Two Latvian men arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire used by US military 08. October 2026 (19:34) Men aged 32 and 36 detained on suspicion of trespass, causing criminal damage and entering a prohibited placeTwo Latvian men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after they were discovered inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a Cambridgeshire base used by the US military and Nato for intelligence operations.The men, 32 and 36, were picked up at 2am inside the base, in an investigation that began four hours earlier when military police discovered an abandoned vehicle outside the facility. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
What would make your life easier? Martin Lewis asks public for ‘small ideas’ to improve UK 08. October 2026 (19:29) Finance expert launches Small Ideas Initiative to gather ‘practical, low-cost’ ideas to put before cross-party panelEvery day, people run into what the finance expert Martin Lewis calls “the life-potholes of unintended consequences” – clunky systems and poorly conceived rules that make life harder than it should be. His latest project, the Small Ideas Initiative, will attempt to address that, with a cross-party panel of politicians and policymakers crowdsourcing ideas for everyday fixes to take to government.The ideas could cover anything from health and schools to policing, tech and money. Lewis is encouraging people to submit ideas for “practical, low-cost, non-controversial ways to improve the UK” before 12 November. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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)
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