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Kate McCann tells court that alleged stalker called her 'Mum'
Kate McCann has described how it was hard to hear an alleged stalker refer to her as “Mum”, as she gave evidence to the trial of the woman who claimed to be her missing daughter.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Germany to give police power to shoot down rogue drones
German police will be allowed to shoot down drones under new legislation aimed at increasing safety after a spate of sightings across Europe.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Clark cool on Katy Perry but hopes for fireworks
Even close proximity to a global superstar cannot divert Scotland’s attention from their World Cup dream. Or is it a teenage one? Katy Perry shared a city centre hotel with Steve Clarke and his squad this week as the singer’s Lifetimes tour stopped off in Glasgow. Clarke did not quite go as far as saying “Katy who?” but he was nonplussed by his squad rubbing shoulders with a bestselling artist.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Pelicot tells rape appeal trial she never gave consent
Gisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape by dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has told a French court that she never gave consent for anyone to abuse her while she was in a comatose state and that no victim should ever feel shame.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Police powers 'Inflammatory chants' at protests to be curbed
Keir Starmer will order the home secretary to look at further curbs on protests, including potential powers to take action against specific inflammatory chants at pro-Palestinian protests.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Thousands more driving test slots being added to tackle severe backlog
More driving test slots are being made available to tackle a severe backlog, as figures show a 15% increase in learner drivers with tests booked compared with this time last year.
1 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Ovo pricing change could double charging costs for some EV owners
The cost of charging an electric vehicle could double for some owners after the energy supplier Ovo announced changes to a popular deal.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Spending Treasury cuts ministers' access to its reserve fund
Cabinet ministers have been told they will not be able to use the Treasury reserve to fund public sector pay rises and cannot access it unless there are exceptional circumstances.
1 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Top legal experts question why CPS dropped China 'spies' charges
Legal experts have questioned the explanation given by the Crown Prosecution Service for its sudden decision to drop charges against two Britons accused of spying for China, amid a political row over who was responsible.
3 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
'Existential threat' What could EU's 50% tariffs on steel mean for British industry?
The EU shocked the UK on Tuesday by announcing a plan for 50% import tariffs on steel. UK Steel, an industry lobby group, said the plan poses an \"existential threat\" to British steelmakers. Here's what we know about the issue.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Wife of synagogue attacker says he was 'aggressive' but did not seem extremist
The Manchester synagogue terrorist was “intimidating, aggressive and controlling” but had showed no sign of extremism before carrying out his lethal antisemitic attack, one of his wives has said.
3 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
'I'd like Pakistan to play like Klopp but you need to be realistic'
Nolberto Solano remains a folk hero in Newcastle but now eyes changing the game as a coach in south Asia
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Climate crisis is a threat to UK's security, defence chiefs to warn
The UK's national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, a powerful report by the UK's defence chiefs is expected to warn.
1 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Stephen Lawrence's mother calls killer a coward at parole hearing
The mother of Stephen Lawrence has called one of her son’s killers a coward after he refused to show his face at a parole hearing or name his accomplices to the murder.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
MEPs back ban on use of 'burger' and 'steak' for plant-based foods
Veggie burgers, tofu steak and cauliflower schnitzel will be off the menu if the European parliament gets its way after a vote on food names.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Last Everest trekkers rescued after days stranded by blizzard
Rescuers have guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, authorities have said, ending one of the region’s largest search-and-rescue operations.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Ex-Guardian columnist drowned in marina, inquest finds
A journalist and author who wrote much-admired columns from prison drowned in a Devon marina after spending an evening in a harbour-side pub, an inquest has concluded.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Streaming sites to bid for global Champions League rights
Europe’s top clubs are aiming to secure at least €5bn (£4.3bn) annually from the sale of television rights to Champions League, Europa League and Conference League gamesin the next cycle, potentially sealing a 10% increase on their existing value.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Tour operator Intrepid drops 'unreachable' emissions goal
One of the travel industry's most environmentally focused tour operators is scrapping carbon offsets and abandoning its emissions targets as unreachable.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Starmer to study India's ID scheme while in Mumbai
Keir Starmer is to examine India's digital ID system on his visit to Mumbai as a potential model for the UK, praising the controversial system as a “massive success”.
3 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Rivers Thousands take legal action over sewage pollution
Almost 4,000 people are taking legal action over what they allege is six years of sewage pollution that has devastated three rivers.
1 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
$10 cottage raffle offers escape route for Americans fed up with Trump's US
On the edge of a Buckinghamshire village, autumn leaves fall around a quaint Victorian cottage nestled among ancient trees, while horses graze in a nearby paddock. It is a quintessentially English scene, but one its owner hopes will appeal to liberal Americans desperate to escape Donald Trump’s America - for the cost of a $10 (£7.50) raffle ticket.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Hopes for deal as top US, Qatari and Turkish officials join negotiations
Top US, Qatari and Turkish officials joined the third day of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Egypt as cautious optimism grew that a lasting truce to end the two-year war in Gaza could be on the horizon.
3 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Chancellor gets extra £3bn for budget after VAT error is fixed
Mistakes in recent public finances data mean government borrowing has been overstated by a cumulative £3bn, the Office for National Statistics has said.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Sister's prayer request prompts alarm over Dolly Parton's health
Dolly Parton’s sister says she has been “up all night praying” for the singer as she continues to deal with unspecified health problems.
1 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Twenty killed when military bombs village sit-in protest in Myanmar
A Myanmar military operation that used a motorised paraglider to drop bombs on a village this week killed at least 20 people, including children, and injured dozens more, according to local media.
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October 09, 2025
The Guardian
The AI bubble has echoes of the dotcom disaster - and there are strong signs that it could go pop
It is easy, at the distance of a quarter of a century, to forget the full madness of the late-1990s dotcom bubble.
3 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Trump calls for elected officials to be jailed as troops arrive in Chicago
Donald Trump called yesterday for the imprisonment of Brandon Johnson, Chicago's mayor, and JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor, accusing them of failing to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Le Tissier realises her dream and gets United off to the races
It was hardly thrilling and it was not the entertaining opening to life in the Women's Champions League that Manchester United might have hoped for but, more importantly than that, the English side got up and running with three points as they beat Vålerenga in a low-key affair in Leigh.
2 min |
October 09, 2025
The Guardian
Price of gold tops $4,000 an ounce for the first time
The price of gold has risen above $4,000 (£2,980) an ounce for the first time as investors continue to seek a safe place to put their money at a time of global political and economic uncertainty.
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