The surge comes as the British Transport Police has lost more than 10% of its officers between…
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Southern Baptist president calls on pastors to ‘step up’ ahead of midterm elections
Southern Baptist Convention president and pastor Willy Rice has urged pastors to become more involved in politics ahead of the midterm elections. He argues that many political questions have theological and moral dimensions, and that pastors have historically influenced important moments in American political life. Rice said Christians had been encouraged to withdraw from politics,…
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Lynette Hooker case far from ‘put to rest’ 6 months later as feds quietly reconstruct scene: former FBI agent
Six months after 55-year-old Lynette Hooker disappeared during a sailing holiday in the Bahamas, the US Coast Guard Investigative Service is still investigating, according to former FBI agent Nicole Parker. Parker said investigators are working to reconstruct what may have happened on the water, and that the case has not been “put to rest”. Hooker’s…