Keir Starmer labelled ‘control freak’ in military gagging row
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October 14, 2025 21:43 UTC
Sake industry steps up promotion in Britain
The sake industry is boosting its promotion of the alcoholic drink in Britain, where interest in the Japanese rice wine is rising thanks to the growing popularity of washoku Japanese cuisine. The Times newspaper has published a feature on sake, and local supermarkets have begun selling the drink. An industry source said that "appealing directly to consumers is key" to overcoming problems such as the rising trend to drink at home following the COVID-19 pandemic and younger consumers' growing preference for low-alcohol and nonalcoholic drinks.
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October 14, 2025 20:01 UTC
UK to have highest inflation rate of major economies, IMF says
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October 14, 2025 16:31 UTC
Lake District to feature in new British passport
King Charles's coat of arms will feature on the cover of all new passports from December 2025, the Home Office has shared. Passports featuring Queen Elizabeth II's coat of arms would remain valid until their expiry date, the government said. They will feature images of natural landscapes from across the UK in Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant’s Causeway. READ NEXT: Rare LS Lowry works expected to fetch millions at upcoming auctionThe Home Office has said the new passport will be the “most secure passport ever produced”. These new features will make passports easier to verify and “even harder to forge or tamper with”, the Home Office explained.
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October 14, 2025 16:06 UTC
For peace to last, Hamas must admit defeat
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October 14, 2025 16:03 UTC
Black Londoners nearly three times more likely to be strip searched than white suspects
“We use stop and search the most in areas where there are the highest levels of violent crime to protect our communities. We recognise, however, that stop and search can have a negative impact for individuals and communities, particularly when we get things wrong.”
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October 14, 2025 15:36 UTC
Times letters: Rebuilding a future from the ruins of Gaza
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October 14, 2025 15:05 UTC
I visit Greece 10 times a year – my five favourite beaches which are 24C in October… and flights are £25
The travel expert also names her favourite Greek islands that the locals love, and it's not SantoriniBEACH GETAWAY I visit Greece 10 times a year – my five favourite beaches which are 24C in October… and flights are £25WHEN the winter blues strike, booking a getaway can be a costly answer. 6 Halkidiki has plenty of pretty beaches including Kalogria Beach Credit: AlamyHalkidikiFatima told us: "Halkidiki in Northern Greece has plenty of beaches off the beaten track in the first peninsula of Kassandra. Fatima also reveals four best value Greek Islands where locals go on holiday SifnosSifnos forms part of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. Plus, here is a small Greek island with 70 beaches that experts warn you should see before it gets too popular. And check out the world’s best island is in Europe which one writer visited - it's stunning but has one big downside.
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October 14, 2025 14:35 UTC
Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems
The loss of students from Europe after Brexit is the “elephant in the room” when considering many of the problems UK higher education now faces, according to the authors of a new book. Based on more than 120 interviews with university leaders and academic staff, Brexit, EU Students and UK Higher Education explores how the loss of a once “vibrant” cohort created a “more impoverished version of UK universities”. Well, that’s almost a decade ago now,” he told Times Higher Education. “On student diversity, there is no discussion of having fewer, European students, so I don’t think that there is this direct attribution to Brexit. It feels almost like the elephant in the room.”One interviewee was worried that reduced demand from the EU would make competition for UK students “even more intense than it is at the moment”.
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October 14, 2025 14:33 UTC
The rise of the £60 pizza
The queen was so enamoured by the creation that the dish was named pizza Margherita in her honour. It’s because of the pizza Alba. Pizza Alba: £60; 70 Brompton Road, SW3, alba-ldn.ukCrazy Pizza, KnightsbridgeThe pata negra pizza, featuring buffalo mozzarella and Joselito Iberico hamDirectly opposite the hustle and bustle of Harrods you’ll find Crazy Pizza, the home of signature Italian dishes such as spaghetti al pomodoro and bigne alla vaniglia, as well as its distinctive ultra-thin, cracker-like pizzas, inspired by those found in Rome. The pizzas are inspired from Italy and New YorkThe menu is full of seasonal Mediterranean goodness — including, of course, pizza. The most decadent is the truffle pizza — truffle white sauce is blended with a mix of cheeses and spread on the base, which is then sprinkled with heaps of fresh truffle shavings.
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October 14, 2025 13:42 UTC
Vijay Mallya discontinues bankruptcy annulment application in UK
Live Eventsas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! "Vijay Mallya's Trustee in Bankruptcy will be able to continue with their work in investigating and realising assets falling within his bankruptcy estate without any hindrance that this application might have caused them," UK law firm TLT LLP, representing the banks, said in a statement.It follows High Court Judge Anthony Mann's ruling in favour of the banks back in April to uphold the bankruptcy order dating back over four years. "The bottom line in relation to this is that the bankruptcy order stands," Justice Mann had concluded.Mallya, meanwhile, was pursuing a separate annulment application through his lawyers Zaiwalla & Co. against the 2021 bankruptcy order on the basis that the banks' debt had already been recovered in India. The banks then served Mallya with a bankruptcy petition in September 2018, which he opposed on multiple grounds.The hearings in the case of SBI and Others date back to May 2018, when the banks were granted a worldwide freezing order based on the DRT judgment. Since then, there have been a series of hearings in this case, which led to a bankruptcy order against Mallya on July 26, 2021.Separately, in relation to India's extradition request, Mallya remains on bail in the UK while a "confidential" legal matter believed to be related to an asylum application is resolved.
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October 14, 2025 13:22 UTC
British still generous, says World Vision CEO as aid sector contracts
The CEO of the agency World Vision UK, Fola Komolafe, said: “I am so proud of what we did when the Afghans came in in that time of crisis. AdvertisementThe cutting of 60 posts, World Vision UK’s second restructuring within a year, was announced last month. Between 2020 and 2024, World Vision UK’s income from government grants grew by almost two-thirds to £27.6 million, but donations fell by more than 40 per cent, to £38.6 million. WORLD VISIONFola Komolafe at a nursery school in Malawi, where World Vision funds school mealsIn her introduction to the charity’s 2024 annual report, Ms Komolafe refers to an “ambitious five-year change programme to transform World Vision UK into a more efficient and effective organisation”. But Ms Komolafe pointed to the large sums donated to DEC appeals as evidence of the public’s generosity.
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October 14, 2025 11:11 UTC
Apple issues iPhone warning to users after app is scrapped
But now, after just eight years, Apple has revealed that the Clips app has been scrapped and is no longer available to download. If you previously downloaded the Clips app, you can still redownload it from your Apple account in the App Store. Apple warns users to 'save your videos' as it scraps Clips appApple is urging iPhone and iPad users with Clips to save their videos from the app in another location, like their photo library. Tap Done Then select a save option: To save the video in your photo library, tap 'Save Video'. Apple and Samsung users could be owed a share of £480 millionAround 30 million Apple and Samsung users in the UK could be owed a share of £480 million as part of a legal claim against Qualcomm.
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October 14, 2025 11:08 UTC
'Obsessive': UK chess master jailed for stalking, defaming woman; she repeatedly turned him down
He even called a hospital maternity unit while she was giving birth, falsely claiming to be the child’s father.The victim said Keevil’s actions left her feeling “suicidal” and living in "constant fear. "Defence counsel Louise Cowen issued "apology" on Keevil's behalf, saying: "He wishes to apologise to the complainant and her family. He is deeply sorry for the hurt and distress his actions have caused. She has found herself almost unable to cope with life and has been driven to consider suicide as the only way out of a set of circumstances which you imposed upon her through your obsessive and unrelenting behaviour. She has described her life as a nightmare from which even now she can see little escape.”
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October 14, 2025 08:22 UTC
China poses ‘series of threats to national security’, UK Government says
Security minister Dan Jarvis blamed the previous Conservative administration and archaic legislation for the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision to drop the case. The director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson has said the case was dropped after the Government failed to provide evidence that would support the assertion that China represented a threat to national security. Mr Jarvis told MPs “every effort was made to provide evidence to support this case” within the constraints of the previous government’s reluctance to classify China as a national security threat. Setting out the current Government’s position, Mr Jarvis said: “We fully recognise that China poses a series of threats to UK national security, yet we must also be alive to the fact that China does present us with opportunities. “The 2023 Integrated Review Refresh said China posed – let’s listen carefully – a ‘threat’ several times.”Mrs Badenoch also said former security minister Tom Tugendhat had warned China “poses a serious threat” from the despatch box.
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October 14, 2025 05:31 UTC