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Storm Austen: Brighton’s West Pier partially collapses as 110mph winds batter UK – with more severe weather on way
Oct 23, 2026

Storm Austen: Brighton’s West Pier partially collapses as 110mph winds batter UK – with more severe weather on way

There is little respite in sight, with Storm Boela forecast to sweep across the UK this weekend, bringing further powerful gusts and torrential downpours.


Portia gifted Ellen a Rwanda gorilla project in 2018; its campus welcomed 40,000+ visitors by 2023
Oct 23, 2026

Portia gifted Ellen a Rwanda gorilla project in 2018; its campus welcomed 40,000+ visitors by 2023

Portia de Rossi gifted Ellen DeGeneres a conservation project which led to the Ellen DeGeneres Campus opening in Rwanda. The campus supports wildlife protection and offers educational opportunities for local students and communities. Since its opening, it has welcomed numerous visitors and hosted thousands of Rwandan schoolchildren for science lessons. The project emphasizes sustainable practices and aims to monitor and protect endangered mountain gorillas.


South African runners don cheeky attire for annual race to spotlight prostate cancer
Oct 23, 2026

South African runners don cheeky attire for annual race to spotlight prostate cancer

A crowd of South African men ran through the streets of Johannesburg in purple swim briefs to raise awareness about prostate cancer


How Israeli settlers wearing keffiyehs are attacking West Bank olive groves
Oct 23, 2026

How Israeli settlers wearing keffiyehs are attacking West Bank olive groves

The olive harvest officially began in the West Bank on October 15, 2026, and it has coincided with an uptick in violence towards Palestinians carried out by both Israeli settlers and soldiers. Meanwhile, the settlers and soldiers have been using social media to promote an aesthetic, Instagram-friendly and nationalistic view of these harvests.


Fact check: Ofgem and National Gas plan will prevent tight supplies this winter
Oct 23, 2026

Fact check: Ofgem and National Gas plan will prevent tight supplies this winter

A new consultation aims to ensure that a ‘very rare’ potential problem with gas supply does not come to pass.


Oct 23, 2026

Why Chinese families are rushing to buy gold

China is experiencing a gold rush as families buy more of it, but not necessarily to wear as jewellery.



Goodbye to the gastropub – the proper ‘wet’ boozer is back in fashion
Oct 23, 2026

Goodbye to the gastropub – the proper ‘wet’ boozer is back in fashion

With gastropubs facing rising costs and drinkers craving somewhere to socialise without a reservation, Hannah Twiggs looks at the welcome return of the old-fashioned pub


Gunmen kill 7 at Jordan church, king vows retaliation
Oct 23, 2026

Gunmen kill 7 at Jordan church, king vows retaliation

Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded dozens at a church in southern Jordan on Friday, with the king vowing retaliation for the rare attack on Christians in the majority Sunni Muslim kingdom. Assailants stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate and opened fire, authorities said. The gunmen got out of a vehicle and started shooting during a funeral procession, the public security directorate said in a statement, adding that a hunt was...


The show-stopping fashion is the most exciting thing about this season of Celebrity Traitors
Oct 23, 2026

The show-stopping fashion is the most exciting thing about this season of Celebrity Traitors

Round two of ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ may have been a little lacklustre in the drama stakes so far – so thank god for the fashion, says Katie Rosseinsky


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