Articles from October 2025

Two people have been killed in a ‘serious incident’ which police said had been ‘declared Plato’ – the national code-word used by emergency services when responding to a ‘marauding terror attack’

Keir Starmer will chair an emergency Cobra meeting in response to the attack, which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar

Our community is divided over mandatory online GP bookings, with some praising the convenience and reduced surgery visits, while others warn it risks excluding older or less tech-savvy patients and could overwhelm doctors

Kate Shemirani’s conduct of care towards her daughter Paloma has been described as ‘incomprehensible’ by a coroner

Breeding populations of praying mantis exist on the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands but not on mainland England

Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain said he was forced to delete the picture he shared online after a torrent of appalling comments were posted

Actor Leonardo Dicaprio also called the world-renowned expert on chimpanzees a ‘true hero for the planet’

Thai police allege George Wilson, 23, received suitcase containing narcotics from another Briton to deliver it abroad

A Manchester synagogue attack eyewitness has described the moment he says he saw police shoot a suspect on Thursday, 2 October.

Up to 50mm of rain is expected in parts of Scotland in just nine hours