British Isles

Train knife attacks: ‘hero’ LNER worker saved many lives

06 Nov 2025
Train company LNER has praised employee Samir 'Sam' Zitouni, 48, for his extraordinary bravery during a mass stabbing on a 6.25pm service from Doncaster to King’s Cross. Samir, a customer host with over 20 years’ service,…

Police hunt for two men mistakenly released from prison

06 Nov 2025
Police are searching for two inmates who were wrongly released from Wandsworth Prison within days of each other. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, an Algerian convicted sex offender, was mistakenly freed on 29 October, and 35-year-old William Smith,…

Chancellor lays the ground for a 1970s-style tax increase

06 Nov 2025
Rachel Reeves has indicated she is willing to break Labour’s election pledges by raising income tax for the first time in half a century, prioritising what she called 'the national interest over political expediency.' Addressing reporters…

Liverpool: boy arrested after attack on firefighters and police

06 Nov 2025
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after fireworks were fired at firefighters and police officers attending a blaze at Knowsley Heights, near Liverpool. Emergency services were called shortly before 7pm after reports of fireworks being directed…