9 creepy-as-hell shows to watch on BBC, Netflix and more this Halloween, including a "terrifying" new horror

Ramp up the creep factor with Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's dark comedy series Inside No. 9. An anthology, each ...
Daily Mail

The Great British Bake Off: Lesley Holloway misses out on spot in the top five as she is sent packing for her 'chewy' meringue

The hairdresser, 59, narrowly missed out on a spot in the top five during meringue week as judge Paul Hollywood complained her showstopper was 'too chewy'. Lesley, from Kent, made a Vacherin glacé in ...
The Irish Times

British-Irish naval patrols needed to protect undersea cables, says BIPA

Ireland and the United Kingdom should jointly establish naval patrols to protect undersea communications cables, gas and electricity pipelines and other key assets from Russian aggression, the British ...
The Art Newspaper

British Museum seeks £3.5m to keep rare gold pendant—with ties to Henry VIII’s daughter—in the UK

The British Museum held a dramatic press conference today, announcing its campaign to save a gleaming gold, heart-shaped pendant—which offers an unprecedented window on to the relationship between ...
Sky

Agnes Wanjiru: Niece of Kenyan woman 'murdered by British soldier' comes to UK to seek justice

Esther Njoki was only eight years old when her aunt Agnes Wanjiru was killed in 2012. She watched as her mother Rose frantically searched for her sister Agnes for 61 days before the body was found in ...
Fox Business

British billionaire cuts off funding to left-wing groups after watchdog exposes $553M operation

Christopher Hohn, a British billionaire and hedge fund manager, is cutting off funding to left-wing groups and causes after a report by Americans for Public Trust (APT). APT said in its report that ...
Sky

'New era' for British passports as King's coat of arms appears on cover

The King's coat of arms will be on the front of all new British passports from December, the Home Office has announced. The inside pages have also been updated to include images of natural landscapes ...
Reuters

Former British PM Sunak joins Microsoft, Anthropic in advisory roles

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he has joined U.S. tech giant Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab and AI startup Anthropic as a senior adviser. Sunak, who ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The hidden history of British war crimes in Palestine — and the campaign for an apology

British soldiers look on during blasting operations of the houses of Arab inhabitants of mandate Palestine, circa 1939 (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann / Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung / ullstein bild via ...
Khaleej Times

UAE: Former British Pro-Consul dies at 94; residents recall 'pillar of community'

A respected expatriate who served as Pro-Consul for the Trucial States before the formation of the UAE, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning at his daughter’s home in Ajman. He was 94. PP ...
Indiatimes

UK: British Sikh group prepares legal action over Islamophobia definition

A British Sikh organisation is threatening legal action against the UK government over a potential new definition of Islamophobia. The Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) argues that any ...