Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes 05. November 2025 (20:27) Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRCThe firm linked to the former Conservative peer Michelle Mone that was found last month to have supplied unusable personal protective equipment during the pandemic owes £39m in unpaid taxes, according to company documents.PPE Medpro, owned by Mone’s husband, the Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman, was put into administration on 30 September, the day before the high court judgment was made public. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ed Sheeran takes partial credit for move to overhaul music teaching in England 05. November 2025 (20:20) Singer-songwriter says curriculum changes reflect points raised in open letter to PM organised by his foundationEd Sheeran has taken partial credit for the government’s move to overhaul the teaching of music in England’s state schools shortly after being mentioned by the education secretary in parliament.The Department for Education (DfE) said it wanted to broaden the appeal of music education “to give every child a strong start in the subject” and boost the creative subjects taken at GCSE as part of its wider changes to England’s national curriculum. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Resident doctors’ strike to go ahead after Wes Streeting’s last-ditch offer is rejected 05. November 2025 (20:06) Resident doctors in England to strike for five days next week, saying health secretary’s latest offer is too limitedWes Streeting has failed in an attempt to end the long-running resident doctors’ dispute with a new offer to them, which means their five-day strike next week is expected to go ahead.The health secretary tabled a new offer to resident doctors – formerly junior doctors – in England on Wednesday in a move intended to avoid the strike, their 13th. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Boys who cling to stereotypically ‘manly’ traits are more likely to hurt others – but they are in the minority, study finds 05. November 2025 (20:00) The Men’s Project finds most young people don’t hold strict ideas about masculinity and look to real-life role rather than online modelsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdolescent boys who cling to stereotypically masculine traits are far more likely to hurt others, and be hurt themselves, a major study has found, but it also found that overall those boys were in the minority.Through The Men’s Project, 1,401 male, female and non-binary adolescents aged 14 to 18 were surveyed about masculinity by Jesuit Social Services (JSS). Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Confidential Western Australian government report warns gas exports risk slowing Asia’s move to clean energy 05. November 2025 (20:00) Report by consultants Deloitte undermines Labor’s public claims that Western Australia’s gas exports help reduce emissions overseasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastExports of Australian gas carry “substantial risks” of slowing the move to cleaner energy in Asian countries, according to a confidential report for the Western Australian government that undermines the government’s own narrative that the industry helps cut global emissions.The warning in the 2024 report by consultants Deloitte challenges the claim made by the Western Australian premier, Roger Cook, in 2023 that his state’s increased greenhouse pollution, largely driven by the vast amount of gas burnt to liquefy gas for export, is justified because it is good for the climate and displaces coal power in Asia. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US Starbucks workers prepare to strike if contract is not finalized by next week 05. November 2025 (19:29) Starbucks Workers United voted to authorize open-ended strike if deal with company is not reached by 13 NovemberUnionized Starbucks baristas voted to authorize an open-ended strike ahead of Starbucks’s high-traffic holiday season, announced Starbucks Workers United on Wednesday.The union said workers are prepared to strike if a contract is not finalized by 13 November, which is the company’s Red Cup Day, and strike actions could hit more than 25 cities and escalate if there is a lack of progress. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Republicans file lawsuit challenging California’s redistricting measure 05. November 2025 (19:27) Prop 50, passed by voters yesterday, allows legislature to redraw congressional maps to benefit Democrats in HouseUS politics live – latest updatesRepublicans in California on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a high-stakes redistricting measure that could help flip up to five congressional seats for Democrats.The suit, filed by David Tangipa, a Republican assembly member, 18 California voters and the state Republican party in the US district court for the central district of California, argues that the new maps are unconstitutional because they were drawn to increase the voting power of a particular racial group. It asks the court to block the new maps from taking effect, at least temporarily. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty 05. November 2025 (19:25) Team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officialsUS politics live – latest updatesZohran Mamdani’s incoming administration began taking shape on Wednesday as the New York City mayor-elect announced a transition team to help enact what he called the city’s most ambitious policy platform in a generation, vowing to get right to work when he takes office on 1 January.Speaking at a morning press conference in Queens, the 34-year-old democratic socialist revealed an all-female transition team led by Elana Leopold as executive director. It also includes co-chairs Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor; Lina Khan, the former federal trade commission chair; the United Way’s president and CEO, Grace Bonilla; and the former deputy mayor for health and human services Melanie Hartzog. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say 05. November 2025 (18:42) Man, identified as Abdoulaye N, is one of four accused over theft of historic jewels worth tens of millions of poundsOne of the men arrested on suspicion of stealing €88m (£77m) of crown jewels from the Louvre museum is a minor social media star with a passion for motorbikes who has worked as a security guard at the Pompidou centre, French media have reported.Identified by justice officials as Abdoulaye N, the 39-year-old man was arrested at his home in Aubervilliers, the suburb north of Paris where he was born, six days after the 19 October heist. He faces charges of organised theft and criminal conspiracy. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Libyan general accused of crimes against humanity arrested in Tripoli 05. November 2025 (18:02) Osama Almasri Najim was arrested in Italy in January on an ICC warrant, only to be released and flown back to LibyaA Libyan general wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity has been arrested in Tripoli.Osama Almasri Najim, the former chief of Libya’s judicial police, was arrested over allegations of torturing prisoners, leading to the death of one, at Tripoli’s main prison, Libya’s prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
