Retailers suffer sharp year-on-year decline in footfall 09. October 2026 (01:01) Total UK footfall was down 2.9% on last September, a significant drop from August’s 1.7% decline, according to the BRC and Sensormatic.(London News)
Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56 09. October 2026 (00:36) Flowers, tried six times over 1996 murders of four people, faced execution before supreme court tossed his convictionCurtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the US supreme court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56.Flowers’ family confirmed that he died on Wednesday at his home in Mississippi, attorney Rob McDuff told the Associated Press on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company 09. October 2026 (00:33) The $11-a-share offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI datacentre business failed to materialise.A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
USS Lincoln docks in San Diego after 10-month mission 09. October 2026 (00:26) The US aircraft carrier was set to return in May but the war with Iran has kept it at sea on one of the longest deployments ever. (BBC News)
What Americans think about the death penalty 08. October 2026 (23:49) The BBC spoke to Americans and international tourists in Washington DC about their views on the death penalty following the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.(BBC News)
Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be a public event 08. October 2026 (23:46) Officials clarified execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be livestreamedPete Hegseth has said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event when the sentence is carried out later this year. Officials later clarified the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported.In an interview with Real America’s Voice, the Pentagon secretary said the firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, Texas, at 1pm on Thursday, 3 December. This would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Democratic senator says Hegseth trying to hide costs of Iran war from US public 08. October 2026 (23:41) Chris Murphy says Pentagon blocked him from military base in Qatar and Iran strike on US embassy in Riyadh far worse than public led to believeThe US senator Chris Murphy said the Pentagon blocked him from a major US base in Qatar, yet saw enough damage on the US embassy in Saudi Arabia to conclude that an Iranian strike would have been deadly had it happened during the day.The Connecticut Democrat, who sits on the Senate foreign relations and appropriations committees, described the destruction he witnessed in Riyadh as “extraordinary” and much more damaging than the public has been led to believe. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat 08. October 2026 (23:22) Contest seen as test of Andy Burnham’s ability to unite Labour voters amid threat from Green party’s Zack PolanskiPolls have closed in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a test of whether Andy Burnham can unite Labour’s voters or whether Zack Polanski can peel off support from the party’s progressive flank.Labour is seeking to retain Keir Starmer’s former north London seat, where he won a majority of more than 11,000 votes in the 2024 general election. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
