British designer Grace Wales Bonner becomes creative director at Hermes

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250 asylum seeker houses in multiple occupation in Northern Ireland, MLAs told

12:59, 21 Oct 2025 Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said there had been increased focus on HMOs in recent months (Image: PA Wire/PA Images) There are approximately 250 houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) providing accommodation for asylum...

Britain’s young turn pro-life as abortion rates among teenagers almost halve

The number of women under 18 seeking abortions in England and Wales has almost halved over the past ten years, alongside a significant increase in pro-life attitudes among the UK’s young people. Figures from 2022, the most recent available data,...

UK’s FCA to take on AML “super-regulator” role

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Brittany Higgins suffers final blow in legal saga with former Liberal Senator boss Linda Reynolds

Brittany Higgins has abandoned her last-minute appeal against a ruling she defamed former boss Linda Reynolds a week after being issued with a bankruptcy notice. Reynolds had claimed a series of social media posts made by Higgins and partner David...

Brittany Cartwright reveals new boobs for first time in tight tank after ‘getting rid’ of implants bought by Jax Taylor

BRITTANY Cartwright has revealed her new boobs for first time in a tight tank after “getting rid” of implants bought by ex-husband Jax Taylor. The Valley star, 36, went through two cosmetic procedures which also included a tummy tuck. Sign up for...

UK removes HTS from list of banned terror groups

Britain has removed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group which led the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime, from its list of banned terrorist organisations. The UK Government said the move would allow for closer engagement with Damascus at a time...

Lawrence Okolie Announces ‘Historic’ Next Fight With 2 KO Artist Heavyweights On The Undercard

Lawrence Okolie‘s return to the ring has been announced as part of a big event later this year. Okolie is a former cruiserweight and bridgerweight world champion, who has recently moved up to heavyweight and recorded two victories in the banner...

British, Soviets & Americans returned from Afghanistan. Pakistan, Munir need to learn from past

I’m Praveen Swamy, a contributing editor at ThePrint. And I’m going to be taking you through some of the complexities about why Pakistan and Afghanistan always seem to end up at war no matter who is ruling the two countries. From the airstrips at...

British grandmother on death row in Indonesia gets reprieve

Indonesia signed an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two British nationals, including a seriously ill grandmother on death row for more than a decade on drug charges, a minister said. Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, but has...

UK Drops Case Against Comedy Writer for Trans-Critical Posts

The UK government has, for once, tacitly admitted to unjustifiable censorship as it dropped the case against a comedy writer who wrote social media posts critical of transgender ideology. Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, who now lives in the...

UK Signals Willingness to Engage on Parthenon Marbles Issue

The British government has expressed a renewed willingness to address the longstanding debate over the Parthenon Marbles, according to the country’s new Minister of State for Culture, Ian Murray, in an exclusive interview with Ta Nea. Asked...

UK removes Hayat Tahrir Al Sham from terror list

The British government has removed Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS) from the country's terrorism list. A statement on Tuesday said dropping HTS from the list of proscribed terrorist organisations would mean closer engagement with the new Syrian...

British grandmother on death row to return to UK

Dawn LimbuWest of England ShareSave Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford will be transferred to the UK after 12 years on death row in Indonesia A British grandmother who has spent more than a decade on death row in Indonesia after being convicted of drug...

British Virgin Islands investment funds - Autumn 2025 update

Briefing Summary: Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the British Virgin Islands, including the BVI Financial Services Commission for Q2 and changes to the current filing requirements and...

UK court allows GCA to join Aldi supplier lawsuit

The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) will be allowed to intervene in a High Court case between Aldi and two of its former sprout and brassica suppliers, marking one of the few times the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) has been directly...

UK single-sex spaces guidance removed following legal challenge

The UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has removed guidance on single-sex spaces it published earlier this year after the Supreme Court ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to “biological woman” and...

UK construction plummets to 11-year low as rising costs bite

Building activity across office, retail and industrial sectors are down 21% to 63m sq ft at the end of Q3 from the same period a year earlier CONSTRUCTION of offices, retail facilities and warehouses in the UK plunged to the lowest level in 11...

UK police issue appeal to locate convicted drugs dealer with links to Spain

Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 16:51 Share Police in the UK have renewed an appeal for information to help locate a convicted drug dealer who is wanted by officers after failing to appear at court for sentencing. Jonathan McAllister was given a 20-year...

Brit death row gran Lindsay Sandiford spared Bali execution over 'seriously ill' health fears

Reports today claimed Sandiford was being released from Kerobokan prison after living under the threat of death for more than a decade(Image: AFP via Getty Images) Drugs mule Lindsay Sandiford was granted a last-minute reprieve from Bali’s death...