Pro-Putin singer axed by Italian opera house over Kremlin links
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November 07, 2025 17:46 UTC
This £45,000 student film inspired Alien and Star Wars
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November 07, 2025 17:02 UTC
William to end first trip to Brazil by meeting Indigenous peoples
William travelled to the South American country to stage his Earthshot Prize in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday and the following day gave a landmark speech at the Cop30 UN Climate Change summit in Belem, a city in the Amazon. He told delegates, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer: “Where Indigenous people and local communities have secured land rights, deforestation is lower, biodiversity is richer, and carbon is better stored. It aims to help indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities secure ancestral land rights, enabling them to protect critical natural ecosystems for generations to come. Earlier this week the prince pledged to back those “standing up and defending nature” with a new fund covering indigenous advocates protecting the Amazon. In his speech at Cop30, William said: “At London Climate Action Week, I convened governments, philanthropists, and Indigenous leaders to issue a Call to Action – for land tenure and forest finance pledges to be delivered at Cop30 here in Brazil.
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November 07, 2025 16:50 UTC
Commemoration bench to first WW1 ‘Tommy’ killed John Parr
Private John Parr was killed in a skirmish with German troops in Belgium on August 21, 1914, when he was just 17. A Tommy silhouette sculpture had been installed previously — but was uprooted by thieves in 2024. “It was deeply saddening to hear about the theft of the Tommy sculpture,” said Barnet mayor Cllr Danny Rich. Martin Russell, the King’s representative Deputy Lieutenant of the London Borough of Barnet, said: “John Parr was the first of many local lads to die in the Great War. “Regrettably this silhouette was damaged and illegally removed last year.”Plaque to John Parr... first soldier killed in 1914 (Image: Barnet LB)The new bench bears a plaque saying: “Remembering Private John Parr and other local dead of the Great War.
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November 07, 2025 16:13 UTC
Britons becoming increasingly divided over ‘culture wars’
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November 07, 2025 15:42 UTC
Fears of worst flu season in decades — as junior doctors go on strike
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November 07, 2025 15:40 UTC
Is Britain’s military ready for war?
Friday November 07 2025, 11.10am ,Britain’s military is officially preparing for a possible war in Europe. Britain has not embarked on a defence strategy like this since the Cold War ended over thirty years ago. But Britain’s defence chiefs are deeply uneasy about something else: whether everything from cash machines to the health service, government systems and control of our airspace could be kept going. For three decades, we’ve assumed that a full-scale war wouldn’t reach our shores, and because of that we don’t have clear answers to some very uncomfortable questions. And how would we even find and train enough troops to keep fighting if things truly escalated?
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November 07, 2025 15:10 UTC
Grandmother who was facing execution in Bali returns to UK
Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death on the Indonesian island in January 2013 for drug trafficking after she was found with cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 million as she arrived. The 69-year-old, who was originally from Redcar, Teesside, admitted the offences but claimed she was coerced by threats to her son’s life. Both Britons have suffered severe health difficulties and Shahabadi was also due to fly to the UK on Friday. A death sentence was imposed on Sandiford despite prosecutors asking only for a 15-year jail term. Shahabadi had been serving a life sentence since 2014 after being arrested during a probe into an international drug trafficking network.
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November 07, 2025 14:05 UTC
Russian MP hints at hypersonic help for Venezuela after US strikes
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November 07, 2025 13:43 UTC
Lidl, Tesco, M&S, Poundland & more UK supermarket recalls
A spokesman for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) added: “Poundland & Dealz is recalling the above product. “These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought it. A Lidl spokesman said: “Lidl GB is recalling the above-mentioned product due to the potential presence of glass foreign bodies which may present a choking hazard. Tesco is recalling its Tesco Free From Breadcrumbs because they contain wheat which is not mentioned on the label. A Tesco spokesman added: “We are recalling all date and batch codes of Tesco Free From Breadcrumbs 170g, due to the presence of undeclared wheat (gluten) in the product.
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November 07, 2025 12:40 UTC
Energy transition is ‘alive and delivering benefits across world’ – report
As world leaders meet in Brazil ahead of the UN climate summit next week, the paper outlines how renewable energy has brought down costs, improved energy security and transformed local economies in every region of the world. It comes as the first report from the Clean Power Action Taskforce, which was established earlier this year and is chaired by the UK’s former net zero tsar Chris Skidmore. The report, which was released on Friday, seeks to celebrate the progress that has been made in the last decade to counter the growing political pushback against net zero ambitions. The paper explores 30 examples of how countries and communities have experienced both significant environmental and economic benefits from deploying renewable power at scale. In the report, ambassador Patricia Espinosa, the former executive secretary of the UN climate agency and co-chair of the Clean Power Action Taskforce, said: “I am convinced that, despite the current pushback, international efforts will prevail.
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November 07, 2025 12:15 UTC
I visited the best pub in the UK, The Highland Laddie
But, when it comes to the real title of the best pub in Britain, there can only be one winner. The winner of the list was The Highland Laddie in Leeds, owned by Sam Pullan and Nicole Deighton. I visited the UK’s best pub and it blew me awayThe Highland Laddie is just a 20-minute walk from Leeds City Centre, tucked away amongst tall overshadowing buildings. The Highland Laddie is the perfect pubThe Highland Laddie is everything you want a pub to be and more. What I loved the most about The Highland Laddie is how welcoming it is to all who walk through the door.
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November 07, 2025 11:10 UTC
Oxfordshire homes included on exclusive UK Christmas listing
The Times has named the best 25 homes for rent in the festive period with entries from Cornwall to Aberdeenshire. All are large enough to host a big family or group of friends and come well equipped for the Christmas season. A waterside thatched cottage, it is next to Sonning Eye, a hamlet of the River Thames that has been a favoured location for artists, including George Price Boyce, a Victorian watercolour painter. Meanwhile, Church Cottage in the village of Kelmscott can be rented for four nights for eight adults and four children from £4,450. Get trusted Oxford news from the Oxford Mail for just £4 for 4 months or save 40 per cent on an annual subscription.
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November 07, 2025 10:45 UTC
Manhunt continues for wrongly released prisoner as pressure mounts on Lammy
Cabinet minister Steve Reed defended the Justice Secretary’s response to the fiasco as Mr Lammy faced condemnation from within government. Another prisoner, Billy Smith, 35 – who was also accidentally freed from the same prison on Monday, handed himself back in. “The key is to make sure we have a digital system so that no prisoner is ever released by mistake. Mr Lammy told reporters during the visit that he was “not equipped with all the detail” about Kaddour-Cherif’s release when he appeared at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Mr Lammy said he found out about the mistake on Wednesday morning, but the detail was released just after he had finished PMQs.
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November 07, 2025 09:16 UTC
UK facing long, tough flu season, NHS chiefs warn
The UK is facing a long, drawn-out flu season, the boss of the NHS in England is warning. Sir Jim Mackey said there is "no doubt" this winter will be one of the toughest the health service has faced. It comes as flu rates have started climbing early this year, which is causing concern because the winter vaccination campaign has only just got under way and there are lots of vulnerable people yet to get protected. NHS England is issuing a "flu jab SOS", urging those eligible for the free vaccine to come forward quickly for it.
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November 07, 2025 08:56 UTC