A lake pilgrimage and a quiet car ride to beach: last hours of sisters who took own lives in Brighton 08. October 2026 (19:19) Inquest hears details of how three women spent their final days but why they ended their lives may never be knownJane Adetoro and her younger sisters, Christina and Rebecca Walters, were “the closest sisters and the best friends”, according to their family. Devoted to their father, Joseph, whom they messaged every day, the adult siblings lived quiet lives in the flat they shared in west London and would do everything together.When they died in May this year, it was no different. Early in the morning of 13 May, the sisters’ bodies were recovered from the sea in Brighton, hours after a taxi had dropped the three women at the beachfront. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Harvey Nichols’ Birmingham store to close in January 08. October 2026 (19:18) Closure will cost at least 60 jobs, while Leeds and Bristol outlets to be converted to Flannels brandHarvey Nichols’ Birmingham store is to close in January, with the loss of at least 60 jobs, while its Leeds and Bristol outlets will be converted to the Flannels brand in a shake-up under Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group.The owner of Sports Direct bought the department store chain, whose headquarters are at the Knightsbridge site in London, for £43m on the day it was put into administration in mid-August. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem 08. October 2026 (19:16) Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the cityIsrael’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in occupied Palestine. But it also served the current government’s ambitions to fully annex Jerusalem as a national capital, diplomatic and legal experts said.The UK mission to the city has an unusual diplomatic status, which dates back to before the founding of the state of Israel, rooted in a vision of Jerusalem as a neutral enclave under international control. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Seychelles giant tortoise numbers hit record 180,000 in conservation triumph 08. October 2026 (19:03) Free-roaming Aldabra population thrives on Indian Ocean atoll due to decades-long recovery programmeA survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed that the once endangered species is thriving.A population of Aldabra giant tortoises lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray 08. October 2026 (18:11) Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between the neighbouring countries.Military vehicles carrying soldiers drove across Eritrea’s southern border into Tigray on Wednesday, reaching the town of Adigrat 25 miles (40km) south, according to civilian witnesses, a militia commander and the conflict monitoring group Acled. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Florida judge allows lawsuit against Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ to move forward 08. October 2026 (18:00) Parviz Sabeti denies allegations he led Savak intelligence agency under shah and directed torture of thousandsThe alleged “chief torturer” for the deposed Shah of Iran is a step closer to trial for human rights abuses after a Florida federal judge rejected his demand to halt a lawsuit brought by three former political prisoners.Parviz Sabeti, who was reported last year to have lived in a quiet upscale central Florida community, is accused of being the former head of Savak, the shah’s secret police and intelligence agency. The plaintiffs say they discovered his whereabouts only after a photo of Sabeti at a 2023 protest against the Iranian government was posted on social media by his daughter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump says he is considering asking FBI to investigate the death of Nolan Wells 08. October 2026 (17:35) Lawyers for Wells’s family have called for a federal investigation into 18-year-old’s disappearance and deathOn Wednesday, Donald Trump said he was considering asking the FBI to investigate the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college freshman who was last seen alive on a 4 July boating trip with friends.Wells, 18, went missing while on Horn Island, a barrier island off the coast of Mississippi. His body was found on the island two days later. Wells’s cause and manner of death are still undetermined. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
BBC pays compensation to PinkNews couple over false sexual misconduct allegations 08. October 2026 (17:23) Broadcaster apologises after admitting claims against Benjamin Cohen and Anthony James were defamatoryThe BBC has apologised and paid “substantial” compensation to the couple behind the PinkNews website, after conceding that stories accusing them of sexual misconduct were false and defamatory.In a sweeping admission, the BBC accepted at the high court that a 2024 iPlayer documentary about the PinkNews founder Benjamin Cohen and his husband, Anthony James, called PinkNews: Behind Closed Doors, had made “a series of very serious, false, and defamatory allegations”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Thousands to march in Madrid after death of evicted pensioner Maricarmen 08. October 2026 (17:15) Rally to remember woman, 87, whose rent battle with investment firm triggered nationwide protests over housing crisisThousands of people are expected to march through the centre of Madrid on Thursday evening in memory of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her flat in the capital a fortnight before her death triggered mass protests over Spain’s housing crisis.The pensioner, whose flat had been bought by an investment firm that sought to increase her rent by 230%, had become the public face of the crisis before her death in hospital on Wednesday night. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ex-police chief who had affairs with two officers guilty of gross misconduct 08. October 2026 (17:11) Scott Chilton, who led Hampshire and the Isle of Wight police force, barred from becoming a police officer againA former chief constable showed a sense of entitlement, dishonesty and lack of integrity by having sexual relationships with two subordinate officers, including engaging in sexual activity while on call to lead major incidents, a misconduct hearing has ruled.The panel found that the behaviour of Scott Chilton, 53, who retired as chief constable of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight before the hearing, amounted to gross misconduct. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
