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Sun 4 Oct 2026
Alex Norris wearing a black and gold gown leaves Westminster Abbey.
Criminal justice
Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry
Meg Hillier, chair of the Treasury select committee.
Devolution
Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers
EVs wait to be shipped for export at Yantai Port in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China
Automotive industry
UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets
Flydubai plane
Flydubai plane incident
Co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a meeting with his military commanders
Russia-Ukraine war
Kyiv to increase oil refinery attacks because of Moscow’s winter strategy, Zelenskyy says
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In focus

Kemi Bademoch speaking at a lectern with the words 'Stronger economy. Stronger country'
Conservatives
Party conference will be more upbeat than last year, Tories say – but that’s not the whole story
TikTok
‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court
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Features

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Damilola Taylor
‘It kept me up at night’: John Boyega on the day his 10-year-old friend Damilola Taylor was killed
Grace Dent on restaurants
Dante Mayfair, Claridge’s, London W1: ‘Are chips ever worth £11? Probably not’
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Opinion

Richard E Grant smiles, seated in a leather chair in a wood-panelled library, wearing tweed and a scarf
quote  Are you a Traitor or a Faithful? I’m coming to terms with the fact I’d be useless as either
Polly Hudson
quote  Burnham must remember: more regulation is not the best way to improve public services
Phillip Inman
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Sport

Thomas Tuchel with Bukayo Saka after England’s 7-0 rout of Croatia in Rijeka.
Nations League
Tuchel believes England have buried World Cup woes with rout of Croatia
Super League
Wakefield dominate Warrington in Grand Final to claim fairytale crown
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Podcast

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‘There’s no such thing as democracy’: Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
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Climate crisis

The fluke of a female humpback whale first seen in Hervey Bay in 2004 as a subadult. In 2026 her calf was photographed in Hervey Bay with propeller injuries
Australia
Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propellor strikes
Thailand
Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes
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Business & technology

Egerton Crescent
London
‘People are deserting it’: why are London mansions struggling to sell?
Banking
UK urged to act as Polymarket takes bets on whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail
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In pictures

Staff climb out of windows as flames engulf the National Academy of Sciences
Photography
The week around the world in 20 pictures